11 months

Yet again I am way behind on posting. Kendyl is doing fantastic. 11 months was really fun. She reached the major milestone of walking. Her first official steps have been taken although they are still not the preferred mode of transportation. Matt and I will sit a couple feet apart in the family room and let we walk back and forth to us so she can perfect her new skill. Plus, she has a lot of fun doing it because we clap and get all excited each time. She is starting to really understand small commands such as say hi/bye, goodnight or come here. She has the waving thing down and does it often. I especially love her queen wave. Though she still only has 2 teeth I am letting her eat more solids now. So far she is not a picky eater at all. I try to let her try all kinds of foods so she becomes used to different tastes. I am terribly picky and I definitely don't want her to be the same way. As she gets older she manages to get more and more mischievous. She has gotten really good this past month at opening cabinets and pulling things out. One day she spilled half a box of cheerios on the kitchen floor. She is still in a size 2 shoe for the most part and she is in 18 months for clothes. If she had it her way though she would just crawl around in nothing but a diaper all day. She hates when I put shoes on her and if possible will pull them off. One night it got cool enough to put her in pants and it was so funny because she was pulling at them like "what are these things on my legs?" Her favorite toy in the whole world is rocks. When she sees them she will make a beeline over to them. Poor thing has bruises on her shins from crawling in them, but she doesn't seem to care. We recently ordered her a forward facing car seat and she loved it. The night we got it we took her for a "test drive" and she was just looking all around and smiling and talking the entire time. It is so much nicer to put her in this car seat because she actually likes it now. She is back to letting me rock her again. I found that if I grab one of her blankets that she will sit with me for a few minutes and snuggle. Those are my favorite times. Though she is pretty independent she definitely can be a sweet heart too and I love that. Lastly, her new thing is to crawl around the house with my flip flops on her arm. She puts them on like they are a bracelet. It is the funniest thing!
Here are her pictures from 11 months. I never actually took and "11 month" picture :(

She loves getting into my purse.

First night in the "big kid" bath. Aside from bottle time this may be her favorite time of the day.

Right before we switched her to the tub she learned she could drink the water from the faucet.

We call this her Mowgli crawl because she looks like Mowgli in the Jungle Book. Normally though she will drag her knees in the rocks.

Snuggle time with Katie :)

"I found your flip flops mom"

"Now let me just put them on like this"

"I can crawl with them on different hands..."

"...or the same hand!"