Heidi - 11 Months

 Our Heidi-bug turned 11-months-old just before Christmas.  I can't believe she will be a 1-year-old in less than a month!  She is still generally easy going and cheerful, however, she definitely has her own ideas about certain things and she is not afraid to express them.  Here are our general updates on Heidi:

 Eating:  Heidi is an eater!  And we are thankful.  She loves to eat - just about anything.  And she her top two front teeth broke through on Christmas Eve.  Her favorites are mandarin oranges, beans and foil pouches of baby food or applesauce (if she sees on she definitely has an opinion about eating it!).  She also takes after her mother - one should not mess with her when she's hungry!

Moving:  Heidi crawls everywhere and gets into anything she can.  Her favorites being the laundry room, dishwasher and pantry.  She pulls up easily and walks about a room.  She loves her little walker and is pretty adept at steering herself around the house even when she runs into something.  She isn't walking yet but we're fairly sure she will be soon.

 Social:  Heidi loves being with people.  She is thrilled to go to daycare and see her buddies and she enjoys the church nursery.  She has become less of a Mommy's girl and really loves Daddy just as much now (probably because he actually lets her play in the dishwasher).  And her all-time favorite person seems to be Allison of late.

 Other random tid-bits:  She loves her pacifier and has a knack for finding them (her dishwasher fascination seems to hinge on this - she finds them in the silverware container) or getting Allison to bring one to her.  She loves bath time and seems to have gotten over her fear of riding in the car in the dark.  She sleeps well at night, generally, and often plays happily in her crib with her pacifiers (one in the mouth and one in each hand) until we come to get her.

This is her other 'precious'besides her pacifier - brand new pencils (Allison has quite a collection of them - none of them sharpened since we haven't had a pencil sharpener for quite some time).  She loves carrying a pencil around with her and will cling to it for dear life if you try to take it away!