Eleven Months Old

Alexis turned eleven months old on July 17. She's been extremely busy since the last post. On Independence Day she visited Great Grandma Evelyn on her way to spending the afternoon with mom, dad, Grandma Pam, Aunt Tracee, and various family friends in Richfield. She watched her first parade from dad's lap. She thought it was okay but was rather nonplussed by the entire event. Mainly, she sat quietly. After the parade was over, she went to Cousin Paula's home in Lake Elmo to spend time with mom's side of the family.

The following weekend she went to the Anoka Heritage Home and Garden Tour, which dad organized at work. She was a hit (as usual). We thought she was the youngest person on the tour, but then we saw a six week old at the end. At least we know she was the cutest one.

Last weekend was a dad weekend. Mom was busy helping prepare for a wedding shower. On Saturday, she visited the Gibbs Farm Museum in Falcon Heights. They have two black African pigs on the site that were a common breed for Minnesota pioneer farmers to have. Alex was IMPRESSED with these little pigs. She also got in the middle of the petting zoo and got face-to-face goats, ducks, chickens, and a turkey. Fun, but nothing beat the pigs that day---with the possible exception being the home made ice cream. On Sunday, she and dad went out for breakfast and a walk with Grandma Pam and Aunt Tracee. After a long midday nap, she went swimming with dad at the YWCA.

She spent the day at home today with a temperature. Last night was a rough night, but things calmed down for her when she fell asleep in mom's and dad's bed. Unfortunately, while she slept better, the fever still hasn't broken. We're not certain if she has a bug or another tooth coming in. She has eight teeth in and it has been a couple of months since she had more come in. We might be looking at a molar coming in, but were not sure. Her previous teeth didn't produce this kind of reaction, so I guess we'll see.

As for her development at eleven months she is getting even more active every day. She is practices standing for a few seconds at a time. She thrills to take two or three stumbling steps from mom's arms to dad's. She crawls up an entire flight of stairs (under dad's watchful eye) and has even gone down one or two steps. We are not certain about her height and weight at the moment, but she'll be going in for her one year check-up next month.