Eliott is 11 months

11 1/2 months and you are definitely one amazing little boy. You crack us up daily. Lately you have been into putting things on your head and seeing if they balance. For examply, when you were sitting at dinner, after you had finished eating, you decided to entertain yourself with your bib. You would stretch up and put it on top of your bib, slowly let go, and see if it balanced on your head. Then you would look around to see if anyone was going to laugh with you. You do this with other random object around the house. The other day you were trying to get a toy pot to balance on your head and you somehow got it to stick out the back of your shirt. You thought this was hilarious... as did I. The other thing you love is you 'toot and scoot'. This toy is a riding toy that goes in every direction. You got on that thing for the first time and figured out how to make yourself go. Now you can get on and off of it and scoot all around the house. You love to climb up and on anything. You climb up onto the lego table chairs and grab onto the back of the chair and just shake it... sometimes tipping yourself over. Oh, the many things you have done to keep yourself entertained... you are just discovering the world every day!

You still love to eat... pretty much anything. I was telling Madison yesterday that we were having mushroom, swiss, avocado sandwiches. She proceeded to tell me that she did not like avocado or mushrooms and didn't want them on her sandwich... but then told me that you did like them and that you would want them. She has even picked up on the fact that you will try anything. You are not a walker yet. You have been a bit more interested in walking around furniture and behind push toys, but still haven't decided to try out walking quite yet. You are quite the stander and let me tell you, you have an incredibly speedy crawl. The other day you were playing on the floor with your two binkies in front of you. Madison was in a bit of a 'two-year-old' mood and decided to come over (for no reason at all) and chuck your binkies across the room. Her and I were going around about how she needed to find them and give them back to you. Meanwhile, you had seemed to forget about it and had left the room. Madison was not returning them to you and we had the conversation of whether or not she would appreciate you taking her 'mimi's' from her. Just then, you came speed crawling into the room with her mimi in your mouth. I burst out laughing... its seemed as if you new exactly what you were doing.

You are working your way into a single nap and pretty much did that on your own very easily. You still do a great job at night (in your crib in Mom and Dad's room) and you are starting to wean onto whole milk. Once again, you don't seem to mind what it is you are eating or drinking, as long as it fills your tummy.

Overall you are our precious blue-eyed, sandy brown, curly haired boy. You whole family adores you!!!