11 Months

• Eliza is on the move! She started crawling and by the next day she was pulling herself up to standing. Now the whole family is learning to keep the bathroom door closed and I'm constantly picking things up off the floor that could be a choking hazard. How do fourth children ever survive? 

• She had a mild case of Roseola and didn't want to be put down for a few days but we all survived. 

 She never snuggles me so this 30 second snuggle had to be documented; it's the one perk of a sick child I guess. 

• She is such a chatty girl and she is trying so hard to figure out some signs. One day she was frustrated with me and I could just see her trying to say what she wanted. Then she frantically began signing "more" with a look of excitement. She wanted to nurse but couldn't remember the sign for that but she was still pleased with herself and got the message across. 
• She has curl in her hair but once she's rubbed her head on something she loses it all. It's getting more curly with the humidity though and it is reminding me so much of Mariah. 

•  She may be our wild child. Our other kids would get nervous with being thrown up in the air or being held upside down but she loves it. Our cautious older three will have to keep an eye on her. 

• She is a very determined girl and once she gets her mind set on something there is no distracting her. If my hair is up in a hair claw and she sees it, she grips on to my hair and jerks my head down so she can get a hold of the claw. And she doesn't give up until I give it to her. The girl is fierce. 
• Whenever she hears the keyboard being played she freaks out until whomever is playing holds her on their lap so she can bang away on the keys. We always get a good laugh when she tries to push our hands away as we try to hold her at the keyboard. 
• She does not love the blender or vacuum. Those always bring tears. 
• Eliza has finally decided that bananas are not the only food in the world (although those are still her favorite). She gets really excited about popcorn and is so offended if her siblings don't share with her. She also tried hummus again and decided it was real good. 

One more month until a year!