11 months old

I'm trying to deny it, but my baby is 11 months old. That's almost a year...almost walking, almost starting kindergarten, and then off to college. Where is the time going? 

Emerson is amazing, she's perfect! We love her more and more every day. 

Emerson now has 8 teeth and loves to eat food. She nurses, takes baby food and loves to feed herself whatever we are eating at each meal. If she is hungry or sees one of us eating she starts grunting and crawls over as fast as she can to get a bite of whatever it is we are eating. Reegan especially loves sharing her food with the baby. She gives her the tiniest bites and is so helpful.

Every month I say it, but Emerson is just the sweetest girl and so happy. She smiles all the time and is so content to play by herself on the floor and explore the big kids' toys. She does like to sit and cuddle but is happiest off playing. She makes a mess, empties baskets and rummages through toys.

Emerson takes a pacifier when she wants to go to sleep, but whenever I give it to her she cries and tries to push it out with her tongue. Once I can convince her to take the pacifier (usually only a min or two) she starts sucking on it and her eyes roll back into her head and she is out. She is fairly predictable and easy to read. Every day she takes a nap between 9:30 and 10 for 45 min or so. Then another nap around 1 and sometimes an evening nap around 5. The 1:00 nap is a struggle for us right now. She falls asleep hard for 20-30 min and then wakes up. Most of the time I can get her back to sleep (will only stay asleep if she's being held), but sometimes she never will go back to sleep. Those days are tough for me. She's tired, I'm tired, blah. I know this, like everything else, is all a phase. Soon we will be back to our 2+ hour afternoon naps...at least I hope so.

Emerson's new favorite activity is pushing her walker all around the house and just smiles and smiles! The big kids help her turn the corners and off she goes again. She is also starting to become braver and has attempted to start climbing the stairs. I'm trying to keep this from happening for as long as I can, so we quickly grab her and move her back to the living room.

Emerson is quite the speed crawler. She can get herself all around the house. When she is headed someplace she shouldn't go (usually the stairs) and I call her name she takes off and moves even faster. She is such a stinker!!!

Emerson says mama but only when she is unhappy and whining. She can also clap her hands, wave, and shake her head nonono

Reegan and Gavin are the greatest big brother and sister and Emerson loves them just the same. They can make her laugh much more than Jason and I can. Her eyes light up when she sees them and starts kicking her legs and grunting because she wants them to pay attention to her.

Emerson keeps getting more fun, we love her to pieces. I can't believe these 3 are mine! Its fun, stressful, loud, crazy, and exciting over at the Heine household.