11 months

Our little booger is 11 months old today! She weighs in at 19 lbs 9 oz, which was determined at her sick visit last Monday when she was diagnosed with a double ear infection! Up til now, we have only had 2 sick visits. The first was a couple months ago and Sipsey had a really high fever that wouldn't seem to go away so we took her to the after-hours clinic, as suggested by the phone nurse. When we got there, the Tylenol had apparently finally kicked in and she was all smiles and squeals and giggles. I'm sure they thought we were nuts. Last Monday my mom took Sipsey to the doctor because she had a really gross cough and fever every now and then. That's where we learned about the ear infections. I was really hoping since we'd made it this far with no ear infections that we would never have to experience them.

Here is what Sipsey is doing these days:

• Drinking from a sippy cup except in the mornings when we still give her a bottle or when her Sweet P comes to visit and gives her bottles all day because she thinks we're making her "grow up too fast."
  
• Eating ALL table food. This child will try anything. She really loves chicken masaman from Surin!
  
• Crawling like a monkey. I'll have to post a video but she kicks her right leg forward and pulls her body forward with that leg instead of using her knees.
• Waving bye bye and hey whenever she hears these words. Someone said bye bye on the TV and she started waving!
• Pulling up on anything and everything but not really cruising or trying to walk.
  
• Following us around like a puppy dog.
• Babbling baba, dada, mama, and lots of other funny sounds.
• Loving my teeth, nose and eyes. When she sees my teeth, she starts grabbing for them and will have her entire hand in my mouth before I know it. If I keep my mouth closed tight, she goes after my nose and eyes. (I know, this is gross. We are trying to put a stop to it!).
• Getting VERY upset when told, "NO!" She's tender-hearted and cries each and everytime we tell her not to do something, like....
• Eating everything off of the floor. Sometimes she won't be interested in her meal, but when we put her on the ground, she proceeds to eat even the tiniest speck of dust on the floor.
• Handing over the tiniest (or largest) speck of dust that she was considering eating when you hold out your hand and say, "Thank you!"
• Opening and closing doors. I've found her crying in the bathroom because she crawled in and closed the door and couldn't get out. The problem is, she'll be sitting right on the other side so you can't open the door to get her out!
• Emptying the entire contents of my purse, her diaper bag, grocery bags, etc. All bags now are stored off of the floor.
• Staring out of the glass storm door at our front door. She can be really bored, mad, fussy, etc. and all I have to do is put her in front of that door and she's completely satisfied. The cold weather has put a damper on this activity for now. :(
  
• Sipsey has 6 teeth total right now, the top 2 with one on the side and the bottom 2 with one on the side.
  
• Being the most fun, wonderful, loving, and sweet 11 month old ever!
  

My mullet grew back!

I LOVE playing with (torturing) Banjo!