eleven months old

Eleven Months Old.

By in Mirei, Mirei’s Monthly Photo Tags: , , , , ,

Mirei turned eleven months old on Christmas Day, and she showed us some of her most beaming smiles yet on Christmas morning! She melted our hearts as we snapped these photos. Happy first Christmas and eleven months, Mirei!

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

Eleven Months Old

 

(I’ll be taking photos of Mirei sitting in my white desk chair and wearing her monthly onesie every month until she’s one year old.)

Previous Photos:
One Month Old • Two Months Old • Three Months Old • Four Months Old • Five Months Old • Six Months Old • Seven Months Old • Eight Months Old • Nine Months Old • Nine Months Old

The Rundown at Eleven Months…

Stats: You have a total of five teeth completely grown in now, and have quite a strong set of chompers! Your height seems to have stayed the same, and your weight gain seems to have slowed considerably as well, especially since you’re walking so much everywhere now!

Things You’re Doing Now: You are starting to communicate more with us now, and are using some of the baby signs that we’ve taught you, especially “more.” You’re starting to understand routines, and immediately make your way to the bathroom when it’s time for baths, and start trying to climb into the bathtub with your sister even before we’ve had a chance to take your diaper off! You sputter, “pai pai” (just like Mio did!) when you want to nurse, and you seem to understand and respond much more to our questions and conversations in general. You’re eating many of the same foods that we eat at mealtime, as long as they are not too strong in flavor and cut up small enough. You seem to love rice, and like the rest of the family, already love natto! You love using your pointer finger to poke everything, whether it be the “home” button of our phones, trying to stab our eyes, or to try to probe into our open mouths. It seems like poking is your way of exploring! You’ve completely mastered walking in the last couple months and rarely ever stumble! When we outstretch our arms towards you, you immediately come running to us to receive your hug, with a smile so wide and happy that it melts our hearts. You’re interacting with your sister more and more every day, and it’s sweet to see you two playing alongside each other with toys, even if it often ends with a tug-o-war of you two fighting over something. It’s amazing how fast time flies, and that next installment will be the last of your monthly photos!

Eleven Months Old.

By in Mio, Mio's Monthly Photo Tags: , , , , , ,

Mio turns 11 months old today… which means she is one month away from turning one! Incredible how fast time flies. Here’s our sweet daughter now, with more personality than ever!

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

Eleven Months Old

(I’ll be taking photos of Mio sitting in my white desk chair and wearing her monthly onesie every month until she’s one year old.)

Previous Photos:
One Month Old • Two Months Old • Three Months Old • Four Months Old • Five Months Old • Six Months Old • Seven Months Old • Eight Months Old • Nine Months Old • Ten Months Old

The Rundown at Eleven Months…

Stats: You still weigh around 22 pounds, and while you used to be in the 80th to 95th percentiles in weight and height in your first several months, since your growth has hit a plateau, you are now more in the 60 to 65th percentile range. One thing that is still really large, though, is your head size — as your pediatrician says, “someone in the family has a big head!” I thought it was Daddy, but he maintains that it is me. (I suppose looking at it proportionally, he is right.)  You still have eight teeth — although it’s hard to really see whether or not you’re getting more in because it’s difficult to get you to open your mouth wide enough to get a clear look. You’re still in 18 month size clothes, but we’ll probably be moving you up to 24 month size soon.

Things You’re Doing Now: You’ve started walking in the past month! It’s been amazing to watch you progress from uncertain couple steps here and there to full-on confident walking with very occasional stumbles! You’re getting really fast at it, too, and we’re finding it hard to keep you from chasing after us wherever we go! It always melts my heart, though, to feel your little arms wrap around my leg and see your beautiful eyes looking up at me — I can’t help but scoop you up and squeeze you tight. (This has unfortunately resulted in increased clinginess, though… you cry more often when I set you down.) You’re all about finger foods now, and no longer will eat puréed foods we try to spoon-feed you. You like to eat steamed vegetables that we cut up for you (carrots, broccoli, potatoes, squash, beans) and have a newfound love for shredded string cheese. You love orzo and pasta, and have a strong love for Japanese food, too, as you gobble up natto rice, cut-up udon, and rice mixed with flaked and shredded salmon. You’ve realized that whatever we’re eating is usually good, so you reach for foods when Daddy and I are snacking… which means we need to start watching what we eat around you! In the past week, you’ve started wanting to self-feed with utensils: although you’re not adept enough to stab food with your fork yet, as long as we put the food on the fork for you, you’ll grab it and properly guide it into your mouth. It seems to be your preferred method of eating nowadays, which is a little slower than us directly feeding you, but we are trying to respect these first signs of independence that you’re exhibiting. I look back on how much you’ve grown and developed over the past eleven months, and it truly is astounding. It’s still really hard for me to believe that your Daddy and I created someone like you… but here you are, more beautiful and wonderful than I could have ever imagined.