11 Months Old

Wow, 11 months old. My babies are getting big! The party plans are starting to take shape & pretty soon they'll be called toddlers!





This past month has brought about lots of changes. Both Ryan & Caitlin have become pretty quick crawlers & if they see something that interests them, i.e .an open dishwasher, open refrigerator or Daddy's office door, they will be there in a flash. Ryan has been pulling himself up on just about anything he can making us very nervous. Just today, Caitlin started pulling herself to standing also. Poor Maddi is left in the dust by these two. She's starting to try and get in the crawling position, but just doesn't have it figured out yet.

Ryan started making sounds this month. He can say da-da pretty well. Caitlin can say da-da, mama & Caiti. She's also mimicked a few other words, but doesn't say them all the time. Madison can say da-da. She leads the pack with 3 teeth, Caitlin & Ryan have 2.

To hear these 3 laugh together is the best sound in the world. They play games with pulling binkies or each other's hair and laugh & laugh. But if someone steals a toy, watch out- we all hear about it. Caitlin & Madison sit on the floor and turn themselves in circles on their butts. Caitlin uses this move when Ryan comes to try and steal something from her- pretty cute!

Big brother is having more fun with them also. One night after Ryan was crawling all over him, pulling his hair and laughing, JP came up to me and told me he had the best time playing with Ryan. It was so great to hear!

Quick note about JP. We met with the orthodontist this week & it looks like he will be getting a lower retainer back on. The chin guard didn't seem to be helping as much as they would like, so we're going to go back to the retainer to try and get his top teeth better aligned over his bottom. They are so impressed about how great JP does dealing with all of this. He had to wear the chin guard almost 24/7 the past 2 weeks and I never heard him complain. What a trooper!

Today I played photographer. The girls have had tutu's that we forgot to use when the "real" photographer came last month, so I decided to try them out!








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