11 months old

Yesterday was Hadley's 11 month old birthday! I didn't have time to post yesterday, but a day late is better than never. Wow, one month away is her one year birthday, a whole year! Time flies. She is so fun right now (we know, we say that all the time!) She is walking a little more each and every day and is gaining confidence that way. She is learning more and more words too, the most recent additions are Hi and Boo! She understands what it means to tickle and loves to come up to Mike and I and tickle us, it is the cutest thing. She also got the green light to start drinking whole milk. She only drinks one bottle now, at night. The other exciting development there is that we were SUPER nervous about trying to break her of using her nighttime bottle to fall asleep. The doctor told us that at a year she should really be done with bottles because it isn't good for her or necessary anymore. So, we geared ourselves up Friday night and decided to change her routine to having her nighttime bottle before her bath, then bath and bed. We were so nervous because she has had the same routine for almost her whole life and it included falling asleep with her bottle. So, there we were, so excited, she did awesome! Bottle, bath, pj's, one round of you are my sunshine and she was on her way to la la land, all on her own. Tonight we are on night 6 and she has done great every night, we are so happy and lucky! She is getting to be such a little girl, not a baby anymore.