11 Months: Snotty Nose, Mess Maker, and Two Bottom Teeth

Andi's two bottom teeth finally broke through on November 8th! Hallejuah! I didn't think she was ever going to get them but this past week she has been drooling A LOT and snotting everywhere. I don't have a picture of her yet with her teeth, she is very difficult to take pictures of. Her teeth are very sharp and she is a biter! Christie and I have both been victims.

 She has crazy hair when she wakes in the morning. She always has the same thing: fruit loops, scrambled egg with velveeta, and mandorin oranges. She loves orange juice too. She definitely has a good appetite!

As I mentioned before, Andi loves to dance! She will dance without music. She will dance to the sound of a drill, she dances to any kind of beat. She is constantly shaking her booty! What is funny she will be walking across the room and if a song on a commercial or show comes on she stops and starts dancing.
She is all about giving her baby kisses and she will say "mwah" everytime she kisses her. It looks like she is trying to eat her face, but she likes open mouth kisses especially towards the dogs.

One thing that has been less enjoyable is her snotty nose. She likes to wipe her nose on your legs or shoulder. I don't know how many times the past two weeks I have went to work with snot stains on my clothes. She would attack me when I was dressed and dropping her off. 

Well I started trying to wean her off the bottle and that has been very UNSUCCESSFUL! I have put her milk in all kinds of sippies and she won't drink it. She carries her sippy around everywhere and drinks from it all the time but will not drink her milk. She will go without her milk all day but she has to have it for bedtime, in a bottle. I know it takes time but I really don't think it is going to happen anytime soon. Maybe she will drink regular cows milk better, hopefully! I am afraid to see how the pacifier weaning is going to go. I probably won't try that until she is close to 1.5.

Another challenge has been her mess making. It is constant now. I can't keep up with her and our house looks like a tornado most of the time. She gets in all the drawers and cabinets. She loves getting in the fridge! The likes to get her diapers out of the drawer and throw them everywhere and she likes to play with her DIRTY diapers too. Usually when she gets really quiet, I know she is doing something she not suppose to. I have given her plenty of swats on the butt which causes a meltdown but within 5 seconds she is back doing the same thing. 

Another challenge has been the dog stairs. She likes to go up them onto the bed. I have moved them aside of the bed and she gets on the top step and dances. She has fell off a few times, hasn't hurt herself but immediately goes back up. 

She loves messes. She loves to throw her food at the dogs, which they love her for it. She is a handful but I wouldn't trade her for anything.

Andi has brought so much joy into our lives and I can't believe she will be a year in 4 WEEKS! It is unreal how fast time has flown. She has started showing stranger anxiety which is perfect timing since Santa is in town for pictures. She will kick her feet, push away, and reach for me when people other than family hold her.

She has been a wonderful baby but if there was one thing she could be better at would be sleeping. She is a very light sleeper and it takes FOREVER to get her to sleep. There are parents that drive their babies around to get them to fall asleep, yeah that would never work because as soon as you move her in or out of her car seat she is awake. I hate having to work nights that I close because I usually don't get home until 10pm. Now with the holiday season upon us we will be staying open later so make that 11pm or after and she will not go to sleep for Matt, she will stay awake saying Mama, Mama until I am home. Then it is usually 30 minutes until she falls asleep. As soon as she sees me, she starts crying and I can't even get changed therefore most nights I rock her to sleep in a suit that usually gets milk on it. I am not complaining, it just would be easier if she could fall asleep for her daddy as well.

My mom brought her to visit me at work last week and she did the cutest thing. A lady was pushing her little girl in an umbrella stroller, I'd say the girl was about two or three. Andi took off after her, about to attack her. She really liked the little girl. They went on and Andi was almost running after them. I got her back and we went on the other side of the store and the lady came around and Andi started squealing and pointing at the little girl. I will definitely say Andi needs some friends or better yet a sibling. All she has are adults and dogs to hang out with. As of right now, Sam is her best friend which there is nothing wrong with that!

I take A LOT of pictures of her, usually 300 in two months time. I have decided to do a collage of her from the time she was born until she is a year for her party. I have started going through her pictures and I guess I am just hormonal, but I can't look through them without crying! It is just so hard to believe she will be 1 and how much she has changed in a year and the milestones she has accomplished. People weren't lying when they said it goes by quick. I love this little girl more than I ever thought possible.