11 months

Our baby is 11 months old today!

Violet has progressed a lot in the past couple of weeks. She now has several words, and she's pushing her walker around, in addition to cruising along furniture.



This week I stood Violet up behind the walker toy, and off she went.

She walks until she runs into something, or until she stumbles; then she'll push it from her knees.

We'll see if she's walking by her first birthday!

She is so proud of herself, making great squealing noises with a huge grin.

That's our Violet - usually smiling a big, happy smile!
She says "uh oh" and "doggy," which were her first words. She also says "Daddy," "ghia" for Cora and we've heard "teh tu" for thank you.
It's not a real word, but she says "Mmmmmmm!!!" when she wants more food!

I visited with my friend Melanie on Saturday and you can hear Violet saying "uh oh" at the end of this clip. It always makes me laugh to hear her saying it at naptime, when she's alone in her bedroom, throwing her animals out of the crib.

We can tell Violet is getting older in another way - she has been getting mad and screaming more the past couple of weeks. Especially when Cora and she are playing and she isn't happy about something. For example, in this video clip:

(The backstory is, Violet had been dancing to the music this toy plays, and it was adorable, until I got the camera out. A half-dozen clips later, and only one clip had a tiny bit of dancing. Stace and I agreed, though, that this one was pretty classic. It's starting to appear that Violet isn't going to let Cora push her around.)

Lastly, I was tidying up Violet's bedroom today while she untidied it.

When we emptied the playroom to change the carpet, we put the small bookcase in Violet's room. It has the baby books in it, after all, and her room has some empty space. We'll see if it ends up being a good idea!