Sweet little Simms is 11 months old today! I cannot believe it! Where has the time gone? It has flown by that is for sure!
Simms is so much fun! She laughs all the time now, and can even laugh on command! Of course this results in laughter from everyone around!! And oh how vocal she has become! Dada used to be her preferred word, and now, oh yes, Mama is! She says it so clearly and each time I hear it (which is alot) I get just as excited as I did the first time I heard her say it! Other words, or attempts at words: she makes a Ba sound for Bennett and baby, and has her own word for Ellie. It is just a shriek, but very recognizable and consistent! She is starting to make an MMM sound for milk.
Guess who just had a shot?
The sweetest thing she is doing now is when we sit down to eat. Dru and I have been folding our hands to pray at lunch and dinner, and hoping she'd pick up on it, well, she has! It is so sweet! It sometimes turns into a clap, and we try to get through the blessing without laughing! She is giving huge open mouth kisses with sound effects and Dru and I compete to see who gets the most.
The flu shot hurts! I had one too and my arm is still sore!
Her eating habits are interesting! This baby, who has never been picky, wants nothing to do with anything other than baby food or her milk! No puffs, table food, etc..she turns her nose up at it all! Even ice cream! I hope this gets better!
Simms is quite the chunker! I am sure she is at or past 22 pounds now! And oh is my back/left hip feeling that! ( I need to switch hips but it is just a habit to put her on my left side). I am so ready to turn her around in the car, because the carrier is too much now! We are in the process of ordering her her new car seat!
She crawls everywhere and I am so nervous when she pulls up on things! This morning she pulled up on her own and stood there for about 15 seconds, took a few steps, then fell down! I was so excited and wished Dru had been here to see it! He cannot wait for her to walk! I know the falls will only increase after that! And yes, we had our first roll off of mommy and daddy's bed this month! And it is high! Thank the Lord she was ok! I, on the other hand, cried several times I felt so bad!
This really makes me nervous! Simms tries to do pull-ups on the shutters in her room! She is not afraid to try anything!
Separation anxiety is in full force right now! Take back the post I did about how well she was doing in the church nursery! She was, but not anymore! We have been taking her to the nursery every night this week while we went to Revival, and while it hurts me to see her cry like that when we leave, I know it is good for her to be around other babies and adults besides us. Except for those times at church, she is always with us! I know it will get better!
Simms has 2 bottom teeth, and 2 top! Don't get confused! It isn't her top front teeth. It is the 2 on either side of the front teeth! It is so funny! She looks like a kitten!
She loves Little Huggums now! This one was mine when I was little. Simms got one for Christmas but we don't play with it!
We have been blessed beyond measure with this sweet baby! I cannot believe she will be 1 in a month! It is indescribable how she has changed our lives and indescribable how much we love her! I get so emotional thinking about her turning one (I know other moms understand) but it is a good emotional! But emotional nonetheless! OK, I admit, I am one of those emotional moms! Some of her stories I cannot even read without tearing up and certain songs get me every time! I wasn't like this before her!
Simms is a precious gift in our lives! We love her so very much and are so grateful to be her parents!
1 comment:
Sweet post, Margaret. One year is very emotional and you're so funny admitting to being that way. It is crazy how they affect us like that. Don't worry about the picky eating. They go through stages and it will constantly change, sometimes even on a daily basis. Ella would LOVE something, eat it all the time and then the next day turn up her nose and have nothing to do with it. Then later she would love it again! I was excited about the forward facing car seat too. It's so much fun to look in the rear view mirror and see their happy smiling faces and if that face isn't smiling it's much easier to calm them down. Ella loves the car rides much better now that she can see me and outside! Happy 11 months, Simms!!!
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