Cate turns 11 months old!!

Kit-Kat turned 11 months old on August 4th.  11 months old.  That's 30 days from one year.  One year.  Holy moly.  I don't remember feeling like time sped by with the other two.  I can find joy in each stage - some are harder than others - but once she's more stable on her feet and can play with the other two she will be so happy.  I want her to be happy.  She does stuff she shouldn't all day.  She climbs on anything she can pull her body up on.

She's beginning to use walking as her means of transportation and getting around.  She's crawling less and less every day.  

Her 11 month birthday happened to fall on gymnastics day so we celebrated her at the ice cream store.  We go to the ice cream store after each afternoon gymnastics class. I think Miss M had a growth spurt b/c her and Big Will used to be closer in height. I need to buy the kid a growth chart and measure him as regularly as I do Miss M.

She wasn't interested in eating the rainbow sherbet Miss M insisted that Kit-Kat and I share. I wasn't really interested in it either. I would have preferred our usual.

She says 'mama' but I don't think she's saying much recognizable.  She does scream - a lot.  She screams when she's happy and just walking around.  She screams of joy more than frustration. She's a happy girl she just wants to be apart of the action all the time.

She does, however, put a lot of stupid things in her mouth. I hope she outgrows putting things in her mouth sooner than later.  I've pulled a lot of things out of her mouth that about give me a heart attack.  It's mainly small balls she finds laying around the house. It amazes me b/c I swear each time I have thrown the last one away.

 Playing at Monkey Island.

 Eating string cheese at last week's gymnastics class.

 Walking through the conservatory with Grandma D.