We are walking!!

Walking and eating a LOT of food is mostly what has been keeping us busy this week. On Sunday night Reilly got brave and started taking three steps by herself in a row. Now we are at eight to ten steps - and that gets her pretty much across our living room! As far as the food goes, since Saturday we as a family have polished off 4 pounds of strawberries, 6 pounds of bananas, 3 pounds of cherries and lots of string cheese. And that is not even counting our regular meals. I had no idea babies could eat so much. Although she won't be a baby for long...August first is her first birthday and then we've got a big girl on our hands.

String cheese!

Singing

Woo-woo is the classic Reilly sound

Exploring the TV stand

Her first Rockies game!

The toddler protein bar was delicious - obviously

Eating!

Sweetie

I feel like this is an outfit I would have worn when I was a baby. She is bringing it back in fashion.
We are practicing sitting on the potty so we will be ready to get potty trained!
Happy after bath time!
She is losing her baby face - what a big girl she is!
Raggedy Ann at 11 months. I couldn't get her to sit still and the only thing close by was my pedicure bag. Yum!
Here you can enjoy her sweet smile! Too bad it snapped a second too late to get her eyes all the way open. :)

Chris and I decided it was a good time to get away for the evening, so we checked into a bed and breakfast while leaving Reilly with her Uncle Brady and Aunt Melissa. It was a lovely mini vacation because we just fiddled around, ate out at a restaurant and took a nice long nap! We don't do any of those things on a normal day so it was a treat. Since Reilly did so well without us we might be tempted to do that again soon.

Raw Potato - YUM!

Reilly has been very persistently going to our lazy susan and getting out raw potatoes to nibble on. Previously I had been diligently taking them from her and putting them farther away. I can't keep up with how fast her arms are growing, so I just gave up! I washed the potato up and said "have at it kid." She enjoyed it very much and ate more than I expected!

She is also taking the dishes to a whole other level.

Lately she has been trying to climb on EVERYTHING, and has also mastered going up the stairs! She is eating so much more than I ever thought possible, with one meal usually lasting about 45 minutes. We can definitely feel it in our food budget too! Reilly is looking at a lot of books now and actually stacked blocks today (she only threw them before). So, for 11 months old today, it's so fun seeing how far she has come. She is still the sweetest baby we know and we love her to pieces.