11 months

Can't  believe you are 11 months old baby girl. Your little faces are so precious. Your personality is becoming more and more evident. Your little hands are so cute, I love the sounds of them as they hit the floor when you crawl. You are getting so fast at crawling! I love your little feet, you like to wiggle them when you eat in your high chair. You fit perfectly on my lap right now when we read books and I love it so much. You fit into our little family so perfectly and we can't even imagine life without you in it. You have the sweetest little spirit. 

You have 5 teeth

You take 2 naps a day

You have liked everything we have fed you so far ( Not sure about mashed potatoes though)

You are liking finger foods more and more over being spoon fed

You hold things in your hand while you crawl and won't let go. This makes it difficult depending on what you are holding ;) ( stuffed animals, plastic toys, our recycling) 

You don't like getting your diaper changed or getting dressed

If there is a pillow on the floor you will crawl over to it and lay your head down, it is the cutest thing ever :) Or sometimes my leg, if I am sitting on the floor, or a stuffed animal too.

You love your flouride and get super excited for it

You love your mommy and your daddy :) Sometimes you still cry when one of us isn't holding you and when one of us goes out the front door

You won't fall asleep on my lap like you used too, this makes for a long day at church, but you are pretty good most of the time. 

You went to Bear Lake, a splash pad,  a pond with some ducks, and the zoo for the first time this past month.

You don't like me putting sunscreen on you. It takes like 10 minutes haha I have to debate if it is even worth doing if it requires putting sunscreen on, but I love being outside so it usually is worth it, you love being outside too most of the time.

You are getting better and better at cruising along the furniture and being more adventurous with standing and walking while holding onto things. 

Your eyes are so big and beautiful. Everyone comments on them, and they are adorable 

You are still nursing

You go down amazingly for naps and bedtime. We just read books and sing you a song or two and you sleep about 11-12 hours at night still. Thank goodness for that :) 
You cry everytime I vacuum. Everytime. 
You try your hardest to crawl your fastest to the fridge every time we open it.
Every time we go anywhere at LEAST one person comments about how cute you are :) 

Those lashes :) 

You LOVE stuffed animals right now and smile every time you see one. It is adorable!

You have your moments, but are pretty darn happy most of the time

Watching the 2016 Rio Olympics cuz you didn't want to go to bed one night

You love fruit, you have been eating a lot of pears lately

Bear Lake and SUP

I love Bear Lake. It will always hold a special place in my heart, since my family made a yearly trip to the lake growing up. There is nothing like a delicious, huge, raspberry shake after a fun day at the lake. 

We rented some stand up paddleboards and tried them out. I have been dying to try this FOREVER! But I was super preggo last summer so that wasn't really happening. But I am glad we finally got to try it. It was nice once you got the hang of it. I am still horrible at turning though, but it was fun! We just rented the boards for the day.

This was Brylianna's first time to the lake and first time experiencing sand. We brought her walker and she loved sitting in it and digging her toes into the sand, she was quite content the whole time doing this, and just watching and taking everything in. It was a pretty windy day up there too on the day we went. Then we of course had to get shakes afterwards. We tried Labou's (sp) too, which just has mexican food instead of hamburgers, like Labous but they both have the best shakes around. 

Ah! I already want to go back! :) 

It was super bright and windy

Pat was a natural ;)  

10 months

Oh dear sweet baby girl you are 10 months old. I've said it before but you are seriously THE happiest baby every and so cute and giggly and smiley and SWEET. I don't know why we are so blessed, but you are just a little ray of sunshine in our lives and we are so glad you are ours :) You say "mamama" all the time now and just in different tones of voice depending on what you want. You can wave bye bye and you are still good at smacking your lips in kisses when we kiss at you. You are so fast at crawling, just got your 5th tooth, and love food :) You always laugh when Daddy puts on his sunglasses.

You are getting so strong and big and you are getting more courage up to stand and cruise around holding onto furniture around the room. You clap your hands together when we say "yay" it is super cute and sometimes you will randomly clap at funny times. Like the other day I said ouch for some reason and you started clapping haha. You get scared and cry now when we through you up in the air to daddy's dismay. And you always cry whenever I vacuum, I think it is just so loud it scares you, so needless to say I don't vacuum as often as I should now.

Oh and a favorite thing of mine you do now that I think is funny is you will be sucking on your binky and then you grab it with your hands and literally throw it on the floor when you are going to eat haha. It cracks me up!

You have been super cuddly and sleepy lately. I LOVE the extra cuddles, some days I just want to hold you forever and some days I do :) I think you are growing again. You are going to be tall  I think, you are only 3 feet shorter than me and you aren't even 1 yet haha

We went to Bear Lake the other day and you played in the sand for the first time. You loved digging your little toes into the sand, it was super cute. And you splashed around in the water too, it was a little cold to swim for you though so you just kicked your feet around in the water. I am sure I will do a whole nother blog post about that though!

Oh and this morning when I went in to get you when you woke up you were just sitting up in your pack n play and playing with a corner of your blanket and you held onto it the whole entire time while I took you into the other room, it dragged on the floor and it was adorable for some reason :) You are so loved Brylianna!

My favorites:

• When you crawl over to me and pull on my leg and look up at me and want to be held.
• Throwing your binky on the floor when you see food
• Smiling super big
• Giggles ( Especially when daddy makes you giggle)
• When you lay your head on me :) 
• When you reach for me and say Mama
• When you imitate me and your daddy
• When you clap your hands together and give a big smile
• When I go into another room and hear you crawling after me :) 
• Your pleased look when you are proud of something you did
• You always laugh when we pray for some reason
• How you kick your legs and bounce when you get excited
• How cute you are after bath time
• How you crawl to the door and light up when you hear daddy coming home
• I love cuddling with you and singing to you before naptime and bedtime. I will miss the quiet pre nap time moments when you get older I think

I see a lot of Hollien in her in this picture

 Brylianna's first 4th of July!! 

1st time wearing shoes haha 

 

You are already trying to climb on stuff