Hi there darling little Michael. You are 11 months old now and you are growing like a weed! You are so active and feisty. You love to snuggle me and play with your daddy and giggle with your brother. This has been a busy few months for us. We found out that we will be moving to Monterey county in April for Daddy's new job! So, we have started packing and getting ready for the move. You don't seem to notice and are having so much fun playing and exploring your surroundings.
You have a lot of new tricks that you like to do now. You will wave "hi" and "bye" and give high fives when asked. You also like to dance when ever music is put on. Your dancing consists of shaking your head back and forth and bouncing. You have rhythm little monkey! You will take 4-5 steps unassisted but still prefer to drop down and crawl. You have gotten really fast a t crawling! You are the fastest when ever I open our front door. You act as if you have been imprisoned your whole life and need to make a break for it. You are joined by your older brother and our dog at your escape attempts.You have mastered going up stairs but still try to go down head first. You have also figured out how to climb up on to the couch. You will climb over, under, through, and around pretty much anything.
You have started really saying some words. You say...
Mama
Dada
Head
Dog
This ("dis")
What's that ("wa dat")
Up
You still like to babble a lot and speak through your nose. We joke that you sound like you should be speaking french. You are also developing quite the scream. It is a great defense mechanism and gets your point across when someone (ah-hm Dane) is playing a little too rough. But you will also use it if you aren't getting food fast enough or when you are really tired.
You are still nursing with me full time. I cherish these times with you and I feel so blessed to be able to continue nursing you till we are ready to stop. At right about 11 months old you decided that you are willing to take a bottle as well so I have started giving you a bottle sometimes. You are a silly eater. Kind of picky and always suspicious of what I am putting in your mouth. You really don't like pureed foods. You would much rather have normal food. You actually will refuse to eat baby food now and insist on eating by your self. That is fine with me!
You now take one long nap in the middle of the day with your brother Dane. Sometimes you will take a short morning nap or a short nap in the evening as well but it isn't usual. You still wake up 1-2 times in the night to feed. I have tried not feeding you when you wake up and just holding you but you make it very clear that you want to nurse (see above about your scream:). When you wake up in the morning you and your brother will play in your cribs and jump and laugh. I love listening to you two before I come in to get you up. You wake with the sun little one. Always up at 6am. I'm considering some black out curtains.
20lbs 50%
30 1/2 " above the charts
It is crazy to think that your 1 yr post will be in a new home in a new town. We are very excited about the changes but have a lot of fond memories of bring you home and raising you at Empire Apartments. You loved to explore the courtyard and would always go strait for the dirt in the gardens. You have a couple little friends (Charlotte & Saywer) that you like to play with. You love sitting and looking out our front window at people going by or the rain.
We love you little monkey! We are excited to celebrate your first year!
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