Chelsea's First Steps

Chelsea has started taking a few steps over the last week. She is up to about 4 before she plops on her tushie. She gets so excited with herself that she just falls. I think it won't be long now before she takes off walking though. We'll see if she gets the hang of it before she turns one. She is still working on popping some teeth through. I have never seen teeth take so long to get through. I feel like I have been able to see them through her gums for weeks now but they don't come through! I can see 3 of them coming. She is also turning into a little beggar. She begs for anything anyone else is eating. It is impossible to eat a snack, lunch or anything without having her pulling on your leg. Casey and Audrey are pretty good at sharing dates, crackers, or pieces of fruit with her. One of her favorite foods is cheese. I wasn't too sure how she would do with me being gone on Friday but she did amazingly well. It was probably good for both of us. I don't know what I'd do without her blanket though. She sucks on the corners of her blanket to go to sleep and that is the best calming trick for her. Sometimes if she's mostly sleeping but still halfways nursing I'll take her off and stick the corner of that blanket in her mouth and she calms right down! She is still a little stinker about sleeping at night as most nights she is still up to eat at about 3 o'clock. I have news for her that very soon that will stop! At 11.5 months she doesn't really need to eat after only sleeping for 6 hours. It's just so much easier to just feed her and put her back to bed. It will be a struggle for both of us when I decide that she is done with that feeding!