This Month's Highlights:
* LOTS of talking and grunting (your goal is to be LOUD now)
* Fall Festival at church (10/29)
* First Halloween at school (everyone dressed up for the parade and you were Minnie!) (10/31)
* Becoming a pro at eating rice cereal (by 11/6)
* First cough (cold) so Mommy stayed home with you (11/4)
* Started sucking your thumb (no!) (11/6)
* First visit to the Dallas Arboretum (11/8)
* First flight (you slept most of it!) (11/23)
* First visit to Weslaco to meet family (11/23-11/29)
* First case of bronchitis and had to do breathing treatments (started 11/24)
* Sat up from propped up position in Mac's chair (11/26)
* First baby food (sweet potatoes!) on Thanksgiving (11/27)
* Getting much better at rolling over (tummy to back)
Mommy's Favorite Moments:
* You talking to me in the mornings as I get you ready and on the way to school
* Picking you up from school and getting kissies (you give the best big kisses!)
* Feeding you rice cereal (messy, but fun!)
* Nighttime feedings (our special time together)
* Your smile that seems to get bigger every day (such a happy baby - everyone says so!)
* Watching you play with Daddy (you sure do love him!)
* Seeing you smile when I come to get you out of your crib
* Watching you entertain yourself in your crib/on your mat just talking up a storm and trying to eat your paci
* Weight: 13 lbs, 4 oz (during rash appointment on 10/17); 14 lbs, 3 oz (during cold follow-up 11/25)
* Length: 25.2"
* Eating: 5-6 oz. every 4 hours for the most part (usually a 6-hour stretch at night)
* Diapers: Size 2
* Clothes: 6 month onesies, pants
* Favorites: snuggling, being propped up on someone's shoulder, practicing standing, bouncing, hiding your face while you sleep, car rides, sleep sheep, Gerry the giraffe on your car seat, TV if it is on, giving big open mouth kisses, smiling with Mommy & Daddy while being changed, finding yourself in mirrors, your teachers at school, mimicking Mommy and Daddy's faces to try to talk, making new noises (you're so proud of yourself), chewing on your paci and taking it out of your mouth, splashing in the bathtub, giggling at Mommy & Daddy's funny faces
* Least favorites: not being able to get your paci back in your mouth, not being upright to see the action, pedicures (it tickles!), manicures (too busy to sit still), waking up cold/hot
* Skills: intentionally reaching for things and putting them in your mouth, great balance while you're propped up, sitting up well in your bumbo, following voices and objects, smiling big gummy smiles, & lot of "talking," standing with someone helping you balance
Memories from this Month:
{Week 23: "Up" themed Trunk or Treat with Minnie Mouse;
feeling Daddy's beard; snuggling with Nonnie; riding a bull}
{Week 24: Home sick with a cold;
big kissies for Mom once she is feeling better;
sucking her thumb; arboretum}
{Week 25: Trying out our new winter gear;
lunch with Megan;
babysitting adventures with Uncle Ryan & Aunt Micah}
{Week 26: Goofing around with Daddy;
playing in a toy bin; first plane ride; meeting Nana}
{Week 27: Breathing treatment for bronchitis;
playing the piano with Mommy;
stroll in the neighborhood with Mac;
trying sweet potatoes (first baby food!) on Thanksgiving}
