Happy Turkey Day

So much to be thankful for...

11 Months

11 months today!  You are moving, moving, moving and are into EVERYTHING.  You are exploring, investigating and observing every little thing and are starting to recognize the names of objects.  You are less interested in your toys and more interested in the TV remote control, our cell phones, the land line phone and of course the computer.  You have figured out which remote control is the ‘fake’ one that doesn’t turn anything on.  You bypass that one and go right for the main control.  That’s our girl…  Your new favorite activity is to empty every single item out of your toy box.  It makes quite a mess but it keeps you entertained. You continue to pull yourself to standing on anything you can get your hands on, including people.  You are practicing your steps by furniture surfing and are getting quite good.  We are waiting for your first official unassisted step any time.  To help you along, we bought you your very first pair of walking shoes.  You have managed to figure out how to pull the Velcro and take them off.  You then proceed to pull your socks off too (but sometimes just your left one).  On occasion, you pull so hard that you hit yourself in the face with the fist that is holding your sock.  It’s so funny to watch and it’s hard not to laugh hysterically. You finally are crawling on all 4’s and your little knees are red from the constant movement.  You would think all of this activity would tucker you out, but so is not the case.  While you still enjoy a good nap most of the time, you still don’t want to sleep through the night quite yet.  My theory is that you love mommy and daddy so much that you can’t bear not seeing us for a good 10 hours.  Hopefully you will get wise and change your mind as we could use a full night sleep.  You still love to eat but now that you’ve had the chance to taste lots of different foods, you are becoming picky in your old age.  No longer do you gobble up every veggie; you definitely have a preference for meat—chicken, steak, turkey, hamburger, pork.  It doesn’t matter what kind, you love meat.  You also love animal crackers.  You were introduced to them this month and can’t get enough.  We have to use these ‘crackers’ to bribe you to get into your car seat.  For some reason you dislike your car seat and think it some kind of torture devise by the way you protest.  However, an animal cracker or two seems to do the trick and make it ok after all.  It’s been so much fun seeing your personality develop over these last 11 months and we love it all, we love everything about you, quirks and sleepless nights included.  Much love to our 11 month-old Carmen J.

Movember

While not his usual look, Jimmy is sporting a mustache in support of Movember, a campaign to help raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer.  Please feel free to poke fun at the bristles under his nose, but rest assured they are there for a reason.

Mustache for a cause.

Teeth

Carmen has six--three on the top and three on the bottom. 

Daddy lost four today--no more Wisdom teeth.