11 months old

• Only one more month until Gwynn is ONE!! So hard to believe.  Jeff and I were talking the other day about how it feels like we were just staying at St.Vincent’s while Gwynn was in the NICU.  She has definitely changed since those days!
• Gwynn is still a great sleeper.  We’ve been home with her everyday during the summer so we get to put her down for naps…she’s usually awake when we lay her down, she’ll play a little bit, then fall asleep.  After naps and in the morning, the only way we know she’s awake is she’ll turn on her aquarium and we’ll hear her playing.
• She now has seven teeth! There are four on the top and three on the bottom…one more is trying to poke through on the bottom too. This has definitely helped in her eating skills.  She’ll pretty much eat anything we eat.  Her favorite place to eat is Cracker Barrel…dumplings, pancakes, mac and cheese, biscuits…yum!
• Gwynn has taken about 6-8 steps numerous times.  She still prefers to crawl since she’s so fast, but she’s starting to “walk” on her own without us sitting right next to her.
• She’s waving to everybody and everything now too.  We’ll leave her room and she’ll start waving…it’s so cute.  And the second you mention “bye bye” she starts waving her arm like crazy!
• She LOVES when we sing songs to her.  Her favorite is by far “Pattycake.” When she’s eating, she’ll start clapping and expect us to start singing it…I think we’ve sung it about 1000 times so far. She also loves to play “This Little Piggy.” 
• She has also learned to dance in the last month.  She’ll play music on her toys or on the magnetic fridge farm and dance away…she loves when we join in on the dance party too!