Just shy of a year...

Esme is 11.5 months. She's a bundle of energy. Getting into everything. Happy!! Using new signs every day. Currently she signs 'more', 'I want', 'food', 'Dog', 'Hat' and a bunch more that get a bit jumbled so we are still figuring them out. She also talks. Mama and Dada and NaNums (for yummy solids) are commonly used but she has started to mimic and some words we've heard recently are dog, hat, Oma, Papa.

Here are some snapshots of how life looks for us.

This is how Esme uses her wooden puzzle pieces.

Hanging with Daddy

Close up

Serious face

Looking more and more like her Dad every day.

Loving the animals on Grandma and Grandpa's high chair

Biggest grin ever

This hat is pretty funny!

Grandma's teddy bears

Puppies outside, teddies inside.. too much excitement to bear

Tickled pink - window fun with Grandpa and Dad

Look it's a dog!