This sweet baby boy of ours is 11 months and I can hardly believe it!
He is so absolutely, positively, 100% delicious. In every way. And look at that eyebrow. And those rolls. And that tiny grin. And all of him.
His personality is so adorable. He gets busy and is very curious, but every once in awhile he comes back to wherever I am and wants some love and attention, and then he's off discovering again. I love it. He is pretty content most of the time, but he is starting to voice his opinion more, lol. If one of his brothers takes a toy, or I take something away, he will make this little squawk or cry. At dinner time I put him in his high chair so I can keep track of him while I cook, he will just sit in there and watch everything I'm doing, it's cute. I'll give him measuring spoons or other things to play with, but he will sit in his high chair and watch for quite a while!
- He nurses three times a day and 2-3 times at night. He goes to bed at 7 PM and wakes up around 6:30 AM. He still takes a morning nap between 9:30-10 AM (usually about 1-2 hrs) and his second nap between 1-2 PM (usually an hour or less).
- He loves his binky and his blanket. We also got him a really soft stuffed llama and he will sometimes cuddle it in bed, or play with it when he wakes up, but he's not super attached to it yet.
- Sometimes he will wake Bridger up in the mornings and Bridger will talk to him and they have cute little conversations until we come get him, lol.
- He can say mama, dada (his favorite word), duck "duh," when I say shhh he will copy me and say it back, and he can also wave bye-bye.
- He has started balancing SO well!! He will take his hands off whatever he's holding on to to practice for a few seconds at a time, then smiles so big.
- He can crawl super fast!
- He loves touch and feel books.
- He will not eat any fruit! I've offered him fresh blueberries, peeled grapes, pears, peaches, and strawberries and he spits them right out and shivers. I can't believe it. He loves sourdough bread with butter and/or jelly, greek yogurt, cheerios, peanut butter & jelly, pancakes and waffles, most pasta dishes, Annies mac & cheese, lentils, really soft gala apples, grilled cheese and tomato soup, pita pizzas, and cooked carrots.
- He shakes his head "no no" still and smiles like he thinks it's so funny. He also thinks it's really funny when I tell him no, and he will stand there and grin at me until I get up and move him somewhere else, lol.
- He LOVES bath time. He now loves to stand up in the tub and cruise around the sides, knocking down every shampoo bottle that he can, lol.
- He loves to pass a ball back and forth with me, we have a little ball that has a light inside that blinks when it bounces and he loves to play with it.
- We have a gate across the stairs and he is constantly trying to pull the gate away so he can go down the stairs. He can go up the stairs really good, but is still figuring out how to go down, so I have to watch him pretty close.
- He LOVES to dance!! Anytime there's music on, or someone in our family is beatboxing, he will start bouncing and stepping from side to side, it is adorable.
- I love his expressions, he uses his eyebrows so much, and will sometimes squint his eyes because he smiles so big. I love it.
- He is getting quite the mullet! Now that his hair has grown out he has some loose curls that are absolutely adorable.
- He has been rolling his tongue to one side and gumming it, it's funny.
- He has also found the toilet paper!! If I don't make sure the bathroom door is closed I find him in there having a party unrolling the roll, lol.
- He is wearing 9-12 and 12-18 month clothes, and he weighs around 20-21 lbs.
Oh, baby sleep. Yum.
