11 Month Update

This week Eliana turned 11 months old.  She decided to celebrate 11 months by getting her first ear infection diagnosis.  Yuck!  I stayed home with her for two days.  Then, Fred wasn't feeling great, so he stayed home a day with her.  She went to the sitter's on Thursday, and she got more daddy time on Friday. Overall, I think she's feeling better.  Whew!

In the past week, Eliana has become quite the walker.  She basically prefers walking rather than crawling.  I'm also impressed that she has learned to stand all by herself without the help of anything.  Lately, her walking gets pretty fast.  She almost trips over her own feet when she gets excited to go in a direction.

You can't really tell in this picture, but E had a pretty crazy case of bed head when she woke up from her nap.  She seems pretty happy about it.  :)

Pretty happy at the beginning of the photo shoot.

This is the part of the photo shoot that Eliana gets mad because she wants to hold the camera herself.  Please don't judge my wardrobe.  It's pretty typical when I'm lounging around the house.  

E got some new toys from a nice teacher friend at school.  Eliana likes to push her teddy bear around in her new stroller.  So cute!

This area is the danger zone for Eliana.  Today, she got mad and bit the TV stand.  This led to a one hour screaming fit.  I think biting the TV stand contributed, but I later learned she had a bad case of diaper rash.  Poor girl!  

Such a sweetie!

She thinks she's big stuff because she can walk and chew on her sippy cup.  

And...I caught a stink face.  

I love these little feet at the bottom of the picture.  So cute!  

Eliana loves my cell phone.  If I'm texting someone or looking at something, she grabs my phone from me.  A few seconds later, it will end up on the floor.  She just doesn't want me to have it.  Little stinker!