These Go to Eleven

Today Hayden turned 11 months old (first one to name the movie that the title of this post comes from wins 10 points). It is weird to think that in 1 short month she will be 1.

She is now quite astute at this walking thing. She still trips every now and then but now she prefers to walk wherever she goes, as opposed to preferring to crawl and only walking when she wants to show off. She will typically make it to wherever she is going without falling, unless of course there is some object in her path. She ignores anything that might be in her way on the ground and continues on a straight line towards her destination. If there is a toy or something on the ground, she'll fall. If not, she gets there without incident. I didn't think that stepping over things was something we had to learn.

For other developments, she drinks out of her sippy cup regularly and she is eating most of the things that we eat. We ususally share what we have with her at dinner and at school they have a variety of offerings for her. She has gained another tooth, on the bottom of her right side (total of 3 now). But she still has nothing on the top row. Nonetheless, it doesn't seem to hinder her from chewing.

One thing she is doing recently is hissing. Yes, you read it correctly. Instead of laughing (she never has taken to giggling or laughing, only on rare occasions) she hisses. She makes this really cute face and squinches her eyes and hisses when she is happy. Daddy thought it was rather peculiar and unique, but then apparently she got it from her Mommy who did the same thing when she was Hayden's age according to Grandma Coleen.

Below is a video which shows her walking a bit more than the first video. This was taken last week and looking back at it, we find it hard to believe how much better she gets every day. Just like many of you have said, she'll be running soon, which is scary.

We're looking forward to her first birthday and thanks for all the great comments.