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 Leyton and Cy enjoying some playtime

Leyton is 11 months old!!!  We have been pretty busy over here in the Weaver household.  Leyton is no longer using a bottle.  Right after she turned 10 months, we started replacing her morning bottle with a sippy cup.  She was familiar with the sippy for water during snack time and with meals.  We did that for a couple of days and moved on to the afternoon bottle, then to the night-time bottle.  She did great.  We were off the bottle after one week. She is also taking lots of steps.  She gets a lot of laughs at how she is getting around these days.  She walks on her knees all the time.  And, she can drink from a straw.

Walking on my knees

She can walk across a room, but she just doesn't want to. She walks well if you hold her hand.  She will walk a lot outside, but when we bring her inside, she gets right on her knees or crawls.  So, we just go with it.  She will walk when she decides to.  

Happy 1st Valentine's Day!!

Leyton had her first Valentine's Day.  She got a very cute pair of shoes from her Grandma June, and Mommy and Daddy gave her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse books.  She loves taking those books in and out of the box.  She still loves for us to read to her.  

Leyton has two favorite songs already.  If we play "If I die young" by The Band Perry or "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, she goes crazy.  It is soooooo funny.  She starts laughing and will stand up and start dancing.  She waves her hands in the air, too.  It cracks us up.  We recorded Adele for her on the Grammys and she danced and danced. We definitely are hoping she has her daddy's rhythm. :)

Taking lots of steps

Playing with my buddy, Cy

Being silly

I'm 11 months old!!!

Leyton will play Pat-a-Cake now and give you "five".  She will sign for milk sometimes, but not consistantly.  She loves to kiss and hug.  If you ask her for a kiss she will be glad to lay one on you.  You really don't even have to ask though cause she's gonna give you one.  She wraps her little arms around you and gives the sweetest hugs.  Feels so good!  She has learned to climb the stairs so gates are at the top and bottom.  She tries to climb up on everything. 

She will hardly eat anything that comes off of a baby spoon.  She wants to feed herself.  She loves her scrambled egg in the morning, mandarin oranges, peaches, blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, pancakes, waffles, toast, cheese, ham, turkey, chicken, fish sticks, sweet potato fries, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, green beans, any kind of pasta anyway you make it, macaroni and cheese, and carrots occasionally.  We have tried butter beans a few times and she does not like them. They are instantly rejected if you put them in her mouth. 

Ryan and I have prepared our garden and are ready to plant.  We are hoping for lots of fresh veges for the family.  Leyton had a good time playing in the dirt and riding around the yard in her wagon.  So far we have strawberries, broccoli, onion, garlic, and cabbage.  It may sound crazy to some of ya'll, but we had a lot of fun. 

The birthday planning is in full swing now.  Gonna keep it small, but special for our little sweet pea.  We can't believe it's already so close.  Wish we could press pause for a while because she is so stinkin fun.  Everyday there is something new and we are just so so so blessed.