Watch Me Grow!

Apparently Finley has entered the "afraid of the Giant Winnie the Pooh" phase.

I am still trying to figure out how this little girl is 11 months old. She is the happiest,  cuddliest, most lovable little girl, and we are blessed to call her ours.

• She is a social butterfly. She is always smiling and waving at everyone she sees.

• She is loud. Whether she is babbling or just making noises, she is doing it at full volume.

• She is getting several teeth and everything goes into her mouth!

• She is a tornado. She is constantly taking things off shelves and pulling up on everything she can reach.

• She loves to be with her sister and is constantly interjecting herself in everything Harper is doing.

• She only drinks a bottle before nap and bedtime and they are only about 4oz each. She would much rather eat real food.

• She had never met a peice of food she doesn't like (she has even warmed up to cottage cheese). She loved to eat. We go through a TON of blueberries, especially.

• She is a great sleeper. She finally learned naps and sleeps for about 2-3 hours I the afternoon and then from about 6:30-7 in the morning.

• She loves to clap and dance

• She just learned "touchdown", but she refuses to do it now. She apparently doesn't like to perform on demand.

Here are a few recent pictures:

 

 

Her new favorite face:

First real boo boo:

 

Watch Me Grow!

Checking out Winnie the Pooh to see if she is spooked by him like her sister was at 10 months....

Nope. Much like the rest of her personality, she doesn't seem phased.

Then big sister joined the photo shoot...

Finley wasn't so sure about this development

After some thought she decided to get out of there

As usual, life took over and I didn't get this post up on time. The pooh pictures were taken on time though, I promise.

Finley has really blossomed over the last few months. She quickly went from a little baby to a loud, constant motion machine.It is so fun to watch her grow into her personality.

• She is on the move. Shortly after the 9 month mark she abandoned army crawling and took off on all fours. She has since started pulling up on almost anything (although truthfully that was probably around or after the 10 month mark).
• She continues to babble like crazy. Da, Ba, Pa, Ga are all sounds she seems to have mastered. You will notice Ma (or mama) is NOT one of these.
• She continues to be an incredibly happy baby
• She is getting her 4 top teeth all at the same time (although she started with the one on the far left and worked her way across). She has two bottom teeth - but they aren't the center two. She has one middle tooth and one incisor. We are hoping the second middle tooth comes in sometime soon.
• She seems to be developing sounds for different things. Her first was a blowing sound she makes as her attempt at "wuff" when she sees the dog. She also seems to be working on "per" for Harper.
• Her sister is her favorite thing in her world. When she sees her she lights up and the feeling is mutual.
• She is still a mama's girl and grabs on with a death grip if someone tries to take her from me.
• She is still sleeping well, taking an afternoon nap and sleeping from almost 12 hours at night.
• She started music class and loves to bop along to it.
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Summer, so far!

The Reeves girls have had a great summer so far. Below are a few pictures to prove it:

Pool time:

Trip to Pennsylvania:

Harper's architectural debut:

9 month appointment:

Sister time:

Bams visit (somehow I didn't end up

With pictures from Gma and Gdad Reeves visit on my phone, hope to update with some soon!)

Lakeside dinner:

After dinner performance:

Fourth of July fun:

Parade with the neighborhood:

Look alikes:

Post twins game exhaustion (and new hats):

Front yard picnic: