John and Sarah: Deja Months 10 and 11

10 Months

-Deja loves string cheese, bananas, pasta noodles, graham crackers, sweet potatoes (baby food), bread and so much more.

-She can walk along couches and other furniture but is still tentative about it.

-She can drink from a straw and gets mad when I have a drink and don’t offer her some as well.

-We are trying to teach her to blow a kiss, so far she can mimic the sound pretty well. It’s so cute!

-Now we’re working on Peek-a-boo, but she doesn’t have a sound to go with that one, so I think it’s a little more difficult

-She knows how to clap and waive when we ask her too (as opposed to just copying)

-The Fridge and the Dishwasher are her favorite places to reek havoc (as well as the bathroom, garbages, and any cupboard she lays her eyes on).

"Helping" Mom with Laundry

11 Months

-She’s pretty much accomplished at going up and down the stairs!

-She’s getting more adamant about taking things out of drawers, cupboards, bookshelves, you name it, everything must be on the floor!

-She laughs when we laugh and loves mimicking our noises and actions

-She has pretty much mastered the sippy-cup.

-Taco soup is a new favorite, she’s all about the finger foods right now

-She has been trying to climb on/into EVERYTHING. I had to move a lot of boxes because she was using them as stairs!

-We can fit all her hair into a ponytail… ahem, a messy ponytail that is :)

-We are currently working on getting her to fold her arms for prayers, it’ll come!

-She is utterly afraid of bubbles. She made the best face when we were playing with them at her cousin’s house last week!

-She has started standing and balancing on her own, but it scares her to death!! The day she turned 11 months old she stood up and clapped a couple times for mom and dad! We were pretty impressed.

-Dad is good about making her walk around the house while she holds onto his fingers. She's slow and has a love/hate relationship about it, but it's fun to watch them together!

Other Family Fun:
Throughout the month of July we went to Seven Peaks a couple times with both the DuPaix's and Southwick's. We are hoping to go a couple more times before John goes back to school. John worked quite a bit as usual. He's such a great sport about working so much even on the holiday's. On both the 4th and 24th we celebrated by watching BBC's Sherlock, which was pretty ironic, yet entertaining. We also tried to hang out with Kyle as much as possible before he left on his mission.

It was also fun going to Kneaders with some of the family before Kyle got dropped off at the MTC. Later in the month, John and I enjoyed a fun date night going to see Wicked at the Capitol Theater. It was my birthday present so I had been looking forward to it since April and it did not disappoint. John liked it too, and enjoyed seeing where the songs fit into the show. John's friend Jeff was also in town over Pioneer day, so we had a game night with him and his friends. At the end of the month, both of my sisters who live out of state came into town and we had some fun times together at the splash pad, getting snow cones, and a couple family game nights. Also, my other sister had a baby boy and I'm going to be nannying him come the start of the school year, so we'll see how that goes!! Talk about a fun busy month!