11 Months Old

11 Months Old
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Caitlin turned 11 months old today! What a difference one month makes! We can’t believe how much our little girl is growing up!

This month has been largely consumed by her survival swim lessons. We are finishing up this week after six weeks of lessons. Today the instructor tested her abilities by having her go in the pool wearing her summer clothes. Tomorrow they will test her wearing winter clothes – diaper and all! She is doing great and we are happy to know that she has these lifesaving skills.

Communication has been the key these past few weeks. We really feel now as though we are communicating with Caitlin. Her vocabulary is growing and she understands so much now! She can do some baby sign language – more and milk. She also understands some sentences such as “can you give it to Mommy” and “can you put the ball in the bucket”, “Go get one of your books so we can read it to you”, etc. We have heard her say “Hi” and “Dog” this month as well.

Caitlin loves to stand up and cruise along the couch and the ottoman. She moves around with ease as long as she has something to hold onto. Occasionally she will be standing and forget she needs to hold on – she will start clapping – and she is still able to stay standing up.

Caitlin can drink out of a straw now. We usually cut them in half, but she drinks water from the kids cups at restraints really well! She has four bottom teeth now – but no top teeth! She just has to be different from everyone else!

This past week Grammy and Papa came to visit. Caitlin loved playing with Papa’s hat and also gave him kisses! We even thought she might have said “Papa” once. Sorry Grammy – Papa is much easier to say! She loved visiting with them – there were lots of smiles giggles!

This weekend we took Caitlin to Uncle Donald’s Farm which is a petting zoo in Lady Lake. Caitlin really liked the bigger animals such as the horses, sheep, and cows. She also liked the bird at the front which said “hello” to her as we came in.

We are in the planning stages for her 1st birthday party – which I think is more for our benefit than hers. Still it is a milestone and we can’t wait!