11months

Holy crap!! How is Elayna 11 months old already??

At 11 months, she's:
Still nursing
Eating table food like crazy
Wearing size 3 diapers
19 pounds
In 6-9 month clothes
Hates bathtime
Giggles like no tomorrow
Knows she's cute
Daredevil, constantly getting cuts and bruises
Still hates the carseat
Climbs stairs - oye
Is learning to throw trash (aka her diaper) away

Busy planning the big 1st bday party. I just can't believe it's already here. I need to detail Ellie's birth story, it's a good one!

MIA

I know, I know, I've been MIA for almost a month now.  But, in my defense, it's been a crazy busy month!

August 15th - Elayna took her first steps.  She is now completely full-on walking.  Falls down and stands right back up and starts walking.  Early early walker and into everything!

She started transitioning to the toddler 1 room yesterday and is loving it.  Has spent all day both days in with the big kids.  I'm so proud of my big girl but it's also sad. 

I've been working on planning the big 1 year old party. And having crazy nightmares about it!  I never throw parties so I'm definitely sweating the small stuff - cookies not getting made, people not showing up, rain for an outdoor party.  I need to relax because it's supposed to be about FUN!

Elayna has turned 10 months old.  Again, have photos of the big day, just don't have the cord for the camera to post them.  Sheesh.  At 10 months old she's:

Still wearing 3-6 and 6-9 month clothes
Size 3 diapers
WALKING!!
Standing up like a big girl, not having to pull up on things
Has said mama, dada, bubba, and ok
Still going strong nursing
Working on transitioning to a sippy cup.  Doing good, but she likes to blow bubbles and drool
Loves table food.  Eating everything she can, just excluding age-restricted items like eggs, dairy, pb, honey...
Waves bye-bye most of the time and mouths it with no sound coming out
Loves to dance!
Her hair is definitely going blonde and is soooo long!   We have to pull it into some sort of pony everyday or it's in her eyes
Can climb the stairs
Clapping
Good natured - she's always laughing and she's such an easy baby
Loves swimming although still doesn't love when we practice her floating skills

I love you baby girl!

Let's see, I'm back on fluttering (flylady.com).  It truly does help keep the house in order, but my inner snotty brat child sure does balk at having schedules and routines!

I'm at 78 books read so far this year:
Well on track to meet the challenge of 100 books this year.  But running out of stuff to read.  HELP!

1.        The Amber Room by T. Davis Bunn

2.       American Assassin by Vince Flynn

3.       The Winter Palace by T. Davis Bunn

4.       Imposter by Davis Bunn

5.       The Hiding Place by Karen Harper

6.       The Cold One by Christopher Pike

7.       Falling by Christopher Pike

8.       Among Thieves by David Hosp

9.       The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly

10.   Angel’s Flight by Michael Connelly

11.   When the Devil Whistles by Rick Acker

12.   Black Madonna by Davis Bunn

13.   The Templar Conspiracy by Paul Christopher

14.   The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury

15.   My Before and After Life by Risa Miller

16.   The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett

17.   If Chins Could Kill: My Life as a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell

18.   Foul Play by Janet Evanovich

19.   Storm Front by Jim Butcher

20.   Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

21.   Grave Peril by Jim Butcher

22.   Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

23.   Death Masks by Jim Butcher

24.   Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

25.   Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

26.   Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

27.   White Knight by Jim Butcher

28.   Small Favor by Jim Butcher

29.   Turn Coat by Jim Butcher

30.   Changes by Jim Butcher

31.   Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

32.   The Passage by Justin Cronan

33.   Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer

34.   Tales of Beetle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

35.   Two Kisses for Maddy by Matthew Logelin

36.   A Glimpse of Evil by Victoria Laurie

37.   Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

38.   Ghost Story by Peter Straub

39.   The Last Coyote by Micheal Connoly

40.   The Black Ice by Michael Connoly

41.   A Dark More than Night by Michael Connoly

42.   The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer

43.   The Poet by Michael Connoly

44.   The Scarecrow by Michael Connoly

45.   Demons are a Ghouls best Friend by Victoria Laurie

46.   Ghouls gone wild by Victoria Laurie.

47.   The Millionaires by Brad Metzler

48.   Ghouls just haunt to have fun by Victoria Laurie

49.   Blood Work by Michael Connelly

50.   Void Moon by Michael Connelly

51.   Reversal by Michael Connelly

52.   Echo Park by Michael Connelly

53.   The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

54.    The Innocent Man by John Grisham

55.    Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich

56.   The Closers by Michael Connelly

57.   The Narrows by Michael Connelly

58.   Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly

59.   Lost Light by Michael Connelly

60.   Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

61.   Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

62.   Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell

63.   Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell

64.   All that Remains by Patricia Cornwell

65.   The Curse of the Holy Pail by Sue Ann Jaffarian

66.   Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell

67.   The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell

68.   From Potter’s Field by Patricia Cornwell

69.   Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell

70.   Unnatural Expose by Patricia Cornwell

71.   Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell

72.   Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell

73.   The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell

74.   Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell

75.   Trace by Patricia Cornwell

76.   Predator by Patricia Cornwell

77.   Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell

78.   Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

I need to get back to working out, just can't drag my lazy butt out of bed when the alarm goes off at 5. 

Hope everyone's doing well!

Love, Courtney