Wiggles is 11 months old!

My little "Wiggles" is 11 months old today! Panic mode to plan a birthday party is setting in!! Yikes!!

I swear sometimes it seems that Laynie grows between the time I drop her off at Ms. Anna's to the time I pick her up! Her personality has definitely come out more this month and it's so fun to watch!

She had tubes put in her ears last monday, June 16. She did really well and bounced back very quickly! She was groggy, of course, immediately after the surgery. I was afraid she would cry any time she burped because that's what Rex did when he had his tubes put in. She did but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. She fussed for a bit then settled down. We left for home about 30 minutes after she came out of surgery. She slept for most of the morning and woke up rested and ready to play with her brother! One thing I've noticed about Laynie is how much of a fighter she is in the sense that if she's not feeling well, she's going to still smile and play rather than be fussy. Even Ms. Lorena, one of Ms. Anna's helpers, told me once that Laynie "es una "guerrera" meaning she's a fighter. She is definitely resilient and the surgery for tubes proved that!

The day of the surgery she weighed 19 pounds but I swear it seems she has gained some weight in the last week! Her little belly is sticking out much more than usual and it's so cute! So I'm leaning towards thinking she is probably at or right over 20 pounds. She is wearing size 3 diapers and is growing out of 6 month clothes for sure. Sometimes I think I'm the one that's in denial that she is growing and I try to keep her in smaller clothes. But in my defense, there are some 6 month outfits that fit her perfect but the majority are too small. Saying she is wearing 9 months is safe to say for sure :)

I've given Laynie the nickname "wiggles" because she is quite the wiggle worm and she always has been. I seriously used to be afraid she was having seizures in my belly because her movements were so erratic. She crawls around everywhere and is still pulling up on everything. Any chance she gets, though, she is wanting you to hold her hands to walk around with her. If I'm sitting anywhere with her, she looks for my fingers so that she can grab them and then scoots off my lap so we can walk around. She gets very upset if I don't comply with her demands! I've tried to loosen her grip and have her hold on to the very tip of my fingers but she is not having it! She wants a good grab and will not go on if she doesn't feel secure. She also knows exactly where she wants to go when she's walking. If you try to move her in a direction she doesn't want to go, she will drag one leg to get you to turn back! We're going to start working with her more on letting go a little and walking between 2 people.

I'm loving her little personality that's developing. This morning she was humming to herself and swaying side to side to her own music! She loves to dance and will dance to whatever music comes on. She still loves Pat-a-cake and points her finger to her palm to sing the Mexican nursery rhyme "pinion."

She is definitely a chatty Cathy and tries to say a few words. "Uh-Oh" is still her favorite along with dropping something and having you pick it up...over and over again! She has mastered "bye-bye" over the last month. When I pick her up from Ms. Anna's, she starts saying "bye bye" or "baaaa!" to everyone! When we went to the ENT for her first visit, they conducted a hearing test to see if the fluid in her ears was affecting her hearing. We learned that her hearing was slightly effected but the audiologist noted that it seemed she would be an early talker because she was trying to say "puppy" when the puppy showed during the test. She does more of a "puh" sound with puppy. She has also said "oh wow!" a couple of times and it sounds like she is trying to say "thank you," and "good girl," (she hears this lots because of the dog). She also shouts "BA!" when Sadie comes around so she might be saying "Bad!" which is frequently said to our dear little puppy!

Corey gave her a bath in the big tub for the first time this last month. Again, trying to keep my baby a baby, I had not attempted this at all and intended on switching her to the bath seat before doing the open bath. Well, Daddy took the reigns on this one and it ended up being perfect timing. She loves the water and loves taking baths! She also loves swimming and splashing around! She's shown us how careful we have to be with her around water because if there's water around, she's reaching for it for sure! We have to make sure we close the bathroom doors all the time and cover the toilets. If she is in the restroom while I'm bathing Rex, she will try her hardest to either reach the water coming from the faucet or the water inside the tub so we definitely have to keep a close eye on her around water!

Her two front teeth poked through this month! They are so stinking cute!! She looks like such a big girl with her big teeth! We're trying to introduce more solids but she's kind of hesitant to them. It took awhile for her to get used to the stage 3 foods because they have bigger chunks of food in them. She is doing well with the Gerber pick-up apples. I believe Ms. Anna also has given her banana's. Aside from that, she's still on the same routine for the most part: bottle either at wake up or at Ms. Anna's around 7:30. Cereal around 10:30, lunch (one jar food, 6 ounce bottle) around noon, bottle at 3, dinner (2 jar foods and 4 ounce bottle) around 6, night time 6 ounce bottle around 8:30.

Her and Rex still play so sweet together! Everyone always told me what a joy it would be to see my babies play together and it is even better than I could have imagined! They have little fights and Rex has gotten a couple of spankings here and there for hitting his sister but for the most part, they do really well. Rex likes to dance with Laynie to the music on her Laugh and Learn Playhouse. They love making a mess in Rex's room. In the mornings, Rex walks into Laynie's room with me to get her dressed and he turns his sweet high-pitched voice on saying "Good morning Mama!! How you doing?!" And she gets so so excited when she sees her brother! The night before Laynie's surgery, Rex spent the night with my mom so that we didn't have to get him up in the morning. When we got back to the house after surgery, Rex went straight to Laynie, totally ignored me, and started kissing her feet and hugging her because he missed her! He will make silly noises and she will just crack up! If Laynie is fussy in the car he tells her "It's ok Mama! I'm right here!"  It is seriously my dose of joy every single day to see them play together!

Can't believe my next post will be for her 1st birthday!! Ahhh!! Slow down time!!