11 months old...

We are getting verrrrrry close to the 1 year mark here! I don't quite know how I feel about that.  Plus I turn 30 soon.... does life really have to keep marching on like this?

Sunrise loves to be outside.  Our crazy Utah weather changes by the hour, but he loves any chance he can get to play outside.

He has the cutest 2 little teeth on the bottom!  He still nurses two times a day.  He will no longer eat baby food- nothing but salt and sugar filled adult foods now!

Sunrise is walking around furniture.  He even pulls himself up on our legs and can slowly walk with us if he holds on. But the other day he was standing and let go of his hand-hold, and burst into tears when he realized he was by himself!

Since he has been teething, Sunrise has decided that sleeping at night is over rated.  He would much rather cry and hang out with mom.  Or have mom cave and give him his pacifier at 3 AM.  He would still love to be addicted to that thing!

He is at the fun exploratory stage where everything goes in his mouth.  And having three older siblings, there are lots of "treasures" to be found.  Dirt apparently tastes wonderful, because he eats it every time we go outside!

He is also playing with more toys and loves to bang things together.

He gets in snuggly moods where he just buries his little head into my shoulder and grabs my neck so tight.... makes all those stinky diapers worth it.

He is turning into another little "crazy."  We must be good at producing those because our house is full of them.  Sunrise loves to sing and makes weird noises.  He also loves to stand at the glass sliding door and yell at the other kids as they play outside.

So is a one year-old still a baby?  I sure hope so, because I'm not ready to give up having one yet!