Annabelle turned 11 months old a few days ago. I can hardly believe there is less than one month left until she hits the big ONE! What's she up to these days?
She is eating more...about 10-12 ounces of baby food, some solid food, and 22-28 ounces of formula a day. It helps that she now has 5 teeth (three of which came in about a week ago) and she's working on a few more. Much to our chagrin, she is still waking at least once a night to eat.
Not sure how tall she is or how much she weighs; we'll find out at her one year appointment.
Annabelle loves to be outside; we've spent many afternoons "weeding" (she looks at rocks, I weed), playing on the playground (I think the wood chips are her favorite part), and watching the neighbor boys play on their bikes and skateboards (you can just see her trying to figure out how she can do the same things they do!) She also likes to take baths (and splash!); pull things out of drawers, boxes, bins, etc.; "run" from couch cushion to couch cushion grabbing her toys off the couch; and inspect anything new or different.
She has been in a pointing mood lately. As we walk around she points and things and says "ooh" or "uh", wanting to know what everything is. She has also become quite the babbler. Still no official words, but it seems that she says "mama" and "dada" purposefully at times.
Last, but not least, Annabelle is a stander! She has been able to stand for a few seconds at a time for about a month now, but she now stands whenever the mood strikes. She can even stand, crouch to pick up a toy, and stand back up without assistance!
In Baltimore, we visited our old neighborhood, Federal Hill. Our friend, Matthew, met us there and Annabelle met him for the first time and took an immediate liking. We walked around, went to the park at the top of Federal Hill, watched some kinetic sculptures go by, and went to dinner at Kris' favorite place in Baltimore, Thirsty Dog. Annabelle met two more Baltimore friends, Sean and Becky, at dinner! Of course, we also stopped by Ropewalk Tavern, where Kris and I met 6 years ago :)
We spent the next day in DC. Matthew met up with us again and my brother, Paul, and his girlfriend, Brittany, joined us as well. We went to the National Mall and perused the Natural History and Air and Space Museums. We took a walk to see the Washington Monument, but didn't have time to go to the other monuments or the White House :( Dinner was a Luna Grill and was delicious (Happy Mother's Day)!
