We are rapidly approaching ONE...
and i got to sneak in Baby Evan's (i can call him that for a little longer!) 11 month photo shoot with onesie and bear last week... still trying to figure out the whole natural lighting situation in this crazy-dark house were living in right now... so these really arent as sharp as I'd like them to be -- for people who ask/email about my settings: i had to break out my super-fast 50mm 1.4 lens (which i hardly used in MN) and shoot on ISOs of 640 and 800 just to get my shutter speed above 1/100 (and i really prefer it above 1/200)... but i think i still got some cute shots... ;)
Ev's official 11 month photo (can you tell that he's totally playing the open/shut the drawer game here - which i HAD to let him do in order to get him to stay in one place long enough for me to focus the camera!)

he is seriously "BUSY" all the time now... :) which i love ((& it keeps me BUSY!))

and the back of his onesie this month (taken while he was on the move!)... :)
PS - check out the curls!!!

Because he was moving around so much, I decided that I needed HELP in keeping him in one place... and dumped his toys out of this bucket and sat him in it (next to a sliding glass door on the backside of our house)... ((Which made me flashback to his newborn days of putting him in the BOWL!))

I'm not sure evan really got why he was in the bucket?!
He did, however, enjoy chewing on the edge and looking adorable!!

and FINALLY... one of a few pics with the every-month teddy...

AND so, at 11 months, Evan...
...weighs ( i have no idea and i need to weigh him this afternoon and add in! )
...has FIVE teeth (3 of which popped in RIGHT at 11 months)
...is crawling everywhere (he finally figured it out at 10.5 months)
...says mamamamamaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and dadadadadadddddddddddddaaaaaaa ALL THE TIME.
...has the cutest FAKE laugh. which we call him out on. and then he laughs for real.
...likes to hide all of his brightlings and blocks under our large toy chest storage unit. and if something wont fit under he puts it on top.
...is getting PICKY about food. but one thing is certain -- he LOVES pancakes. :)
...is obsessed with cars and trucks. really anything with wheels.
...likes to play "catch" where he pretty much just throws plastic blocks in your general direction and you toss them back.
...LOVES looking at other babies. and usually squeals when he sees them.
...gets so excited when we play pattycake - and gives me a big hug. :)
...would LIVE in the bathtub if we let him.
...probably needs a haircut soon - ((but i'm holding out)) - and could be classified as having strawberry blonde hair...
...ENTERTAINS us all the time. totally nonstop!!! :)