Eleri is 11 months old

Once again, time has flown by this last month. It is crazy to think last year at this exact time we were soooo ready to meet our new baby girl and now she has been growing with us for 11 months. Eleri is still such a joy. She is walking all over the place but is still a little unsure. Her favorite way to walk is holding on to my finger, and I love this, and just wish I had more free time to let her hold on! Eleri has four teeth now. Eleri is still not sleeping at night. I have "sleep trained" her (i.e. made her cry it out), but she still awakens. Mostly this is because of our travels and strange places that she has been sleeping. And let's not forget the sickness now! Eleri currently has tonsillitis, which has made for two really bad nights of not sleeping. I'm hoping to get her readjusted soon! However, her naps have finally become really good. The past few weeks, she has been taking two, two hour naps. This has allowed for some Mali time and for me to get some things accomplished during the day with more ease. Eleri also celebrated her first Christmas. I think she was pretty worn out and on the cusp of getting sick, but she seemed to enjoy the Holidays minus Santa's visit of course. Eleri has been throwing baby tantrums A LOT. She will scream and sort of flail her body. Mali never did this, so we are learning how to handle it. At the pediatrician yesterday, Eleri weighed 19.80lbs. She is still so cute and chunky. Eleri is generally a very happy baby. She is enjoying playing with Mali but will by all means let Mali KNOW when she wants her space (usually by screaming, sometimes by hitting or pulling Mali's hair.) One thing I really love about this stage is how much she is learning. She loves to point as of to ask "what's that?" Eleri can recognize 2D images of puppies too. Eleri also waves bye bye usig her whole arm. We love our sweet Eleri!