Pierce is ELEVEN Months

                            I am ELEVEN months old!

I like: being held all the time, grabbing our hands for walks, being thrown in the air and caught or turned quickly, if we sit and play with him, bath time, going after the cats.

I dislike: when we put him down with a toy and just walk away, being hungry, not being entertained 100% of the day, and most regular foods (he's particularly picky for an 11 month old haha)

I am now: He's still barely fitting in 18 month clothes, size 4 diapers, and VERY solid. 

A Typical Day looks like: 

 

Wake up around 7:30. Whether he's already awake and chatting or trying to sleep, we get him up at this time.

7:40: He gets a pouch of fruit food

8:00 get a 6 ounce bottle

8:30 - 9:30 wiggle & giggle time. He crawls around, plays with toys, plays with his sisters. Whatever.

9:4 - 11:00 nap time (I think we're getting closer to getting rid of this one, but he needs at least an hour nap right now)

11:00 next 6 oz bottle

11:30 - 12:30 He gets another pouch of fruit and veggie baby food for lunch. Then it's wiggle & giggle / hang out while we clean up time. He usually finishes the pouch quickly so I give him chips or cereal bits to snack on while we eat.

1:00 - 2:30: nap time.

2:30 next 7 oz bottle

3:00 -3:30 play/hang out time. Dad goes to get Cara from school around 3:30 so I'll give him some more snacks on his activity table (might be puffs, might be some cereal, just whatever). Sometimes he'll eat this, but he's starting to skip this more.

3:30 - 5:00 hang out with dad while he works out. Most of the time he hates this because he can't be walking around with us, he has to entertain himself or have his sisters entertain him.

5:30 dinner time, usually another fruit & veggie pouch and then bites of our dinner

6:00 - 7:15 play time, night activity, whatever we're doing. He usually gets cranky around this time

7:15 7 oz bottle (which he gets REALLY antsy about)

7:40 start bedtime. Sundays and Thursdays start with a bath (around 7:30), then it's diaper change, pajamas, a little cuddle/rock while we read to him, and in bed by 8.

This Month: Well he officially gained his top 4 teeth so now he has 6 teeth. He fights getting his teeth brushed because he always wants to take it away to brush them himself, but he mostly chomps on the other end haha.

He has tried to walk more the last month. He will crawl up to me, walk up my legs, grab my hands and start to pull away to get me to walk him all the time haha. Most of the time we can walk around for a couple minutes and he'll be set. Luckily he just needs to walk around holding one of our hands and it's really not so bad. He also started walking around with the walker and he can turn really well so he can do that on his own for a while. 

He still loves hitting toys together and throwing things. He loves loud noisy things. He loves clapping and dancing around with us (or when I dance around). 

Update on last month's goals:

• Walking: he can definitely take a lot of steps and when he walks with our hands he does it so well and balances like he can walk on his own, but he just doesn't do it on his own yet. So soon, though!
  
  
• More foods: he will taste foods, but he doesn't love a lot. He's quite picky surprisingly.
  
  
• Celebrate the Superbowl and Valentine's: We had fun with lots of foods, but he wouldn't eat too much of any of it. We had fun with it at least.
  
  
• Get ready for his 1st birthday: we've got all his party stuff booked and planned out. An "invitation" was sent out to everyone and family pics have been booked and outfits have been bought so I think this is all done. I can't believe he'll be ONE soon!