Miss Neva Mae is 11 months old today. I have been getting increasingly emotional about her upcoming birthday as each day passes. How in the world has it been almost a year already???
There's a sweet gal at work who shares my due date. Watching her during this time brings back so many memories. The anxiety, the preparing, the waiting...it's so fun to watch someone at the exact same point we were at one year ago.
And Miss Neva? She is TOO much.
She loves to eat now, I mean LOVES to eat. And I love to watch her try new foods. Hate them in the first bite and then devour them shortly after. Hilarious, I tell you. We're also trying to get her off a bottle and onto a cup with a straw. She loves to drink water and tiny bits of prune juice (when needed)...but throw some milk in there? Whoa, does she refuse! I'm sure this will change, but yesterday she would take a few swallows and then spit out the rest of the milk.
She's also becoming quite vocal. She loves to squawk and squeal with delight. But is also getting very loud with her protests. It is quite funny and rather challenging to not laugh at these outbursts! She is also starting to do lots of imitating and was even trying to imitate my pretty kick-ass elephant sound this morning. Mommo (aka Grandma) reports that she was trying several other animal sounds throughout the day. Love it! She will say: mama, dada, hi, bye, dog, cat and baby. Awesome!
She is so close to standing and walking, it's ridiculous! She can cruise along the furniture and will occasionally let go to move to another section of the couch. At the pool the other day, she stood for several seconds on her own. She will also go from crawling into a downward dog position, but just can't get all the way upright yet. She can book it up the stairs faster than fast! Coming down, she hasn't figured out yet...but it sure is funny to watch her try!
I just love her so much. SO MUCH!
