Eleven!

Today Tidytot is 11 months old!

Earlier this month, Grandma S came to visit.  We had a grand ol' time, as always!  Our weekend was packed, but we still had time to make it to the annual Heritage Days parade.  Don't you love Tidytot's jogging suit and fashion sneakers?  We signed her up for the pre-parade 5K race they had.  She had a great run and placed 1st in her age bracket!  You can see how proud we are in the photo below.

Another milestone happened this month.  She is now able to hold her bottle all by herself.  We realize most babies do this much earlier; I'm not sure why it too her so long to figure it out.  Must be because we were too busy teaching her the Greek alphabet and didn't devote enough time to this particular skill.  It's been a good "mom lesson" for me.  Sometimes I just need to put down the multiplication flash cards and focus on other things.  After all, most children learn to walk before they have the Periodic Table memorized.

Tidytot had a runny nose for a couple weeks this month.  She's not a thumb sucker, but she does suck on her finger when she's trying to fall asleep.  This proves to be a very difficult task when attempted with a stuffy nose.  And like most babies, she hates the snot sucker thing.  I discovered that the most snot exited her nose during the sneezing process.  Ergo, in order to increase sneezes I would wave the pepper shaker under her nose until it had the desired effect.  Worked like a charm!

In other news, our little munchkin is a big time college girl now!  I am working at Mr. T's office for a few hours a week and while I'm at work, Tidytot goes to the daycare at the college.  Instead of saying, "Let's go to daycare!" we say, "Let's go to college!"  We call her childcare workers her "Professors" and complain that even though she's in college we still have to do her laundry.  

Speaking of, have you ever seen a pair of purple pants frame a cuter face?

Some things never change.  Tidytot has always and still loves paper.  I think next month her favorite thing about her birthday will be the wrapping paper, then the cake, then the presents.


Until then...