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... of 11 months

Late, late, late! But better late than never!

Date: March 24th, 2013
Weight: Weighed her in the appliance section on the scales in the grocery store and she was about 8.5 kg, which is roughly 18.5 lbs.  I looked it up on the growth charts and that puts her right in the 50th percentile.  Talk about sticking to her growth curve.  Incidentally, I weighed Abram, too.  He was 11 kg (about 24.5 lbs), which is the 5th percentile for his age.  Also, quite a consistent kid.  
Clothing size: 9 months.  The dress that I took her photo in is a 3-6 month from Gap, but I think it's just weirdly big.  My mom got it when she was born and I've been putting it on her every month or so to see if it would be the month it would fit her.  This month is the first time it doesn't look like she's swimming in it!  
Feedings per day: 4 or 5 nursing, 3 solid food meals.
Naps: Maybe a bit more consistent recently.  Usually one at 10 and one around 2, but those timings fluctuate depending on other timings.  A few times she had taken a 3 hour or longer nap, but it's sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon.  Then the other nap is usually pretty short.  Overall, she's sleeping pretty well and we feel really really blessed.
New skills: She knows how to do the real crawl now and will do it about 50% of the time.  Waving. Obeying certain verbal commands.  Best one: "Lie down, Selah" in her bed right before we leave the room. Eating peanut butter.  Taking bites from food instead of having to have everything broken into little pieces all of the time.
Teeth: Six.  I thought I felt one of the top side ones coming in the other day, but I haven't seen anything yet.
Favorite things: Being tickled.  Bread and hummus.  Bath time.
Least favorite thing: Being put in her high chair.  Being laid on her back.  6:00pm.

Brother/Sisterness: He almost cares about her and seems to like her more than she does him. I hear all these people talking about how their youngest, when they are an infant, just worshiping the older one.  She really likes it when he gives her attention and tries to make her laugh.  But if he's not actively engaging her, she just kinda plays around him.  But they don't fight or anything.  Yet. :)
This girl is the sweetest, calmest, most precious one I've ever known.  I might, just might, be biased.  But I think anyone who knows her would admit that she would easily be in their top 10 :)

Love you Sel Bel.   You are such an amazing blessing to your daddy, your brother and me.
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