11 Months Old ALREADY!!

September 30, 2008

Jacs turns 11 months old on the 31st of September. That day does not exist!  So we will celebrate it on the 30th.  In honor of our little pumpkin, here is a list of 11 new things that Jacsie can do that makes us smile!

1. Makes noise- she loves to baby gab.  Her favorite words right now are “dad”  (& any form of the word) “tickle” and a strange noise that sounds like a chicken. She intergrates the word “mom”  into her mad scream.  What a daddy’s girl!
2. Share- She loves to hand things to you!  From the half eaten baby treats during sacrament meeting to the magazines on the table.  We always say “Thank You”!
3. We have mastered open and close, and now it is IN and OUT!  She loves to pull out her diapers from the organizer, toys from her cupboard in our kitchen, and anything in a drawer! She will take a toy out of a bin, put it in a drawer, take it out of that drawer and put it in another drawer, and then put it back in the bin. A lot of work! I had her helping me take clothes out of the dryer-now she wants to pull out the clothes from the laundry baskets.
4. Jacs has learned to feed any food that she doesn’t want anymore to the two eager and always willing dogs.  We try and stop them but Jacs just laughs and laughs and melts our hearts!  I am sure when she gets older this trick won’t be so funny :).
5. Loves being on her feet- she much prefers standing to sitting, and can go from sitting to standing without furniture assistance anymore.  She took her first steps about three weeks ago and has been hobbling around ever since.  She’s still independent-  she will just stand and stare at you until she is ready to walk.
6. She is a daddy’s girl. A member of our bishopric made the same remark last week-  Jacs kept looking at daddy playing the organ music and happily screaming “dad!” (my Sundays are now mostly spent in the foyer) It is so precious to see their sweet bond although I am a tiny bit jealous…..
7. I was researching and read that 1 year olds know the meaning of about 50 words. That made me nervous- I sat up one night counting all the words that I knew that Jacs really understood and could only count about 12.  (dad, dogs, milk, more, peek-a-boo, george, henry, baby, mom sometimes, hi, bye, elmo, duck) Well, since that sleepless night, I have tried to pay more attention and am noticing more and more words she knows.  I am so proud of her quickly catching on to new things.
8. She can sign “more” and it is so incredibly cute!  You can definitely tell what food she likes because she will keep doing the sign. (like baby yogurt melts) It is amazing to me how accurately she will do the sign- such a smartie!
9. She loves to talk to on the phone.  She is learning how to hold it correctly and will make a few noises- like dad.  She thinks that daddy lives in the phone when he is gone- even if he is in another room!
10. She gives us the cutest little kisses… it just makes my day when I will ask Jacsie for a kiss and she gives me a little wet peck.  She loves to kiss the baby (herself in the mirror or in pictures) and her stuffed animals.
11. She loves playing peek-a-boo!  We just say “peek” and she will either crouch down or tilt her head to play.  She doesn’t seem to tire of the game!

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