Ettley is 11 months:

Ettley is 11 months old! I just want time to slow down. She is growing so fast and I just love my blonde haired baby girl. Here is what she has been up to:

-She now says “woof woof” and “moo” more regularly. She says it a lot when she sees pictures of these animals. I love her little animal noises. 

-She says “ow,” “ta da" and occasionally makes her mouth really big and says “wow”!

-She has also started playing peek-a-boo by herself and she has started saying “boo!” She loves peek-a-boo but she isn’t so good at covering her eyes.

-She likes to walk when we are holding her hands but if we let go she immediately sits down.  

-She has started to walk along furniture.

-She now nods her head YES but she still prefers to shake her head no.

-She has started to fake cry and I can’t help but laugh because it’s so cute.

-SHE CLIMBS ON EVERYTHING!!! Adler was not a climber so I’m trying to get use to this. It is very stressful but it’s the only way she can keep up with Adler.

-The only cute climbing she does is when she climbs into my lap which she has been doing a lot lately. Sometimes she will turn around and back into my lap especially if I have a cool toy or book.

-She is starting to hate her carseat. I can’t wait until I can turn her around.

-She dances all the time. She usually spins around on her bum and moves her feet in a little circle. It’s so cute!

-She free stands for a few seconds at a time. She wants to walk so bad!

-Whenever she sees a pillow she lays down on it and snuggles in.

-She sings the “hot dog song” from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It just sounds like “da da dog” but then she holds the one note “daaaaaa" and it’s so cute!

-Sometimes she says “cheese” and shows her teeth when we take pictures.

-She wipes her face when we tell her to. I love her!

We love our Ettley girl! Here are some cute pictures!

Easter 2017

Ettley stealing Adler's eggs!

Trying to see the baby pigs

Visiting some friends in Philly

She LOVES fish and her fishy face is pretty cute!

Family bowling 

Our princess

I love this picture!

Target turned the red balls into Mario and Luigi 

Adler is 11 Months!

The countdown to Adler’s birthday is two weeks! I can’t even believe it! Dane and I were talking the other day and we both decided we love this age because his little personality just keeps getting cuter and we love how interactive he is!

-He took his first steps! It was very exciting! He is also free standing now in the middle of rooms. He would hold on to stuff and let go before or stand when we put him up but now he will get himself to the standing position on his own in the middle of the room. I am torn if I want him to start walking. He is so curious that I know he will be non-stop and he will always want to get down but I think it will be so cute to see him walk.

-He started clapping a month ago and we can’t get enough of it. Whenever we say “yay Adler” he just claps away!

-He also throws his hands above his head and does touchdown when we say “Touchdown!” It makes me laugh every time. I need to try and get a picture of it.

-He is getting 4 more teeth up top. They have just been sitting there so I have no idea when they will make an appearance.

-He is climbing on everything! We have a love sac and a little ottoman and I always find him on them. Now he just needs to figure out how to get down without falling off them.

-Adler has started to get more clingy. Part of me loves this but it is hard to get stuff done when he is like this because he always wants to be picked up. I just can’t resist that cute face. 

-He has this little basketball hoop we got from Dane’s cousins and he can put the basketball in the hoop. He gets so excited every time he does it and so do we. The hoop also cheers and plays music so every time he makes it he also dances. I need to get a video of that!

We love our little boy so much he has grown up a ton and I love watching him learn new things. He has already done some super cute and amazing things that I can’t wait to share in the 12 month post. 

I was not very good at taking pictures and videos this month but I will share what I have. I have a ton of things that he does that I need to take pictures of and video. 

He loves his daddy!

Look at that cute face

Family Picture!

He loves avocados but they are hard to pick up! This was obviously Dane feeding him (I am still working on being ok with him getting messy! I'm in trouble when he is older).

Our Valentine's photo shoot!

I am IN LOVE with this rocker!

We drove down to Utah for Amanda's mission call! She is going to Brazil!

He likes playing in his crib!

And with kitchen supplies....

Look at those eyelashes! I love my snuggle bug!

This is a new smile Adler is doing when he scrunches his nose! I LOVE it and hope to get a better picture!

Adler's 11 month photo shoot! I don't have 11 peg buddies so I had to get creative :)

My favorite picture of his face!

Adler and I at Young Women's