The Pavelka Family: 11 Months Old!

Taylor Grace is 11 months old today! Time is flying by - I can't believe we are approaching her first birthday already! She has recently learned how to stick her tongue out when you do it to her, which is super cute so I'm going to let her do it for a little while longer!! She is fully eating table food now, which she LOVES. She has 8 teeth total, so she can chew pretty well now.

She has become very vocal about what she does and does not want to do (like when she wants to play with the garbage can and mommy and daddy say no!). She loves to hand things to you and waits for you to say "thank you" before taking it back! She also likes to take things out of buckets and put them back in.

We think that she might be on the verge of adding a few words to her vocabulary. As of today, she can say mama, dada, hi, and "deep deep deep", which are the last three words of her favorite book. She repeats them every night after I finish the story! We think that she might be saying "car", too, because she loves to watch the cars drive by from our kitchen door. She is going to miss the view when they build a house back there soon!

We spent the day today at Rock and Read, a literacy program put on by Minooka High School's NHS. High school students dressed up and read stories to kids, and there were crafts and snacks for the kids to enjoy as well. We went with our friends Madison and Bre! It was a really fun community event, although I think Taylor might get more out of it next year! She loved listening to the stories for about 2 pages, and then wanted to grab them. She also loved digging through the candy buckets, playing with balloons, pushing the stroller around, and looking at passing cars though the big cafeteria windows. It definitely was a fun way to spend the day!