11 Months Old!

Already? I can't believe it...and I just know the next month until she is 1 will be the fastest of all because we have the holidays in between!

Things are still the same as they were last month. She's crawling around everywhere, pulling up on everything. She's cruising much more and sometimes she does it along the couch without holding on. She needs to work up a little more courage to take some steps on her own. She stands all by herself, but when it gets to the point where she looks like she's about to take a step she just plops down on her butt and smiles. This always ends with her version of saying "boom" (which is what I say when this happens). Her version sounds a bit more like "bum". Todd and I both swear she tries to say Elmo also, but it sounds more like "Uh-ma".

She's a handful, that's for sure...finding every piece of what-not laying on the floor and handing it to me or Todd when we catch her about to put it in her mouth, or the most recent event was breaking our camera. I was taking pictures for this post (so these are the last pictures you may see for a while) when she grabbed at the camera and broke the zoom lens.

She really loves books right now. She will hand a book to one of us (well, it's more like pushing it into our face) until we take it and read it to her. She has a few that are favorites that I feel like I must read 100 times a day!

Jocelyn is definitely starting to test us...touching things that she shouldn't and looking back at us before she does. She has a mind of her own and gets very upset when she is not allowed to do something (chew her book corners) or needs to wait for something (like lunch while Mommy is getting it ready). A handful, yes, but what almost-one-year-old isn't? Jocelyn is a wonderful, beautiful, loving little girl that I wouldn't trade for the world! Did I mention she now seeks out kisses from her mom and dad? She will come right at us with her open mouth, wanting a kiss and smiling so big once she gets one!

We love you sweetie! Happy 11 months!