All about Alexa at 11 months!

We're almost done! Almost at 12 months! But first, here are Alexa's birthday pictures for 11 months. What a little cutie pie, as if you'd expect any less. Enjoy!

Some fun facts about Alexa at 11 months: 

• In addition to crawling, pulling up, cruising, walking with a walker, and standing without holding on, Alexa can now stand UP from a sit!
• She can also squat, and stand UP from a squat!
• She can waive goodbye!
• She can clap! Yay, clapping!
• She can put small things into a container, like putting all her ducks into a plastic bowl!
• She can roll a ball! We're still working on her throw...
• When sitting on the edge of the pool, she can "jump" into our waiting arms!
• Loves playing hide and seek! I go hide behind the couch and she crawls over and "finds" me, and when she does she cracks up laughing!
• In addition to walking with her walker, she now pushes just about anything around the house, like her "Alexa" stool or a dining room chair!
• Loves her play cell phone. Loves my cell phone even more. Loves the remote control the best!
• Knows what buttons to push to make her toys play music and will push the buttons over and over to hear the sounds!
• Is talking up a storm, although it's tough to make out exact words. We think she says dada, mama, dog and duck... Her daycare teachers swear she said "Hugo," which is her friend's name!
• Speaking of dogs, she has taken a BIG interest in them! When she sees a dog, she gets excited and starts making sounds! She also is curious about cats and when we were at Grandpa's house, she chased the poor kitty all around the house!
• She still has only two teeth, but we swear her top two are on their way any day now!
• We've read that at this age, babies start to dream. We think she has because she sometimes startles in the middle of the night, although she always settles back down easily.
• She is still under 20 pounds! Alexa weighed in at 19 lbs, 3 oz. That puts her in the 25th percentile. And, as such, she wears most 6-12 month and 6-9 month outfits, some 9-12 month and 12-month items
• You'd think at her size all she eats is veggies. Nope. She not met a cracker she did not like: Favorites are Gerber crunchies, Saltines and goldfish!
• She also loves water ice and frozen yogurt. Yum!
• Has beautiful hair that is getting longer! We love her long bangs and there's no way we're cutting her hair! Not yet! 
• Gives us big hugs where she wraps her arms around us and buries her face. Awww!

And now, check out how Alexa has grown in the last 11 months!

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