11 Months!

I realized a couple weeks ago that I forgot to do a 10 month post, so here's what's new with Anna over the past two months!

• Anna has started to sign! She's been signing "milk" for a couple weeks now. It's really motivated me to keep up with signing because I haven't been as dedicated to it as I was with Grace, but Grace has been helping me and signs to Anna all the time. She is also signing "all done" but not with as much consistency. It's funny to watch, she flails her arms all over the place.  
• She's using anything and everything to pull herself up to stand. She's also started cruising around the furniture. 
• She loves to bring us stuff. She will pick up little toys, socks, cups, or whatever she can get her hands on, crawl over and hand them to us. She always looks so proud of herself and will wait for us to say "thank you" and then she'll give us a big smile. 
• She is officially a thumb sucker. This girl would never take a soother, so we're glad she can self soothe. Generally, she only sucks her thumb when she's tired. 
• Anna is a pretty good eater. She is very independent and refused to be spoon fed from the start, but she will usually let us feed her yogurt. 
• She loves water. She will easily drink a whole cup with a meal. Of course, she also loves to throw the cup on the floor and point to it until we pick it up and pass it back. 
• She likes to play hide and seek. She will often crawl into her room and go into the tent castle that Zilla gave to Grace. As soon as I peek in and say "Where's Anna?" she comes barrelling out laughing her head off. It's so cute. 
• She's a great sleeper at night, but still not the greatest napper. She has pretty much dropped her morning nap and afternoon naps are inconsistent. I don't mind too much as long as she keeps sleeping through the night! 
• Still absolutely adores her big sister, and follows her around all the time. 
• She loves playing with books, tupperware containers, and anything Grace is playing with. 
• She's growing out of her 18 month clothes already. The pants are tight on her waist and thighs, but still too long!