11 months

Okay this may be a Charley-picture overload but I took some 11month photos in our apt the other day and they turned out so cute (at least the non-blurry ones!) Out of the 30 pictures I took, these 13 were the ones that she wasn't crawling around trying to touch my camera. I gave her my lens cap to keep her busy and she kept it the whole time! AND her two favorite blankets that she keeps with her everywhere she goes! A childhood friend gave her the soft pink owl-blanket and one of my good friends in Utah gave her the mini light pink blanket. Charley takes her naps and goes to bed with them. It's pretty cute to see her snuggle up to them and start sucking her thumb when she is tired. 

This girl is one happy lady! If all babies were like this, I would have at least a dozen. She is a trooper and super mellow! She goes on runs with me, walks around the crazy city with me, sleeps with her window open at night with all the loud sirens and people yelling and still has a smile on her face the next morning! We recently bought a bike and a child seat for her too! Our friends gave us a helmet for her but it is still a wee-big and so we have to put on a beanie first and then the helmet! She protested the first couples times we did it and now she just knows it's part of going on our bike ride! I think I feel more bad for her than she does! She really is a champ. 

Charley has two bottom teeth, is crawling at 20 mph, and is starting to pull herself up onto things. Just yesterday at the park she also started walking around with a toy walker! It was amazing how quick they start to do things and learn on their own. I love watching her grow! Last night we were playing in her room and she also stood up and balanced on her own for a few seconds. Spencer and I both clapped and and were telling her "good job!" and I think she understood that she did something pretty cool and then did it again. It's probably only something first time parents get giddy about but we were so excited! 

Can we just talk about this hair? LOVE! 

Charley is down to one nursing at night and is still eating solids like a champ! She loves the smoothies I make even when it is carrot and broccoli :) Her favorite foods are eggs, yogurt and oatmeal in the morning; turkey, chickpeas, carrots and cheese for lunch and chicken, sweet potatoes, green peas and corn for dinner. And ANY and ALL fruit! We pushed back her sleep schedule to 8pm since we wanted to be out and about during these nice summer nights so she usually goes down around then and wakes up at 7am. She is taking two naps, at 10:00 and 2:30.  

Her favorite play buddies are Violet from downstairs, our neighbors Megan and Don (and their two dogs of course!), James, Mia, Oliver and Elsa, Wren, Greyson and Mabel. 

Fun fact! She started saying "dada" with intention and now says it all the time when Spencer walks into the room or when she wants to go see him in his "office" aka our bedroom. She says "mama" too but I don't think she knows it's me. She is also clicking with her tongue which is hilarious to watch:) 

We love our little Charley girl!