11 Months

Asher is Eleven Months old!

and Happy Fourth of July!

What???  How can my little baby be one month away from turning one?  I cannot believe it.  I know it's the most common thing that moms say, but I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

At 11 months:

-Asher has been doing a little better with sleeping.  The last few nights he has slept the night again but was waking up randomly once a night for the last few weeks. 

-He is resisting going down for his naps.  He'll play, fuss or cry up in his crib for quite awhile before falling asleep.  I'm not sure why he suddenly hates sleeping.   

-He now has his top two teeth.

-He is starting to spit things out that he puts in his mouth when he realizes they are yucky.  (Sometimes.  Other times he will just chew on a rock or a piece of bark for a really long time.)

-He loves to go outside.  He will go stand at the door and bang on it to go out.  Once he is out he usually heads straight to the garden and either eats bark or picks my flowers.

*He plucked an entire marigold out of my garden, roots and all.  Then he ate bark while I tried to take a picture.*

-He loves fruit.  I don't think there is a fruit he doesn't like.  He loves strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blueberries, grapefruit, oranges and watermelon.

-He doesn't love vegetables as much.  Most he pushes off his tray but he will eat squash, sweet potato, carrots, cucumbers and peas.  Sometimes he will eat tomatoes, and especially likes them if they are in pico.

-He also eats eggs, greek yogurt and bread, and doesn't seem to really like cheese or meat.

-He bear crawls (hands and feet) a lot of the time.  Regular crawling seems faster, but he bear crawls if he is on the cement, grass, sand, tile, or anything else he doesn't like the feel of.

*My friend Christine took this picture*

-He is starting to catch onto the idea of going down the stairs backwards.  Now he doesn't always try to dive face forward, but still always goes off the bottom stair forward.

-He pulls up on and walks along everything.  He will let go and stand for a few seconds.  He pushes and walks around with things like boxes, laundry baskets and tall toys.
-Because of that he is always falling and hitting his head on everything.  He always has bumps, bruises or scratches on his head.

-He is starting to stick his tongue out when he is really focusing on something.

-He pretty much is constantly babbling and is so loud.  He loves to make a high pitched squealing sound.

-He says "oh" all of the time.
-He shakes his head frantically side to side when we say "no no no" and has even started mimicking us saying no.

-He loves to throw things, especially balls.
-He has gotten more cuddly and loving.  He will reach for people and give hugs.  He loves giving loves and always gives hugs before going to bed.
-He is a happy and fun baby, but he isn't always easy.  He is so stubborn and definitely knows what he wants and when he wants it.  If he doesn't want to eat, he'll seal those lips up and refuse.  Same with brushing his teeth, it can be quite the challenge.  But when he is in the mood he will eat for days or love brushing his teeth.  It just depends on what he wants.  He wants to be in charge.
-He is quite hyper and gets really excited about things.  He holds them up high or else to his face and shakes he is so excited.
-We just love this little baby boy so much.

See last month here.