Michael is 10....&11 months!

 

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. 

Here are your 10 months stats;
 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!

 

Dane is 11 months!

Toddler. I have a toddler!

 

 "Ohhhhh! Not this again"

Dane's stats:
I didn't get any for this month. I will update with his 1 yr old post.

 

 

He is amazing, funny, fast, silly, rough, sneaky, loud, adorable, hungry, determined. I could go on and on.

He is walking now. He leads with his belly, arms out and flailing. We joke that he walks like a drunk driver. It also looks like he is trying to run not so much walk.

When he wants a kiss he will open his mouth and say, "uh, uh, uh," and then go in for a big, juicy kiss. He will also give me Eskimo kisses. We call it "noses." When he gets really sleepy he tries kissing everyone.

Every time I go in to get him from his crib he looks up at me with the biggest, happiest smile. I never want to forget that.

He calls "Mama" when he needs something and "Dada" when he is bored.

Uncle John and Aunt Sondra Ward, Aaron and Dane 

His toy of choice is still a ball. And it must be thrown with a "hiiiiiya!" He is a ninja. He loves his "bathketball" bath toy.

He will climb up and then cry because he can't figure out how to get down.

He crawls under things and then whines halfway through when he gets scared but keeps going. Kind of like what I do when trying to run a mile ;-)

Loves playing with/teasing our dog Luke.

His eyes are changing. They are starting to look really green sometimes. Looks like he might have his daddy's eye color after all.

(that is rice cereal on his lips not lip gloss)

Eats everything I feed him. Still enjoys throwing food and spitting it out.

He sleeps through the night!

He takes 2 naps. One around 11 and one around 3.

He is teething again. And makes sure that we know about it.

When he sees an open door he makes a dash for it.

He will clap his hands when you sing 'If you're happy and you know it'.

Loves reading books with us. He has his favorites. Right now it is his Baby's 1st Christmas book and the "What do you say" book.

He loved Christmas. His favorite thing was the bows on the gifts and the wrapping paper. 

Hangin' with the Walk girls

Loves playing with Daddy and his stacking cups at bedtime.

I caught him dancing and laughing in his sleep. I thought he was choking. Lol:-)

Screams when I change his diaper. Maybe a wipe warmer would help with that?

This boy amazes us everyday and we are so grateful for him. We are planning his 1st birthday party and it almost seems unreal. How can it be that this year went so fast?

 

PS- 18 months can't come soon enough so that he can go to nursery at church. I might try sneaking him in at 15 months when the baby is born;-)