11 Months

At eleven months, Kyler...

can crawl really fast. Sometimes too fast.

pulls up to anything and everything with ease.

can reach a lot of things on tables - he's tall. He's also figured out to put his toys on the tables and then sometimes use them to beat on the table with.

can eat pretty much anything. We avoid things that are hard to chew such as steak and tortilla chips as well as some of the obvious choking hazards (whole grapes and hotdogs). And he has seven teeth that are pretty much completely in. There are 3-5 more on their way.

is becoming more of a picky eater, especially when it comes to veggies. He's a lot like his dad when it comes to eating.

has recently learned to drink from a straw. But usually it is just sippy cups that he drinks from. He always tilts his head back much further than necessary.

is wearing mostly 18 months clothes and even some 24 months. He is about to grow out of his size 3 shoes and we just started him in the size 4 disposable diapers (he's been in large cloth diapers for some time now).

loves to test me. He grins when I yell at him and tries it again. It takes a lot to get him to understand he's in trouble for real.

is being weaned from the paci (we have attempted this before). It took an hour to get him down to sleep tonight. We'll see if I have enough will power to keep it up. I would like it to be gone by his birthday.

is obsessed with stacking his food. He will make little piles of things. Although impolite, it is pretty cute.

has a ton of energy and gets bursts of energy. He can't sit still being held or in the car at those times.

is also obsessed with doors (especially cabinet doors) and drawers. He opens and shuts them but rarely gets into them. Once in a while he smashes a finger or hand.

has mastered going up and down the stairs but hasn't figured out how to start going down backward on his own. He tries head first but that only works when there is just one step down.

makes lots of different sounds but not words. He seems to imitate inflection and sounds sometimes but nothing recognizable (besides dada and mama). He also likes to have us imitate the sounds he makes (mostly with the different "ah" sounds).

is a huge flirt! He will find a stranger anywhere we are and smile or laugh at them. He gets a lot of attention that way.

loves his dogs and they actually try to get attention from him and play with him. His favorite thing is to chase after them, trying to head butt them or take a toy if they have one.

is not really into watching TV. It used to keep him entertained for close to 20 minutes at a time but now he rarely has interest for more than a few minutes. We love that he can play and entertain himself and does not like TV much.

makes his mommy and daddy's days a little brighter. He can always cheer us up. :)