eleven months

maggie.

our little eleven month old.

we are only one month away from the big one.

i remember with tennyson at eleven months saying, "has it already been eleven months? time is flying!"

i don't know if it's the second child, or if maggie is just wearing me out, but this time around i keep thinking "has it really only been eleven months? girl's been around an eternity!"

i had a hard time with her photo shoot this month.

it was hard for me to pick out the picture i wanted to use as the official photo, because for some reason all the sudden she looks like a different kid. i'm sitting here scrolling through the pictures on my computer thinking, none of these look like her. she's thinning out, losing some of her baby cheeks, and turning into more of a toddler and less of a baby. 

it's making me a little sad. i've become quite fond of nibbling those little cheeks.

fun facts:

-maggie currently has seven teeth. three on bottom, four on top.

-she has enough hair to hold a little pony on top of her hair. it's so cute i could die. (and mike feels the same way about the tiny barrettes we can now get to stick in her hair.)

-she's now a pro at cruising around furniture.

-occasionally we can get her to stand up on her own, but she's stubborn.

-maggie still wakes up at least once during the night. usually more. i've given up all hope on sleeping through the night ever again.

-maggie has the most adorable raspy little voice, and instead of screaming when she's upset, she outright yells. a raspy little yell. so half of you wants to tell her to just be quiet, and the other half is like "that's the cutest thing i've ever heard." and when she yells, she makes this face...

and i simply want to eat her up and throw her out the window at the same time.

-maggie still loves to eat. she spends a lot of the day either in her high chair, or eating whatever food tennyson left laying around.
-she's found a new love for both mickey mouse and jake and the neverland pirates. it's the first point in her life where she's really even cared the tv is on, and it's so cute how her eyes light up when she hears the song. and then her whole body breaks out in a dance.

seriously, maggie is a hoot and a half.

she's absolutely crazy and we are absolutely in love with her.