Dane is 11 Months Old Today!

I just can not believe Dane is 11 months old! Time has gone by so fast! It is hard to believe that we will be celebrating his first birthday next month!

We celebrated today by spending the day with Mama, Aunt Katie, Aunt Kara, and Claire. (Taylor, Delaney, and Trey had Vacation Bible School this week) We went to get snow cones at Tropical Moose in Downtown Kirkwood. Dane LOVED it! He helped me with mine and then went to Aunt Katie to help her with hers!

Claire enjoying her snowcone.

We were hoping to do a weight and height check on Dane tonight, but we just got home from Mama and Papa's house and Dane is sound asleep in bed. He is a solid guy! He seems to be growing a little taller. He was only in the 30% in length at his 9 month appointment. Maybe we will try tomorrow night!

Now that I am home on summer vacation we have been busier than ever. We enjoy daily walks, sometimes two, swimming, play dates, shopping, overnights at Mama and Papa's house, and weekly outings with cousins! We have been having so much fun!

Dane is eating like a champ! He pretty much eats whatever we have for dinner, unless we are having steak. He is not the neatest eater, but we are working on that. He only takes a bottle at bedtime now.

Dane is moving at lightening speed these days. He can crawl faster than ever and has been cruising around the furniture quite quickly as well. He LOVES to push chairs around. Mama says she sees him walking very soon!

He loves to climb stairs, though we usually put a stop to this before he gets too far.

Dane continues to love books and will pull his basket of books over, dump it out, and start reading away!

Once a week, from 9am-1pm, Dane goes up the street to play with his friend Mikaela so that I can get some things done at home. I pay Mikaela, but honestly the whole family babysits Dane. They love him! Even Mikaela's 14 year old brother said, "Stephanie, don't you think mom should have another baby?" Grace just about died!

While Dane was gone last week I cleaned out his drawers and closet and packed up so many things that he doesn't use anymore. It made me sad.

Even though he is getting so big he is still my sweet baby boy. He gives me lots of hugs and kisses and he will snuggle with me for an afternoon nap. We are enjoying every minute of our summer together! Now if summer would just slow down a bit so he will slow down as well!