Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Eleven Months of Alba

E L E V E N.

1. She is pretty darn good at going upstairs and finally started turning around occasionally to try to go down the stairs instead of just flying down head first. We still have a ways to go, but at least we are seeing some improvement!

2. Her main form of transportation is still crawling but she is starting to walk around the furniture more and more and pushes anything she can find. She will push chairs across the room, boxes, or a wagon filled with one of her brothers.

3. Some new signs she's mastered are "please," "water," and we are working on "treat."

4. She still loves bath time but doesn't love it when I dump water over her head.

5. She's a big fan of food and she is a great eater. She eats real people food like a champ. Plus with less complaining than the bigger kids. She might be my favorite child. She loves pizza and will eat an apple whole if I peel off the skin.

6. Separation anxiety is really setting in and she's a big fan of her mama. She does fine if I'm gone, but if I'm in the room at all she doesn't want anyone else.

7. She blows kisses like a pro, and when she cocks her head to the side when you ask her if she's cute. We about melt.

8. She folds her arms for prayer. I am pretty sure it took our boys until they were 4 to consistently fold their arms. She is just the cutest.

9. She sticks her hand down my shirt while she nurses.

10. She's finally figuring out sippy cups. I was kind of a bad mom and forgot that she needs to learn how to use those because I just nurse her when I'm home, but I remembered a couple of months ago and have been working on some sippy cups. Thankfully now she's able to drink from a couple of different ones!











































Monday, March 26, 2018

Ten Months of Alba

1. She loves to feed me her food.

2. She loves it when we run down the stairs while we hold her, and then she likes to drag her fingers on the handrail as we walk back up the stairs.

3. She tries to put socks and/or shoes on when she finds them. Ironically, she also tries to pull off her socks about 2 seconds after you put them on her feet.

4. She points at things with her right index finger. She also swipes on my phone with that same finger. That girl knows too much for her own good already. She also holds my phone up to her ear or puts her hand up to her ear when I'm talking on my phone. 

5. When we ask "Alba, are you cute?" she cocks her head to the right side. 

6. She can unscrew lids off of containers. 

7. Her newest sign is "please" and it's the cutest thing ever.

8. She likes walking with her walker or pushing the boys in the wagon.

9. She loves putting pom poms in and out of a tissue box.

10. She still has her same 4 teeth and grinds them frequently. It makes me cringe.