Owen's 11 months old!

Dear Owen,

It is so hard to believe that you will be a one year old next month. How is that possible!? You are growing like a weed and have already moved into some of your 18 month sized clothes. You now have 6 teeth. The front four on top, and the middle two on the bottom. Your hair is getting longer and blonder by the day. With all the sunshine hitting it, you will be a tow head for sure. 

I'd swear your smile lights up the room. You frequently make this face where you're holding your lips together- as if holding back a smile. It is the cutest thing, and I absolutely love when you do it.

You've started pointing. And pointing a lot. It is so adorable. Sometimes you point, just to stare at yourself pointing! You babble away loudly while throwing that pointer finger around in the air. :)

Your biggest change this month is that you are officially crawling! You had been doing a pretty stellar job of sitting up, scooting, and rolling to get to things the past couple of weeks. But you officially crawled on all fours for the first time on June 4th. 

You're getting stronger every day and gradually maintaining your balance better when standing, though you are not really pulling yourself up yet.

Like a typical boy, you enjoy making loud noises, whether it be with your mouth or by banging your toys around. You often pick up your toys and bang them together or throw them down with a bang. You've got quite an arm on you too, if I do say so myself. 

You love cars and trucks. Seriously. You LOVE them. If we sit outside with you and a car drives by, you immediately become transfixed by it. Uncle Matt gave you your first matchbox car awhile back, and you already seem to know what to do with it. :)

You've become much more demanding this month, primarily when it comes to food. When you are hungry, you want to be fed IMMEDIATELY. 

You scream and fuss until we get that food in front of you. You're becoming more independent as well, and will no longer allow us to spoon feed you. You love pancakes, bananas, cheerios, lunch meat, crackers, pesto pasta, macaroni, mixed veggies, mandarin oranges, and the list goes on. You also love your sippy cup of water, and drink a lot of it all day long. You've finished all the breastmilk I had stored for you, and seem to be just as happy with the occasional bottle of warmed whole milk.

Perhaps it is related to your working on a new thing (ie. crawling), but you've suddenly started waking up in the middle of the night. You don't cry, but we wake up to hear you talking to yourself on the monitor. You eventually fall back asleep. 

Naptime/bedtime, has become one of my favorite times of the day- and no, it's not because you're sleeping. Jut this month, you have started laying your head down on our shoulders when we carry you to your crib. Daddy and I agree that snuggling with you is basically the best thing ever.

We love you so much, Owen. I cannot believe you will be one next month! AAAH! It makes me teary just thinking about it. You are such a joy and blessing to us. We love you!

Happy 11 months, O!