Happy Very Belated 11 Month Birthday Inara Grace

With everything going on with the move and what not, I have been a bad mom and neglected to write a blog for Inara's 11 month birthday. Please forgive me baby girl. We did do her measurements. She's 20 pounds and about 28 1/2 inches long. We also took her monthly picture on the octopus chair, which Shawn will have to upload for me. At least he got the pics from our CA vacation posted. That was a huge undertaking, so thank you so much honey for taking one night to get them all done.

Inara's new skills are increasing pretty quickly. I already wrote all about her love of the walker and trying new foods. She has also begun crawling...finally! Her crawl is a bit odd though. She doesn't move her legs. She pulls her body with her arms. It's pretty cute but kinda looks like her legs don't work, so it's a bit sad looking too. At least she'll have great upper body strength, and we know her legs work fine with all the walking she does around here. My favorite part is when I'm laying on the floor with her and she crawls next to me and can now pull herself up to lay on my chest. It's super cute.

Bedtime has been a challenge lately, but it's because she's teething pretty badly. I feel so bad because I wish there was more I could do for her, but she doesn't like any cold teething rings, chewing on a wet washcloth, or even being rocked for comfort. I generally lay her in her crib and just end up talking to her, rubbing her hair and her back, and playing with her favorite toys. She still loves Giddy Up, but she's also taken to a brown monkey rattle I'm guessing Uncle Jason got her. She loves to shake Monkey because he makes noise. A couple nights a week she wakes up screaming as if in pain or waking from a nightmare. It scares us when she does that, but generally, we can get her back to sleep rather quickly. She also loves to squirm all around her crib. She's never in one place for long. I might lay her down with her head on the right side and go in to check on her and find her laying in the corner with her head on the left side. It's too funny. Shawn and I love watching her sleep. It's one of the greatest images you can ever imagine.

Happy Belated 11 Month Birthday, Baby Girl. Mommy and Daddy didn't forget. We love you more than you could ever imagine!!! We can't WAIT for your one year birthday next month.