11 Months

Harper is getting so close to turning one! Our little angle turned 11 months recently. It's amazing to see how she has changed in the past few weeks - Harper is turning from a baby into a little girl. A few highlights ....

• Harper is becoming a great eater. She is eating more and more table food and less formula. Her favorite foods are Cheerios, toast (with cinnamon & sugar or jelly), bananas, turkey lunch meat, pork and string cheese. She has yet to figure out the benefits of using a sippy cup.
• Gross motor skills remain a challenge for Harper. She see's no real reason to move, pull herself up or stand. In fact, she is so content just watching the action that she has STOPPED rolling over. She also hasn't learned how to fall down from a standing position yet, so instead of plopping onto her bottom, she will stand and cry and cry and cry. We aren't too worried about her lack of motivation - we know she will eventually walk and it's a great excuse for some extra cuddles. Although we are happy with her development, we continue to work on standing and crawling. In the meantime, she will continue just to scoot across the floor on her bottom if she really wants something.
• Harper LOVES to play with leaves. She is like Houdini pulling leaves out from between the floor boards on the deck. We are trying to convince her that leaves belong in her hands and not in her mouth still.Lately we've been trying to teach her that they go on top of her head instead of in the mouth. (better than nothing)  Which leads me to...
• Harper understands the term "no no" and will shake her head back and forth when you say it. She knows she is supposed to put the leaves in her mouth and will sometimes start shaking her head back and forth (like no no no) as she puts it up to her mouth - what a stinker!