11 months.

Oh Eva, you are now 11 months old.  Only one month to go until the big birthday.  I know I always say this, but time sure has flown with you.  It seems like just yesterday you were placed in my arms at the hospital, and I saw your sweet face for the very first time.  We are so in love with you.  You are such a little ray of sunshine and are constantly making us smile.  We love you to pieces.

At 11 months...

• You stand up like a pro!  You will stand up in the middle of the room without holding onto anything...and you keep your balance...but you are not interested in taking a single step by yourself!  We always cheer you on and are so proud of you when you stand up though.  You're such a big girl.
• You just started wearing some 12 month clothes, but still wear a lot of 9 month stuff (and some 6 month onesies!)
• You love to eat!  Oh you just won't stop.  I am trying to teach you the signs for "more" and "all done"...but you haven't really caught on yet. :)
• You are still nursing about five times a day, but are seeming less and less interested.  I don't know if I'm ready to give that up, baby girl.
• Your face lights up when your brother walks in the room.
• You take two naps a day.
• You go to bed between 7:30 and 8 each night and have been waking up around 6 for a little milk, and then you go back down for a couple hours.
• You are getting such a little personality!  We love talking with you and hearing you "talk" back.
• You are always holding things up with your hand and "talking" about them...it's the cutest thing.  You want to tell us all about it.
• You LOVE your thumb.  It seems like you've gotten more hooked on it lately.  You love to lay your head on my shoulder, put one thumb in your mouth, and put the other one around my neck and grab a handful of my hair.  I absolutely love this.  You are a snuggler.
• You play so well with all your toys.  We recently got you a little stroller and a little doll and you go crazy over them. (When we talked down the doll aisle in Target the other day you got sooo excited!  You tried to stand up in your seat and started reaching for all the dolls, jabbering all the while).
• The girls in the nursery at church say you are so serious when you are in there.  And you are only happy if you are being held.  We think this is so funny because you are always so full of smiles when you're with us.  (You're sort of a mommy's girl). :)

 I didn't get any pictures taken on the 15th, so I figured the 14th's pics would work. :)