11 months old

This time last year I was humongous and nesting like a crazy person. My spring break was spent washing Taylor’s clothes and putting the final touches on her room. I was also getting pretty good at the Nintendo DS since the writer’s strike had put a kibosh on spring television programming. Now I am preparing for Taylor’s first birthday and watching our baby girl take small steps towards being a toddler.

• Taylor loves to eat and will eat almost anything you give her. (plus the raisinets that she wasn’t supposed to) She is also pretty ‘verbal’ in letting us know when she wants more or wants what we have by grunting. I am working on sign language and words, but we are still learning. We are also working on eating out of a bowl and we tried a spoon, but that was more of a toy than anything.

• Taylor’s favorite game right now is peek-a-boo and can turn even a newspaper into a game of peek-a-boo.

• She has learned how to open cabinet drawers and doors. She loves to go through my make-up drawer and throw everything on the floor. Taylor also loves to destroy my Tupperware cabinet on a daily basis.

• Taylor is learning to share. She will go to put the toy or snack in your hand and then take it away very quickly. It’s pretty funny when she does this.

• The girlyness is starting to show up more and more. Taylor loves to play with her brush or try to brush her hair while I am. She will even brush my hair for me. (It’s really sweet!) She will also bring me her bow if it falls out so that I can put it back in again.

• Chris was playing music for Taylor the other day and figured out that she likes to sing to Poker Face by Lady Gaga. She oooo’s along with the song.

• This month she’s really started to figure out how to push the buttons on her toys to get them to work or play music.

This month’s photo session started out really good and then Taylor figured out there was more to do than just sit in the chair or try to climb down like she normally does.