Rowan: 50 weeks/11.5 months

This is such a bitter sweet moment to write this last update on our little baby before she turns 1 years old on November 26th?!?!  Where has this year gone?!  It doesn't seem that long ago that she was born...Kids really make time more relative.  So here is our update on our cute little girl.  She is still cruising a lot, and standing for a few seconds at times.  She has tried a handful of times to take a step, but she is a very cautious baby, which is quite the opposite of how Liam was.  It is kinda nice to be able to just let her play, and not worry too much about her falling yet.  Plus we have never met a baby that is so interested in playing...we think that is part of the reason she isn't in any hurry to walk.  She has started to say 'What's that?' a lot.  She says 'bye' sometimes, and has started to wave and blow kisses with her hands.  She sometimes will mimic on command too, it's pretty funny.  At night time when she gets loopy with Liam she likes to kneel up on her knees and free fall right onto a pile of blankets and pillows on the floor. She doesn't like to keep her socks on, so I think we will need to get her some shoes, since the first pair of shoes I have for Liam are still too big.  We had a combined birthday party for the kids on November 13th at Arete Gymnastics.  She had a lot of fun in the foam pit with dad!  We are going to get her a smash cake and have a little celebration for her on her actual birthday.  I am happy and sad she's turning one already...I just want to keep her this age forever, but I know that is just impossible!  We love you Rowan!!