ELEVEN months!

In less than one month, our baby girl will be ONE! The time has flown by faster than I imagined. Everyone said it would, and everyone is right.

Here are 11 things that Morgan is doing...with a couple of pictures thrown in to keep your interest:

#1 Waving hello and bye! They are different, as Brad learned yesterday. He was flapping his hand saying "bye, bye" and Mallory informed him that what he was doing was "hi!". Sure enough, when he did the right motion with the right greeting, Morgan did it back!!! Her "bye, bye" is adorable. She opens and closes her hand slowly while watching it the entire time...and it's usually facing her face instead of the person she says bye to!

#2 Blowing kisses!

#3 Growling like a tiger. The girls were playing with a puzzle the other day and I asked Mallory what sound a tiger made. After she did it, I noticed Morgan making a similar noise and realized she was growling also!! If you ask her to growl, she'll usually make the sound after you do.

#4 Walking with push toys. She probably would've been doing this last month, but I guess I forgot about it. I got one of Mallory's grocery carts out today and let her try it. She pushed it across the room and her eyes were huge like she had just done the coolest thing ever! She loves acting like a big girl!!

#5 Waking up at random times while she is sleeping. This girl has gotten way off of her normal sleeping schedule since we traveled so much in October. She's been taking crazy short naps and waking up between 5 and 6 am! Turkey! We've regressed back to the "ferberizing". The holidays should be LOADS of fun!!

#6 Growing! Her feet grew from a size 2 to 3 in literally days!

#7 Still sucking her thumb and loving her purple blanket. It's a necessity for bedtime....as well as the Turbo fan. I really don't know if she'd fall asleep without the three!

#8 Throwing things and getting into everything! It's so hard not to constantly compare her to Mallory in this area. Mallory was such a still baby. She would sit in the living room and play with her toys. She was more interested in people than things. Morgan is the complete opposite! If there is a stack of books somewhere, she takes each one and hurls them to the ground without even watching it! Same with sippy cups, bottles, food...everything! The Christmas tree should be fun this year!

#9 Loves baby dolls. Her maternal instinct kicked in a lot faster than Mallory's. Morgan talks to her babies, pokes her eyes, hugs them and kisses them. It's so sweet to watch.

#10 Goes crazy for me, Brad or Mallory. When any of us come into the room, she goes ballistic! It's really sweet when Brad comes home from work. Her legs go a mile a minute and it looks like her face hurts by how big her smile is! I usually get the same reaction when I pick her up in the nursery at church. So fun to have such a happy baby!

#11 Music helps to calm her down. When she is bored, tired or hungry in the car (or anywhere) start singing and she'll usually calm down immediately. Her all time favorite? The Wheels on the Bus...just like cousin Tate! They are alike in so many ways!!

Less than one month away from her birthday means that this mommy needs to get planning for her party!! It has snuck up on me...or I've been mentally blocking the inevitable out of my mind!