A new video for you!

Little Punkin is walking. It's definitely not her preferred mode of transport at this time, but she'll do it when she's not thinking about it.

Since she'll be 11 months old tomorrow, I think I'll post a few fun developments that we've noticed this month! 

• Tooth count: 5 with two breaking through as I write (I feel like they've been "breaking through" for weeks now, but I really think that they'll officially appear any day now.
• Sleep patterns: Going down about 8ish, sleeping till 6:30 or 7. She does best when she has one giant nap in the morning, about 2 hours after she awakens for the day. Then she might take a small 30-minute nap in the afternoon (like in the car). She absolutely will fight a nap if given the chance, so either we (1) let her cry and she'll eventually pass out (when we know she's tired) or (2) I will bring her to sit on my lap at the computer and she'll fall asleep staring at the screen. Weird, huh?
• Grinding her teeth is something she loves doing! It is the worst sound. I hope it stops when she gets more teeth.
• She has a great sense of humor, and laughs at so many things. I love that she laughs at us or her cousins and her other family members and friends. 
• She still loves, loves, LOVES to be outside...to where she'll cry and arch her back and scream when we leave the park or come back inside from playing outside. She would crawl around on the grass for hours if we let her. She's thrown fits at the park when I've had to put her back in her stroller or her car seat. 
•  The newest accomplishment is walking. She can almost pull herself to a standing position without using an object to pull up on, but she's not quite there yet. 
• She can find her bink and her duck when we ask her to (for the most part).
• She can wave hi and bye (although not in that video!).
• I absolutely love the way her little cheeks smell. Don't know why...but I do. I sometimes just pick her up to squeeze her and smell her little face. And I also love her chubby, chubby legs and feet. So cute. 

I think back to where I was a year ago today. Back at school after Spring Break, aware that I only had three weeks left until I was on maternity leave. I received so much encouragement from my co-workers and family members to take off after her due date, and I think I finally made the decision to do so. So my last official day of work last year was the 18th of April, and then Lainey arrived on the 24th. I cannot believe it's almost been a year since Lainey was born! We love this little baby to pieces. Enough said. :)