Eleven month old Mira is a crawling-talking-cruising-clapping ball of fun. Mira continues to celebrate new firsts, including her first (albeit unprofessional) haircut.In her eleventh month, she has discovered a new mobility, from cruising the furniture to crawling the floors. She can push herself into a sitting position from laying prone. She can ease herself to sitting from standing and holding on. Today she even figured out how to crawl up the two small stairs from the living room to the dining room. We're excited to watch her develop, but we're also adjusting to what this new-found mobility entails (i.e., the need to be vigilent, responsible parents).
Mira's palate remains true to her old standards of baby oatmeal and store-bought fruits and vegetables (as long as they're not green), but she more frequently allows herself the luxury of tasting new foods and then turning them down rather
than immediately denying them at first glance. We all witnessed a rarely successful first trial with yesterday's offer of a chocolate cookie, some of us enjoying the experience more than others; Sandi took pride in the possibility of this budding chocoholic (as opposed to following in the ways of Aunt Debbie and Uncle Jon - that would just be wrong), Dan cringed but did nothing to stop the dripping chocolate mess from spreading everywhere, and Mira, well, conclude what you'd like from the pictures. And she's certainly a pro at drinking from a sippy cup!
We pretended that we have actually have time to enjoy each other's company as well as that of good friends and traveled to the Brazos Bend State Park for the day yesterday. All parents, dogs, and children were accounted for at the conclusion of our hike among the birds, turtles, and alligators.Addendum: Interested parties are invited to double click on the slideshow to enable download of selected photos