11 Months and First 4th of July

Elizabeth's 11 month birthday was also the same day as her first 4th of July!!!!  We had plans to meet friends at Liberty State Park for a festival, but we headed out and the rain started coming down, so we turned around and spent the day inside.  I continued on with my annual tradition of watching the hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on tv (I'm classy like that).  The fireworks were at Liberty State Park this year, which meant all we had to do was step foot outside the back door of our building.  Since Elizabeth was asleep, David volunteered to stay inside, so I headed outside solo.

 Elizabeth got her 4th of July outfit when she went shopping with her nanny and granddad.

Here are some 11 month highlights:
~Elizabeth officially took her first step!!  She is still wobbly, but is starting to walk more and more.
~She is still lacking in the hair department but excelling in the teeth department with 8 teeth.
~While Elizabeth is eating more, she still prefers carbs, give the girl bread or a cracker and it's like she hasn't eaten in months! - oh and loves her cookies and teddy grahams
~Still LOVING the water and bath time!!
~Elizabeth is talking all the time, when we take walks she goes on and on and on and on......
~She is waving hello and goodbye and can actually say "hi" and "byebye" (goodbye)
~NEVER STOPS!!  Unless she is sleeping, our girl is on the move all.the.time.
~David can make Elizabeth giggle like no one else can
~Still taking two naps a day (in fact, we are at the 3 hour mark right now for an afternoon nap, which is why I can get this typed;))
Generally, Elizabeth is super easy going.  She goes with the flow and is usually up for anything. 

Lots of 4s!

Happy belated 4th of July.  Our 4th this year was very low key, I was just too hot and tired to do anything!  We were originally going to go to a BBQ at a nearby park with some friends, then head to Hoboken to a bar and then watch the fireworks, but with the weather in the 90s and being exhausted I just couldn't bring myself to go.  We did meet up with some friends for a quick drink (I was a rebel and ordered a coke!) during the day though. 

We had an ultrasound on Monday, everything with the baby looked good!  The estimated weight was 6lbs 6oz...although I don't put much into that based on what I have read and how much the actual weight can vary from the estimate. 

This week I somehow managed to get a terrible cold.  Between a stuffy nose, a horrible cough and not sleeping well, I have been in a great mood;) 

Yesterday we celebrated our 4 year anniversary.  David took the day off and we got pedicures!  I had to convince him for weeks to get one and assure him men get them all the time;)  Here are a couple pictures from a weird angle since I was sitting right next to him.  And no, he did not get his toenails painted:)

Last night we went to dinner at Capital Grille.  David has been there many times, and I have never been but have been wanting to try it.  The path train wasn't operating, so we ended up taking the ferry....about a 3 minute ride across the Hudson.

At dinner we both ordered steak, but I also had the surf.....and ate way too much!  At the end, the waiter brought us cake with a candle since we were celebrating our anniversary.  We had such a nice time! (I realize the food pics don't look that great, but trust me, it was!)

 

 

In addition to our four year anniversary, yesterday also marked 4 weeks left until the due date!!  The nursery is almost done, I actually didn't do too much to the room.  I told David he got off easy since we are renting, if we were still in our house in Ohio or Georgia the nursery would have been decked out!  But, since we didn't want to get rid of a guest room, I had to keep it simple and combine the two!