11 months!

Francesca is loving being able to crawl! I was so worried she wasn't going to crawl on time (if there's such a thing..) and the doctor's suggestions did not ease our worries any. At her 9 month appt her doctor suggested that we get a PT eval because she wasn't attempting to crawl and/or trying to pull herself up. This was upsetting news since she had just turned 9 months and I was under the impression that all babies are different. 

Needless to say I didn't make an appt for another month. Two weeks later.. she was crawling. I cancelled that appt right away! 

She is a busy busy bee! She has free roam of the living room- which now doubles as her play area. I have installed the gate at the top of the stairs. She will sit at the gate looking like an inmate if you leave her to take a quick trip downstairs.. too funny. She has also learned to give me a kiss through the bars.. too sweet! 

Drinking from a straw occurred while we were at Noodles & Co and realized we forgot to bring her sippy cup. Francesca just started drinking like a pro. It was awesome! She loves straws and no she can use them all the time! Perfect

She has mastered shaking her head no. While we were in Colorado recently for my brother's graduation party she picked up the head shaking. And if you say "yes" and nod your head she will just laugh and shake her head more! 

She has FOUR teeth! Her two bottoms ones came in a while ago and her two big front ones started coming in while in Denver. She has the two to the sides of the big fronts coming in now! She'll have a full mouth before we know it! Her two fronts are actually really spread apart... major gap going on up there... but she's still too cute. 

haah this is a really funny picture.. she's doing her scrunched face while smiling,
but it really shows all her teeth well!

On another note... Our little girl is already going to be a year old! Cannot believe it! I have been planning her party in my head and on pinterest since she was like 8/9 months old. Actually bringing it to life has been fun and interesting. She is having a duck themed party (since she LOVES ducks) which totally fits her! I didn't want it to be all yellow and blue, so I have decided to make it more of an aqua, yellow and coral scheme. Yes, I color schemed her 1st birthday party. I found a paper straw set that perfectly fit my vision and went with it! 

Fourth of July was super super hot! We were having a major head wave that finally ended Saturday evening! Hopefully it doesn't come back! We hosted Fourth of July this year and had a lot of fun with some good friends! 

Thanks to hostess with the mostess  for the perfect food and drink signs.. they added a great touch! I really wanted to take Francesca to see the fireworks, but of course it didn't happen. She was good until like 8:20 when something set her off and she had a fit. Dad nixed the fireworks right away because it was past bedtime. how sad...

Also while in Colorado we took some more family pictures with my parents, sis and bro! Driving up to my parents new house in Morrison there is this gigantic red rock on the side of the road. We asked my Auntie Jan to come up and take some shots of us in front of it one night. They turned out great... and are now hanging in our home.. love them!

10 Months

That's my moms new puppy too, Cupertino aka coop.

The next post probably won't be until after baby girls birthday! Stay tuned..

xo