11 months of Macey J & Camden's first movie

Miss Macey Jean,

You are one month away from being an entire year old. It's bittersweet, yes, but you know what? I absolutely love this age. You are such a fun girl-- so full of life, joy, and happiness. You're an entertainer-- you love to make funny faces and sounds and then look around the room to see who's laughing at you (you get that from your daddy). You love everything with the exception of diaper and clothes changes (because that requires you to be still and that's entirely unacceptable) and sleeping at night. You're easygoing, friendly, and just completely pleasant. I adore you, my sweet girl.

And here's a little bit more about you at 11 months:

• You might possibly be trying to drop a nap. I'm not really sure about this one. Some days, you still take 2 naps like a champ; other days, you fight your afternoon nap like crazy.
• You're eating more and more table foods- yay! You had your first ever donut recently and I'm pretty sure you would've polished off the entire thing if I had let you.
• However, you're still weighing in at less than 16 lbs! You're a peanut.
• You are finally mastering the sippy cup. For the longest time, you would just chew on the spout instead of sucking from it. Over the past couple of days, you've started to get the hang of it.
• You are taking 5-6 steps unassisted!!! I'm pretty certain you'll officially be a walker by your first birthday, if not sooner.
• You point to everything. It's so precious-- it's like you want to share with us what's on your mind. If I'm holding you, you'll point to whatever catches your eye and then make a sound like, "eh?" It's as though you're asking me to explain to you what you're pointing to.
• You're very vocal. In addition to babbling your mamas, babas, dadas, gagas, and nanas, you now say "boo" for boobie, and have started to mimic "bye bye" and "ball".
• You love to blow raspberries. This isn't new and I can't believe I haven't mentioned it in any of your past updates because it's so very you. You blow raspberries at people and then laugh when they do it back at you-- over and over again.
• You climb everything. You're a little monkey. I can't count how many times a day I have to pull you down from the outside of the stairs, or the top of a chair, or the TV stand. I have a feeling you'll be enrolled in gymnastics by age 3.

Now, we count down the days until your first birthday. I'm so very thankful for the past 11 months with you and I'm so excited to continue watching you grow into the sweet, feisty, and loving girl you're becoming.

I love you so much,
Mommy

My big girl.

 

The aforementioned raspberry blowing...

 

...and the climbing. She's a stunt woman.

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In other totally unrelated but equally adorable news, my big boy went to see his first movie with Daddy today! Macey and I took a road trip to go see some relatives in Virginia and Camden stayed behind to have a date with Matt. They went to see Despicable Me 2 and it was a big hit. Camden sat through the entire movie like a pro and finished off almost an entire bag of popcorn that was just about as big as he was. I don't know why, but this picture completely melts my heart. It just shows what a handsome, grown up little guy he is.