I can’t believe you are already ONE! You are no longer a little baby. You started really walking about two weeks ago. You took your first steps at eleven months. Right around your birthday you started walking about ten feet. You hadn’t quite figured out how to stand up without holding onto something. Once you figured it out you excitedly practiced until you got it down. You were so proud of yourself! You have the biggest grin. It was fun to watch you be so proud of yourself. The crawling days are over.
You weigh 23 pounds. You are pretty tall, 31 inches. You have your Dad’s build, very broad shoulders. You personality is great. You are pretty happy, usually attached to me, or in close proximity. You are very curious, which is a good thing. You like to empty out the pots and pans. You like to put everything into your mouth. I pulled an alive spider out if your mouth once. YUCK! You like to walk around holding my hand and are involved in whatever I am doing. You like the remote. You like pushing buttons on the phone. You like to wrestle with Danielle. Danielle can make you laugh harder then anyone else. You don’t like to be forced to do anything. You like to talk gibberish. You have taken cars and pushed them around and made noises! My first true boy moment! You growl and do things that my girls never did.
You love dogs. I guess that is a good or bad thing considering our family’s history with dogs. Evan taught you to hang your tongue out of your mouth when you hear the word “dog.” You are pretty cute. You can say the word “dog”, too.
You have picked up on this scream. This isn’t just any scream. This is the ear piercing scream. Once you did it with your mouth close to my ear and I don’t think I could hear for hours afterwards. You mostly do this scream if you are bored or if someone does something you don’t like. The place you do it the most is at the grocery store when it is most embarrassing. You have also done it in Sacrament meeting.
At about eight months you ate food really well. Now you will barely take a taste and then you are done. Your favorite food to eat is Nacho Cheese Doritos. We call them “fire chips” because the package looks like it has fire on it and Danielle gave it its new name.
Let’s talk about the words you know: Mom, Dad, Danielle, dog, don’t, stop, no, yum, hi, happy, birthday, and thank you
You really like to take a bath. You like to put your lips into the water and blow bubbles. The way things are going you are going to be a little fish.
Your sleeping habits- I think I must be doing something wrong. None of you children have ever been much of a sleeper. You go to bed around 9pm and sleep until around 7am. You usually wake up once a night, you just want to be held and then you fall back to sleep. I’m not sure what wakes you up or why. For naps, you take about a 30 minute nap. If your nap is cut short, you might take a later nap for about 20 minutes. Usually you fall asleep around 11am.
I love watching the differences develop between boys and girls. Your sisters adore you, especially Danielle, at lease most of the time. You are really learning to stand your ground and defend yourself with her. You have such a strong will and determination in that little body of yours.
