11 months

a little behind and unorganized but here are our 11 month pictures.  we have a had a few germ bugs take over our house in the last couple of weeks, and brooks, kate and mommy just keep passing them around.   

at 11 months we want to remember:

• kate seems like so much more of a big girl now.  she is so spirited and sometimes a little high maintenence! that red hair is starting to show a little more somedays
• she weighs almost 20 pounds but still prefers all the baby food jars to anything she has to eat herself.  (other than puffs which she would eat all day if we let her)
• she has 6 full teeth and two more breaking through
• she is pulling up on furniture but not really cruising yet.  her crawling is getting faster and faster. 
• she likes playing with the little people and zoo animals and picking up any crumbs off the floor.  kate also likes books all of a sudden and points at the ones she wants.
• she does not like having her diaper changed or having any toy taken away from her. she also screams when we try to wipe her nose - poor baby has had a runny nose for a week now.
• she has started playing at a stand up table with music and lights and seems to like the loud noises.  she also dances when she hears music.

at almost 3 brooks is a total big boy.  we have had a few tastes of what the 3 year old attitude might be, but on most days he is still a sweet guy.  we are definitely entering the time when i need to have a notepad with me all the time to write down the hilarious and sweet things he says.  lately he has enjoyed his christmas parties at school, sledding in the front yard and with friends, "camping" in the basement with daddy, and having a "sleepover" with mom when daddy was out of town.  (that was more fun for him as mommy got kicked repeatedly in the head throughout the night!)