11 Months (a look back)

So - what did Adam do between ten and eleven months? He started truly hands-and-knees crawling 100% of the time.  No more pulling and dragging!  As soon as he started to do that, man, that baby got FAST!  I love seeing him book it across the room.  Crawling is seriously the cutest thing ever. He continued to hone his stair-climbing skills and one of his favorite activities was to crawl quickly toward the stairs, turn and look to see if you were watching, then smile and start going up the first step, but look back to see if anyone is coming to be behind him. Diaper changes became a real challenge, as Adam did NOT want to lie there and be changed.  It's really hard to diaper a baby who is in the process of rolling over and crawling away. His napping improved a great deal and I have so enjoyed being able to count on nice solid naps in the morning and afternoon.  Now he just needs to work on sleeping all night long (anytime, buddy...Mommy is ready). On the day he turned 11 months old, he stood by himself!  He was standing holding on to me, had a pacifier he was playing with in each hand, then let go and STOOD ALONE for quite awhile.  I was clapping and cheering for him and Adam just smiled and laughed like he did the coolest thing in the world.

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