Addison's 11th month update

We surely have been blessed with two beautiful little girls with wonderful personalities. Addison surprises us with the many things that she can now do and understand:

- dance: she can clap, squat, stomp her feet, wave her arms, turn around and around, back up, and scoot to the side;

- ball: she can roll, toss, and bounce a ball;

- dress self: she can pull off her shirt, tries to pull off pants, and removes diaper;

- caps/lids: she loves to put caps and lids back on objects and take them off again;

- body parts: she can identify her nose and belly button and points to Mommy's nose;

- feed self: she knows that the spoon goes in the bowl and sometimes tries to feed herself; she pulls off her bib to let us know she is finished eating;

- gesture: if she wants something, she will come get us and take us to it when we say, "show me."

There's Addison with her kitty (she wraps her thumb around some part of its body and then sticks her thumb in her mouth). Sometimes, we actually have to encourage her to toss it in her crib and say "good-bye" to it until nap time in order for her to resume her day. We had to order an extra kitty off of eBay after we had a close-call of almost losing it.

Here she is in our bed before Mommy wakes her up the morning of her 11-month birthday (she's actually laying on her kitty). While I had the camera and two sleeping children, I decided to get a picture of Aubrey sleeping in her toddler bed, too.

Oh my, how she loves to dance! This was the funniest thing! - - - Addison found the brewing part of our iced-tea maker in the cabinet. She pulled it all around the kitchen like it was a pull toy.

Aubrey occasionally offers to hold Addison's bottle for her.

Addison is learning how to feed herself and hold her bottle or cup.