{in the photo above: Wearin NUNUNU leggings, Pedipeds and carrying an awesome Alphaberry we bought for the car for you. Except for you don't part with it at home.}
You laugh so much now. Being able to move on your own made you one happy baby. Your smile and laugh is the most adorable thing to me. You scrunch your nose, snort, giggle, show your stubby top teeth. You look like the most adorable little piggy. The best minutes of my day are when I can make you laugh, my sweetheart!{In the photo above: Organic Robot pajamas by Skylar Luna}
You do so many fun things that I wish I could remember right now! But  I will keep this letter short. It's already coming out too late and I cannot remember what you did just two weeks ago versus now. So I'll stop here and will be back for your next letter with more fun things. I am so excited to be planning your birthday party. Just to think that you're almost one year old is too much for me. It's too much awesomeness!
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Oh she’s such a big girl already!
So cute, so happy 🙂
You’re doing such a great job with her guys!
I can’t believe that Lexi is 11 months old already! I’ve been following your blog ever since Lexi was maybe 4 months old. She has really grown. She’s so, so, so precious and beautiful. I may not always leave comments to your posts, but I LOVE reading your posts. Just love them. Your pictures are amazing and beautiful as well. I’m glad to see that you’ve taught Lexi some sign language! I can’t wait for my little guy to pick up on that too.
She’s such a sweetie! I love reading your monthly posts because I have a daughter about the same age and it’s so cool to see how similar they are. I love how you say “Again. You’ve blown our minds. Yes, we are first time parents so our minds are pretty easy to blow.” it made me laugh, it’s so true as first time parents perfectly normal developments seem so amazing! I’m sure our friends and family secretly roll their eyes when we go on and on about little normal baby things lol. As for the running thing, my girl did a similar thing (first step @ 9.5 months, walking on her own a week later and running a week after that, it’s been a little exhausting, ha!) and from talking to other moms it seems that stumble-y baby run is really common for unsteady walkers. My daughter did that running thing for a while before she could slow down and walk carefully (and getting up and down on her own took a few weeks after learning to walk as well).
Don’t worry about the lack of talking, at our one year dr’s appt I was worried because they usually have 1-3 words + mama and dada at that age , and my dr said that as long as they have 1-3 words by 15 months it’s fine. And sure enough at 1 year + 1 week we had 4 words!
Enjoy her first birthday party! We got our daughter a cake to try (she hadn’t had any sweets up to that point), and it was funny because she couldn’t care less, I guess just feeding her healthy food meant that she hadn’t acquired a taste for sugar and she didn’t like it at all! I’m sure it won’t last but we’ll enjoy it for now. 🙂
OH-MY-GAHH. Remember when we were pregnant and exchanging pregnancy “woes” stories? Ahh! She’s almost 1 and I keep muttering to myself, “where has time gone?”
I’m in love with her rocking horse guy- does she actually sit on it and rock?
Happy 11 (almost 12) months, pretty girl!
She is soooo adorable!
“And whatever works for you works for us, too.” – that’s number one rule in our house,too.
I think she looks just like dad with her bangs up or down! He makes a cute baby girl!
De-lurking to ask a question re: sleeping. We have a two month old and I’m trying to get him to sleep seperately from us (bassinet OR crib) but he nurses to fall asleep and then I fall asleep too (side lying position)! I have a movement monitior I love using (for SIDS) but it requires him to actually sleep in the crib, not our bed, haha. How do you transfer Lexi? Does she wake up when you try to move her? So she goes to sleep nursing in your bed and than you transfer her to a co-sleeping thing or crib or what?
Hey, Jill! I am not sure maybe I misspoke and wrote “co-sleeping”, when I meant bedsharing. We have NEVER been able to transfer her onto the bed without waking her up, let alone the crib. And when the mattress had to be lowered, that spelled the death of the crib because no way we could lower her that much and not wake up. SO she falls asleep while nursing and stays asleep that way. Because she wakes up too often in the night, that is also the only way for me to get any sleep, because with nursing and bedsharing I barely have to wake up.
She never took to the co-sleeper either. We sold it when she was just a few months old. The only thing that has worked consistently has been bedsharing.
I used to spread my shirt in the crib securely, so she coupd have my scent next to her. Then place her after she falls asleep, and tap her to go back to sleep if she wakes up. It worked. And yes, when you lower the crib, it gets harder. So we bed shared from 9mos to 13 mos, then dropped the night feeling. I think as a newborn they are easier to transfer and fall back asleep, so I’d get into that habit. Oh, Elena, she stopped sleeping through the night for a few mos, I think 6 to 9 mos….she grew about 4 teeth during that time. She did go back to sleeping through the night though so hang in there. We don’t believe in cry it out either. For us, we just say its temporary, she has growing pains and most of all, she will grow up quickly. Now that she’s older, she is very secure and outgoing. I only have good memories of her baby days.
Ha! We tried the scent thing. Didn’t work. I think we pretty much tried every single thing and all that has worked in bedsharing. I have the same attitude as you said “it’s temporary, soon she won’t be a baby anymore”
Oh man, your adorable little girl is not helping my baby fever! My ovaries ache just looking at her. 🙂
Lexi looks so much like your husband! What a gorgeous, happy baby.
Beautiful baby but it does look like she might have a “lazy eye”. Have you gotten it checked out? These things tend to be easily corrected with early intervention.
Yes we have and no it’s just one of her lids covers the eye a bit more. Will correct itself as she grows. Thanks for the concern 🙂
Amazing material for a future book which I bet your princess will publish when grow up :))))
Hi, I’m a long time reader and first time commenter. I absolutely love your blog and have been following it since I was pregnant. My little guy is 2.5 months now! Just wondering about the signing – how old was Lexi when you started and how long did it take for her to sign back? Which words did you start with and how often did you introduce new signs? Are there any particular resources you recommend? I would love to read a post all about baby sign language. I can’t wait to begin with my little one when the time is right!
That’s a great idea for a post! I’ll write one this week! Thanks for the questions!
She is such a darling girl! growing up so quickly, too! I love the lace leggings Lexi was wearing in the pics on the playground. Can you share where you got them?
Hey, Rachel! It was on Zulily. Don’t know the brand, but can look it up for you if you need it
Hi Elena,
i was curious did you read a specific book about teaching Lexi signs? I have a one month dauther and I am trying to document as much as possible. What you eat while breastfeeding? I know you do not eat meat, did you also give up the rest of animal products?
I am writing a post about signs right now and will cover it all 🙂
In the first few months of BFing I didn’t eat dairy, tomatoes, processed foods, onions, garlic.
I still don’t eat dairy (except for rare occasions when it’s in something), meat or chicken.
she has grown up SO QUICKLY!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe she’s about to turn one. that’s just crazy.
I love all that curly gorgeous hair – too cute.
Oh, I love reading your blog. Lexi is so adorable and she is about to turn one. Such a cute big girl now! I just can’t figure out my little one growing up so quickly too. So excited! Nice photos!!!