Eleven month stats

Jovi is eleven months old!

AH! These are the last days I'll have with my "baby" and then she's a toddler! Such a bitter sweet time for me. I know this post is waaaaaay late (better late than never, right?!), but our sweet little honey turned 11 months on Friday (02/13). Almost a whole 30 days ago... Again. (Yes, I'm notorious for posting late, lately, and have been known for posting 30 days late before). 
Here's what our busy girl has been up to:

- She drinks out of a sippy cup. It has handles on the sides and doesn't allow liquid to dump out, when being dunked upside down, so the only way liquid can come out, is when she sucks on it. It's really nice & she's adjusting real well to it.
- Eats mostly everything we eat & is not picky AT ALL.
- Is starting to wean off formula & baby food, the closer she gets to 12 months.
- Does the actions to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "The Rabbit Song." When it comes time to sing the part "Up came the sun," she puts her hands above her head, weather we're doing the actions w/her or not. And when we sing the other song, she waves her hands like a bunny rabbit hopping, and squeals when it comes time to sing "Help me! Help me! Help me! He said." It really is the sweetest thing to watch; Especially when she does it w/my mom. They sing these songs (and a few others) daily.
- Claps not only when we say "YAY," but when we also say "Good girl," now. She's very good at self praise and I love it!
- Has more curls on the top of her head, than last time. Seriously, her hair gets more & more curly every time. Looks like she WILL look like me after all :)
- Doesn't go to sleep SUPER well for dad, and I think it's because when dad's home, she thinks it's play time. Jake's real good about giving her his undivided attention when he's home, but Jovi seems to think that he can't do ANYTHING else when he's home, and that all eyes need to be on her, if he's at the house. That means, no cleaning, cooking, etc. He is all hers! Bah. Makes it difficult when  mom's at enrichment meetings for her calling, and can't always be home at night to put her to sleep. Most nights mom is home, and CAN put her to sleep, so it works well. It's just funny (kind of) that she'll lay right down for me & go to sleep within 5-10 minutes, but she'll give Jake a harder time. Now- He HAS gotten better about not going in her room every time she gets up/wines, so I think that had something to do w/it for awhile, but still even w/that, she still lays down for momma best. 
- Is full on running and walking EVERYWHERE now. She really only crawls when her & dada are on the floor playing together, but for the most part, she's up & running and is FAST.
- Has two soft books in her crib, and will sit up and read them before she wears herself out for a nap. It's also convenient for when she first wakes up as well. She can self entertain & be content until one of us is able to go get her in the morning. 
- She's pretty content w/us feeding her from a bowl and spoon, but is often curious and likes to try to get what's ON the spoon. Makes for messy meals, but I like how curious she is. 
- Can hear a door opening from down the hallway. She's OBSESSED w/the pantry door, and any bedroom door (because we keep them all closed during the day), so when she hears one of us opening either door (s) she'll come running (and sneaks up on us) w/o us knowing! Seriously guys, she'll be right behind us, as one of us is backing out of the pantry & we run over her all the time (non intentional, of course). She's just quick & always right there, wanting to know what's in the mysterious, magical pantry. She'll usually grab the spices that are right there in the bottom row. She likes to shake them like a rattle. If you think about it, they do sound like noise makers, and most of them are still sealed, but I don't ever want to chance it. I'd hate for her to get something in her eyes & have it burn or something. We just like to play it safe.
- And refuses to wear any bow/headband anymore. She may keep it on for a little while, but that's it. She'll find a way to snap it off :(