11 months old

This weekend was a busy one with errands on Saturday and a wedding shower in Clear Lake on Sunday.  It was busy and went quickly, but was a fun time as always.  We have a few pictures from the shower and some random ones I caught tonight while Anna was playing.  She's a day away from 11 months.  Wow...that really makes you realize how close we are to counting her age in years!  She's really cruising now, running everywhere she goes.  She's a chatty cathy as well...no official words yet, but lots of sounds and gestures that only her parents can comprehend :)  She loves being a big girl and eating all the big girl foods.  She loves playing and laughing and dancing.  She's a wild girl! 

Now for the star of the show:

As you can see from the picture...Anna was the star of the show...even when they were opening gifts she tried to steal the spotlight!  We're not sure why, but she kept carrying the big bucket around...it was about the same size and she is, but she's a tough little girl! 

Playing with Grandpa.

Daddy and Anna (He probably just had to detour her path of destruction!)

Pictures from tonight.  She's a little messy...but we're proud that she now wears the same outfit most of the day! 

Falling on the pillows!

Pillow fight with Daddy!

He's so funny!

Our big walker!

Toys!

Reading a book.

Learning the alphabet.

Chillin'

Then she got ahold of my cell phone...and she suddenly turned 13...

We couldn't get it away from her...

She loves cell phones.

And clearly has important messages to send out...

Our little peanut..not so little anymore.  She's really grown and changed in 11 months.  Hard to believe she'll be diving into her 1st birthday cake in one month.  She's full of life and personality, and we are loving every minute of her life and learning experiences.