48 weeks

Juniper turned 11 months old yesterday! She is growing as big and strong as ever. We took a "doorway picture" like we did throughout my pregnancy just to see how funny it would be if she were still in my belly. She spends her days being giggly and excited by everything she sees. When we go on walks she wants to reach out and touch every brick, plant, pole, and trashcan (ewww :>) we pass by.

Juni is enjoying her doorway bouncer more than ever. She loves to dance in it and sing with me while we listen to music and I cook dinner, if Zach isn't quite home yet. She is making more sounds as her teeth are growing in, but no more words we can understand yet. Her new favorite sound is, "Blah, blah, blah!" while sliding her tongue all around. :) I may have taught her that :)

She is becoming more comfortable on her feet. She stands solid on uneven ground and loves to climb over whatever objects get in her way. As she has gained more control of her motions, she has learned how to softly pet Juicy on her own, which makes Juicy even come up to Juni all on her own every once in a while, but Juni still spends lots of time chasing around the room after her kitty. When she can't catch her real kitty,  she still loves her pretend Juicy Louise too!

At swimming lessons this week, she passed her first goal! She held onto the wall for 8 seconds on her own!