Team Cohen: 11 Months Old

Well, time has passed us by again, and here we are 11 months later! We cannot believe that this beautiful angel has been with us for almost a year now. Gabriella Daphna continues to develop into a marvelous, adorably amazing baby! We are now working with Early Intervention to help build Gabi's core strength to give her the muscles she needs to crawl, take steps, and pull up. She is already making great progress!

One of her greatest growths this month is definitely her speech. She went from simple consonant sounds to full on babbling this month, and it is really cute to interact with her and "talk" with her. She has developed the amazing baby excited squeal, and we continue to be convinced that her perfection and reality of being the world's cutest baby is not based on parental bias at all...

She eats a wider range of foods now than ever before. We have discovered her love of hard boiled eggs, black beans, pasta, cheese, and many many more foods.

Most 11 month olds love their asparagus, right?!

Who knew she could inhale black beans as quickly as she did? It may have made for a bit of a mess
for the wait staff at the restaurant, but it certainly told us what to buy on our next grocery store run!

I may have thrown up on the high chair,
then mommy put me in the Bumbo where
I threw squash all over her and her clothes,
so I might have then ended up in the sink...

just passed out with my face flat into the mattress...
nothing to worry about...

upside-down HI from the stroller

Thanks to Nana for our new digging tools
for Channukah! We love them!

Another huge development this month: OUR FIRST TOOTH POPPED UP!

At the playground, Gabi was able to share Nora's first swinging experience (literally).

Here are some more great moments captured on "film" this month:

playing with the cute baby in the mirror

You've seen her know it and show it before with her great clapping.
Now it's Happy 2.0!

These are probably my 2 favorite videos of the month (if that's even possible b/c they're all so stinkin' cute in my humble opinion)...Who can resist great baby giggles?

some GREAT giggles with Daddy

"Peekaboo Delight"

Cat toys may cost more than they should, but they're cheap baby toys! Gabi made friends with all 3 of her kitten sisters this month with her luring powers:

The kittens are learning to share nicely.

Gabi may not be learning to share nicely.

In time, she's getting the sharing concept!

Thanks to new exercises, Gabi has been able to pull herself to stand from sitting on a bucket. As you can see, she is super proud of herself!

Just having fun at the park (but with enough motor control to handle the frog on her own)!

While we are not so excited that time is passing too quickly and she is already growing up too quickly...we are super relieved that this monthly photo shoot is almost over. This little lady who gives away so many great smiles...only gives them away when SHE wants to...[And a note to the observant - this girl may look sweet and innocent, but be aware these were the best of the hundreds of shots that were taken over several sittings...]