11 Months - Miss Independent and the State Fair

Alivia is 11 months old today! I can't believe how fast it has gone. She still isn't walking. She is very steady standing on her own but is too scared to move her feet without holding on to something. If we let go of her hands she will either just stand there or slowly squat down and quickly crawl where she wants to go. She is sleeping through the night most nights and has 6 teeth! She is becoming more social and when she finally warms up to people she is very loud(making church fun). She loves books. Whenever she crawls into her room she immediately heads for the pile of books and starts reading them. She loves socks. If there is a basket of laundry she will pull the socks out and we will find them all over the house! The past couple of days she has started to nod her head. She rolls her arms(sometimes), folds her arms for prayers(for a few seconds at a time usually), and starts clapping when we start singing songs like If You're Happy and You Know It.. And her new favorite thing is to pull all of the Ziploc bags out of the box and spread them all over the floor. She is starting to want any food that is on our plates and throws tantrums when dad's cereal is gone. She also dances to pretty much any music now! And hands things to mom and dad. When we go to get her out of her crib she hands us her blanket. 

Alivia loves the fridge. Like the dryer and the dishwasher if it's opened she has to get to it as quickly as possible. While I was unloading groceries she climbed up me to get in the fridge. I guess she really wanted some yogurt!

Daddy is nice to her and shares his food. Here's her first time trying donuts. When it was gone she climbed over him to get to the bag and went for another one!

Hank is one of the kids Alivia loves to follow around. They love playing the piano together.

Abram's work rented the ballpark for a family fun day. The girls made super cool sand necklaces. Mine looked pretty cool, until Alivia decided she liked it and shook it up! And in true Texas fashion it was a nice 95 degrees outside in October!! 

Abram had Columbus Day off and we went to the Texas State Fair with some friends. It was a lot of fun. Next year Alivia will probably enjoy it more. Right now she cares more about other kids then she does animals.

Alivia enjoyed the jalapeno cheese corndog! 

Daddy tried to help her color Big Tex after seeing all of the animals in the kids area.

Watching the pig races!

Trying to hold hands!

Livi decided she thought it would be fun to feed herself. I would put the food on her spoon and she would put it in her mouth. Sadly the spot on her head was when mom was trying to feed her!

She loved it!

I can't believe how independent this little girl is getting and that she will be 1 in a month!