12 Months--1 YEAR OLD!!!!

Mom can't believe it's been a whole year since I was born.  She keeps looking at me in awe. She is proud of the little boy I have become!
Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa threw me a Mickey Mouse birthday party and tons of people came that love me!  We had a great time and I got lots of presents.

This month I have started...

becoming very cuddly (especially with soft things).  I love to carry around and cuddle my howling doggy. 

And the real doggy of course 

-kissing EVERYTHING.

-becoming really strong.  If I want down, mom and dad don't have a choice.

-having favorite toys.  Right now it's my train and blocks.

-helping with the vacuuming instead of just following.  Grandma Bird thinks I'm very helpful.

-being a copycat.  If you grunt, I will grunt.  If you scream, I will scream. If you nod your head, I'll nod my head.  I'm starting to say words like mama, da da and grandma is nana.

-using big boy cups.  I like to sip from mom and dads cups...not my sippy.

-having real stranger danger.  My party was fun but I was overwhelmed by everyone there.  I just hugged moms legs the whole time hoping she would save me.

-having serious attitude.

-making the same consistent noise when I want something. (If I want up, water, to the play the piano,etc.)

My favorite book so far is "Fifteen Animals."  I like it because mom always makes the animal noises.  

This month I met Santa and I didn't like him.

I'm a whole year old!!

11 Months!

BIG UPDATE PEOPLE! 

I am an official walker!  I took my first independent steps on November 2nd at just 10 months! Now I am as good as ever.  I can pick things up and stand back up, I practically run now! 

I have...

-received my second bottom tooth on October 25th.  (I'm an excellent teether.)

-started an obsession with talking to people on mom's phone.

-started sharing.  I will feed you...and the dog.

I'm funny because...

-I walk like Jack Sparrow...a little on the drunk side.  But I walk better and much faster for food.

-when I'm sitting on my bum, I use my legs to turn (and sometimes do complete 360's).

-I have a fake laugh that I usually do when people in the room start laughing.

-I compete to be the loudest.  If someone is talking, I have to be louder than them.  Same with the radio in the car.

-I have become quite the copy cat.  When my aunties were moving their heads back and forth, I discovered that I can too!  It has become my dance move when I hear music now.  I also try to repeat words and sounds.

-I caught my first fish with dad!

-I will take your hand if I want to show you something or just take you with me on a walk!

-I have started throwing things just to watch them fall.

-I still eat like a whale.  Mom and Dad have a higher grocery bill with my growing age.

-I like to be picked up so I hug mom's legs a lot hoping she will give in.

-I celebrated my first Halloween as a pumpkin with Mom and Dad!

I'm the best thing that ever happened to them!

10 Months!

I am so close to being a whole big whopping year old and it's blowing my mommy's mind!  Today, I am ten months old.
This month I have...
-cut my FIRST tooth! (October 15) It was a long process but my razor blade is here!

-started waving.  I even wave to Bill O'Reilly on the news.

-become obsessed with toes.  I eat mine and everyone elses.

-started hiding/collapsing in corners. "I cannot see you, therefore you cannot see me."

-started revealing myself as a daddy's boy.  I watch him from the window while he does yard work.

-discovered I love Halloween stuff just like my mom.

-begun to stand on my own with no help.  I get bored and sit down though because I don't know to walk on my own quite yet.  I'm getting so close though!  I take a few steps, then sit down.  Crawling is easier.  I remodeled the house on my own though!

-started pointing to what I want/where I want to go.

-figured out how to open cabinets/drawers.  My house has been totally "safety-fied."
-act like a monster still but more dramatically.
-started exploring my talking more.  "Dadabacabvd"
-begun loving the "I'm gonna get you game."  I just wish I was fast enough (but I do have a turbo crawl).
-been loving when my back/legs/head is scratched. I zone out.
-continued showing an interest in music (I loved the MOTAB during conference).  I dance by moving back and forth if it has a beat!
-only really thrown a fit if food gets taken away from me or if anyone has the nerve to eat in front of me without sharing.  Mom and Dad have to hide the Sacrament tray from me as it goes by.
-gotten pretty good at playing rope with sugar.  She will drag me across the carpet sometimes!
-gone to the park with mom quite a bit.  My first swing ride!

 

-gone to my 9 month doctor appointment on October 8 and I weighed 17 pounds 12 ounces!  I'm chubbin' up!
Overall, Mommy and Daddy would say I'm a really happy boy and am becoming a lot of fun.

9 Months!

My biggest milestone this month is that I'm almost walking...look out!

This month I have started...

-Having conversations with you in "baby talk."  It's how mom keeps track of me while she is making dinner and I'm wandering around.  It's like marco polo.  She says "ah" and I respond "ah!" I'm really loud.  

-Playing copy cat.  If mom and dad make noises with their tongue, so do I. 

-Feeding myself!  It's quite funny though because I like food so much, mom and dad can't leave me unsupervised with food because I try and eat it all at the same time.

-Loving my favorite new snack, banana puffs.

-Only playing with the toys mom puts away.

-Becoming sensitive to things that never used to scare me.  The vacuum used to be my friend.

-Becoming obsessed with doors.  I love to close them on people and if I see an open door...game over!

-Teething!  I still sleep good but sometimes I whimper in the night. It makes mom sad. I drool a lot and put my mouth on EVERYTHING!  I make out with the oven and my favorite window.

-Talking to the windows I stare out.

-Getting really excited when mom or dad pick me up and we go to a new room. Especially if it's the bath time room! 

-Hitting my head on purpose.  

-Getting a little bit of stranger danger.  Just a little.

-Loving music.  I have started dancing a little bit.  It's called the butt dance.

-Using my play walker to get me everywhere...I love that thing!  If I could walk all day, I would.  I'm happiest when I can go where I want to go.

8 Months!

HUGE MILESTONE LAST MONTH...I STARTED CRAWLING JUST AFTER 7 MONTHS!!!!!!! Defined crawler as of 7/30/15

Oh man am I into everything!  I explore, climb over legs and on top of mommy and daddy, stand up on my own with the help of my trusty furniture and love to find little spots that are my just my size.  Now mom and dad can actually tell what I want because I crawl to whatever I want!  I also get really needy.  When I want my mommy to pick me up, I crawl to her feet and tug at her legs.  It helps if she's wearing pants.  I'm getting pretty good at going where I want to go.  It won't be long until I'm a little walker!

This month I have also started:

-getting really good at using a sippy cup

-annoying mom and dad when they eat (they seriously cannot eat in front of me...it's too big of an ordeal)

-eating a lot more types of variety of foods (more and more of what mom and dad are eating)

-not napping well because I like to stand up in my crib and talk

-saying "dadadadadada" 

-sucking on my bottom lip to make funny noises

-love playing with bottles of creams and lotions

-squealing when I get excited (oh and kicking and bouncing are apart of that excitement)

-chasing my shadow

-making noises like I'm a monster

-laughing when mom and dad start my favorite video of all time (still Sounds the Animals Make on YouTube)

-my ticklish giggles!  I'm most ticklish on the sides of my tummy and under my arm pits.  I squeal when my mom blows under my arms
-loving being thrown in the air and going outside
-making an "o" face (that's what mom and dad call it)

-saying mamamam when I'm tired/sad
-thinking nothing is better than the anticipation of mom coming to get me

-making the SAME face dad makes when he cleans out his ears when mom cleans mine

-making mommy and daddy very happy that I am their son.  I have a lot of personality and it's starting to show!

*Still no teeth! But I gnaw on everything, even toes.
**I went on my first vacation this month with mom and dad.  We went to a family reunion and later in the month, my great grandpas funeral.  They realized I'm an ANGEL in the car!  I either sleep or play.  I love my car seat...even for 5 hour drives! They think I'm a pretty good baby ;)

7 Months!

I'm getting so big!

This month I...

-talk a whole lot more.

-can stand on my own if I have something to hang on to.

-stick my tongue out when I'm concentrating on something.

-love to play with straws more than anything else.

-splash myself so hard in water that I choke.

-smile at monkey noises.

-laugh hysterically at peek-a-boo.  I gave mom a really cute and long baby laugh in the store but she didn't have her camera.

-get mad when people eat in front of me without giving me some.  How rude.

                                          

-weigh almost 16 pounds.

-cry when grandma gets too excited.

-am starting to drop things on purpose to watch them fall.

-am sooooo close to crawling!

-roll to get everywhere.

-favor my aunties.

-love when mommy twirls me around and pretends to drop me and when daddy throws me in the air.

-still love my dog more than mom.

-play with my grandpas lips because they are really big!  I think that's where I got my plump lips...

-still enjoy going on car rides and to the store.

-am starting to bounce all the time.

-still don't have any teeth but I drool like crazy!

-eat more of a variety of foods at dinner time.

-am always on the go!  I have a hard time sitting still.