11 Months Old

My little girl is 11 months old today. A year ago today I was fighting with my blood pressure on a constant basis and trying to figure out if I had gestational diabetes or not. Boy how things have changed. I look at her now and she's over 2 ft tall. 28" at last check. It's so beautiful to hear her laugh and giggle and when she smiles, everything is right with the world. I can't believe that in 31 days, she's going to be a year old. Wow. Time is passing so quickly.

Learning "No"

My daughter has NO FEAR. She also has absolutely no concept of the word NO. I remember when she was still in the NICU having the convo with my mom about picking and choosing battles and the comment was made that we were going to have to be gentle with her because she's delicate. Yeah well let me tell you, she's a tough little shit and the whole be gentle with her thing has gone completely out the door. You can look at her and tell her no, and I've done it in the most stern tone that I have available and she will look up at me, notice that I've said something, smile and go right back to what she was doing! OMG this child is her father! Bull headed and stubborn as all get out! LoL!

On another note though, boy how the tables have changed when it comes to the dogs. T-man could care less about Squeak, but Symph, she treats her as if she were one of her puppies. Someone walks in and she is instantly between Squeak and whoever it is. Even when her teacher is here, and Symph loves her teacher! But when they're playing, she's all business. She's right in the thick of things making sure that the teacher isn't hurting her. My neighbor came over not to long ago to fix my kitchen lights, he walked around the corner to look at her in her Jenny Jumper and boy Symph just jumped up and let him know that she was there and he was NOT going to let him touch her until I said it was okay. It was so funny. So now she's the front line, and the sneak up and shank ya in the back if you get too close. She's a pretty busy little puppy. LoL! Figuratively speaking anyway. But she's a great advocate. It's nice. Life is good and she is such a happy baby. I'm so blessed!

Crawling

So it's been a few days since y last post. But I have to say, so much has changed! She's not only crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE. And this has just started in the last few days that she's really taken to crawling every where. Well today, she was crawling around the living room and she went to the steps that we have leading to the dining room in the house. She showed absolutely NO FEAR, and she crawled up every step leading to the dining room! I was amazed! It was so cool! I was tickled pink! So when her daddy got home, I told him to stand in the doorway of the living room/dining room and set her on the floor, and there she went! She's gotten to the point that she won't even stay on the rug any more. Hard wood or not, she's gone! LoL! She loves it! It's so amazing. I can't believe that in a little over a month and a half she's going to be a year old. So much has changed I can barely remember her being in the hospital. She's got so much fight in her that I look at her and I swear she's gonna be a little scrapper. LoL! School awaits and I absolutely dread every second until that time. I've thought about home schooling so many times, I just hope I can actually go through with it. That would alleviate so much worry. Yeah right. LoL! Oh well. Time will tell I'm sure. Anyway, I was so excited, I just had to share. Eke. My little girl is growing up. So many firsts to come. Time is flying by so fast. I can't believe it.