Marianne is eleven months. CRAZY. A year ago we had just moved into our house and I was pregnant and it had been such a long, busy year. And now I have this beautiful, fascinating little Bug to keep me entertained, hug and kiss me, and tone my arms (she's heavy). Here are some things I love about Marianne:
She loves banana peels. Not bananas. She prefers her bananas whole with the peel on so she can suck on the peel and mush the rest of it to her heart's content.
She loves phones. She knows how to play messages on the actual phone. I'm not sure I even know how to do that.
The Bug loves Colonel. LOVES. Loves. He makes her very happy. Don't tell him this, though: She actually loves all dogs. She squeaks whenever she sees a dog nearby.
Speaking of happy, whenever the Bug is happy or whenever she sees something she wants she lets out a succession of little squeals/shrieks. It's adorable.
Marianne is a very, very vocal baby. At church on Sunday, in Relief Society, they were trying to welcome any visitors but Marianne was talking/shrieking so loudly that they just stopped talking until I collected my things and [saying, "We're leaving, we're leaving!" over her shrieks] left. It was embarrassing, but funny.
Marianne has a great sense of humor. She loves to be tickled and kissed thrown on pillows.
The Bug LOVES to dance. If she is mad or just fussy, all I have to do is hold her, hum a tune, and sway back and forth. She will just melt into me and hug me as long as I'm dancing with her.
She hates her car seat. And getting dressed. And having her diaper changed.
Marianne has four teeth - two coming in on the top, two on the bottom. I love her smile!
Her favorite sibling (ssshh, I know, we're not supposed to name favorites), has to be Jacob. At least he is the one who pays her the most attention and cares the most for her. He is always cautioning me, "Mom, don't let Marianne too close to the stairs, she might fall," or "Mom, Marianne just put something in her mouth." He will hold her and walk her around the house and he'll pick her up and bring her to me if she's sad. Whenever she gets to the top of the steps in our house she'll just sit there and yell until someone helps her down. Jacob is usually the one to get her. She also loves to pick on Beau. If he is sitting nearby she'll pat his head and try to pull his hair. Or if Beau is laying on the pew at church, Marianne will climb on him to get a better view of the people behind her. And he'll let her. Bekah is really good at playing peek-a-boo with her. She can really get Marianne to laugh.
Marianne is not walking yet, but she will be in the next month or two. She loves to walk and push the barstools or high chair around, and she likes to walk when someone is holding her hands.
Marianne loves to play by herself after the kids go to bed. Rus and I will usually watch TV (especially with the Olympics on), and she will crawl and play happily for at least an hour. She likes to climb on the pillows and roll over onto her back and kick her legs. Silly Bug.
Here are some pictures I took of her this morning.
Painted toes! The paint is already coming off, and her feet are dirty because she needs a bath, but I still think they are the cutest things ever.
Facing into the sun.
1 comment:
I love her outfit! She sounds like a fun baby.
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