Eleven Months

My big girl is eleven months old. Clara crawls all over the place pulling anything and everything out of drawers and cabinets. She also likes to pull herself to a standing position to cruise around the furniture. She is a little timid about walking on her own but will walk around if she's got you by one hand and can stand all by herself. The other day when Mom ran up stairs to grab her shoes she came back to a little girl who had already climbed to the 5th step (need another baby gate). She is so excited about eating table food and so far her favorite is cheese and strawberries - but mostly cheese. She can say "Mama" and "Dada" and we like to tell ourselves that she is referring to us when she says them. She gives us nice, big, wet kisses when we ask for them and sometimes initiates them on her own. A little girl at church was not quite sure what to do when Clara leaned in with her open mouth!! She can clap her hands and wave bye bye and now has four teeth.