11 Months old!

Wow! Yesterday Caitlin turned 11 months old!! It's weird but sometimes it seems like she can't possibly be almost a year old and other times it seems like she's been with us for so much longer. This week she started doing a new thing - pointing! She will point at where she wants to go or at something interesting to her. She likes to sit in her high chair and point at Shiloh and has also started pointing at Toni and I. She's continued to clap and give high fives and seemed this week to understand us more. She knows when she's doing something she's not supposed to be doing and will give us a smile as if she's testing us. She seems to enjoy standing up near the home theater equipment and seeing how close she can get to touching stuff before we stop her. As soon as we stand up sometimes she'll sit down instantly as if acknowledge that she knows she's gone too far. :)

She's also been a lot more independent minded this week. If she doesn't want something like food she's started shaking her head to tell us no. She's been extremely vocal this week as well. Her 2 favorite phrases are, "Lauder-dodder-dodder" and "Laudy-doddy-doddy". :) When she stands to walk, she'll reach out and take whichever hand she wants and not necessarily the one we're offering. She's also started to lead us more on her walks rather than us walking her. She's also started trying to walk without support on her own. Several times we've been watching her walking along holding the furniture and suddenly she'll let go and start trying to walk without support. She's still only getting a few steps but she's definitely trying and knows what she wants to do. We've also pretty much established that Caitlin is actually right handed and not left as we originally thought.

Not everything was fun for Caitlin this week. Early in the week she stopped wanting to walk and when we'd try to walk with her, she'd just sit down and crawl instead. We figured out that the reason she didn't want to walk was because she had a splinter in her foot! :( Luckily there was a little bit of it still out so while she was sleeping, we were able to pull it out and clean her foot up. Ever since, she's been walking like her old self. :)

This weekend we went and had dinner with our friends Roy and his wife Blythe. We had a good time and a great dinner. The are expecting their third child right around Caitlin's birthday next month! :)

This week we don't have much planned. We're starting to plan Caitlin's first birthday party next month so I'll try to keep everyone posted on that. Hope everyone has a great week!