11 months...

We have seen so much growth in Larkyn over the past month. She has become much more vocal and really tells us (tries to anyway) what she wants and when she wants it, which is usually right then and there! Larkyn has also perfected a lip/tongue smacking sound. It is almost like a cluck of the tongue but much louder and more dramatic! Larkyn's biggest development in the past month has been walking. She went from pulling herself up on things to quickly cruising. Larkyn also began standing on her own towards the end of January. From there she started to show signs of wanting to move forward but slowly just collapsing to the floor. She officially took 3 steps on her own on February 8th and gradually became more confident.

Funny story from her 11 month: Larkyn LOVES the remote and will play with it any chance she gets. Every night before she goes to bed we sit down in the recliner in the living room and she drinks milk and begins to wind down. She will usually try to climb up on the end table and reach for whatever she can get her hands on. That night she obviously got the remote without us knowing because when we went to get her in the morning we found it zipped up in the bottom of her sleep sack. The craziest part about it is Shea and I sat down in the living room that night for a couple hours and never once reached for the remote to turn on the TV! Also looking back, Larkyn woke up during the middle of the night crying and I went in to rock with her a bit and put her back down to sleep. Poor thing was lugging the remote around with her...no wonder why she was so uncomfortable!

Moral(s) of the story: Don't put anything on top of the end table! Always check the sleep sack for extra gadgets!

Larkyn's highlights and favorites from this month include:

• First Super Bowl--Go PACKERS!!!
• Standing by herself
• First Steps
• First Valentine's Day
• Finally Saying "Mama"
• Saying "Breally" (her cousin). It sounded more like "Breeyee"
• Perfecting the "Raji" dance (Hula)
• LOVES to take her socks off and be barefoot!
• Babble talk which sounds a lot like Trixie in the book Knuffle Bunny
• Larkyn can point to her nose-Each person in our house has a different sound that our nose makes. Larkyn's beeps, Daddy's honks, and Mama's moos!
• Moved to a big girl carseat (still rear facing)

Can't forget the cell phones...Larkyn LOVES the phone and will put it up by her ear and say "Hiiii" in a really high pitched voice:)

"Hmm...11 months...what's this?"

"Yah I took the sign down. What are you gonna do about it?"

"Okay fine, 3 more!"


"Here, I'll hold it up!"

"Are we done yet?"

"Okay, enough of this!"

One of Larkyn's favorite drawers...they now house her books and movies only!

One of Larkyn's favorite foods: Lasagna