11 Months

Picnic in the Park with beautiful spring trees

Loving the feel of the grass on my feet

I LOVE my new swing!

Hanging at the zoo

Her daily mess making in action

Eleven months. SO hard to believe (seems to be a common thread of late:) Kelsey is doing great! She had a rough 11th month with a bilateral ear infection that wouldn't go away and a stomach bug that had her and me barely eating for a few days, but now she's eating up a storm and drumroll........ WALKING!!!! A couple weeks prior to her 11 month bday, Kelsey would take 1-2 steps and on her 11 month bday, she took 4 steps. Then on April 13th, she crossed the room to daddy and mommy several times. She looks like a drunk sailor, but she falls well when she bobbles. Right now she prefers to crawl, but walks here and there if she's motivated. High motivation includes the computer, our cell phones and the remote control. At last check, she weighed in at 16 lbs, 3.5 oz. She's fallen off the growth chart for weight, but being sick the whole month is surely the culprit. Kelsey continues to LOVE bath time. In fact, she loves it so much that when we're downstairs and we say, "wanna take a bath?" she claps her hands and climbs up the stairs as fast as she can. It's hilarious! Kelsey now signs milk, all done, water, babbles all the time, and gives 5 and turns her hand over to get 5. She loves music and we've just started a music class. After the first class, the teacher suggested her moving up to the toddler class....my baby is a toddler now!!! Where does the time go??!!?? We're going to give it a try and see. We've finished her swim class for the time being and have started a stroller exercise class, that I have to say is a much harder workout than I anticipated! We're having such amazing weather so it's refreshing to be outside so much! You can take the girl out of FL, but you can never take the FL out of the girl :) I think Kelsey is a FL girl at heart too! We'll find out as we're headed that way soon!