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Wow, Katelyn you are 11 months old today! I cannot believe the next time I sit down to write your monthly post, it will be your birthday! Here's what you've been up to this month:

You are ON. THE. MOVE. You know those cute pictures I have taken of you on the 26th of every month? You know, the ones where you sat in the chair, looked at the camera, and smiled? Yeah. Not today. This was the absolute best one. The rest of the time, I was wrestling you to sit back down.You are crawling all over the place and you pull up to your knees all of the time.

You love brother's toys. If you spot one of his toys within your reach, you immediately drop what you have and make a bee-line for it.

You have another bottom tooth (for a grand total of 2). Which you have used to bite Mommy with on quite a few occasions.

You grew into (and out of) your size 2 shoes. Don't worry, we made a couple of trips to Target this week and bought you some cute brown and black shoes that will hopefully last through the winter.

You went on a slide for the first time, and LOVED it!

You have dropped one nursing session (I think). You now nurse 3 times a day. You also got your first taste of formula. You HATED it.

Therefore, you also got your first taste of cow's milk (against doctor's orders, but I'm glad you did). Because you also HATED that. I have been mixing a small amount in your sippy cup of water to get you used to the taste.

You have completely boycotted falling asleep on your own (however, you have done it for afternoon nap twice). Mommy is not stressing about it and completely enjoying rocking a sleeping baby.

You sleep until 7:30. This is a 2 hour improvement over last month, so THANK YOU!

You cry out for Daddy in the middle of the night to help you find your paci at least 1-20 times. Just tonight, he suggested we put 6 in the crib with you. (There you go as we speak).

Your sweet little ears have been infected since the 28th of September. After 20 days of antibiotics and still bulging eardrums, Mommy had to take you three times for rocephin shots. It was awful. But it worked. Hoping your ears stay clear for the next month. If not, you get to see an ENT who will most likely recommend tubes.

You say dada. And I think you say "all done." It sounds more like "a da" but you say it every time you are finished nursing.

You have bumped your head repeatedly in the past 2 weeks and have your first 2 bruises on your forehead to show for it.

You are still loving food.

And you have an attitude about it (among other things). When it is time to eat, I sit you in your highchair. You proceed to grab anything in front of you (bib, tray, etc.) to where it is almost impossible to strap you in your chair. When I finally get your tray on the chair, you very matter of factly point/tap (repeatedly) on your tray. It's as if you are saying, "Food. Here. Now."

Katelyn, you are sweet as ever and we love you so much. Happy 11 months! Here are a few more pictures I took today while attempting to get your "11 month photo".