You are such a joy to be around. You've developed so much in the last month, that it's hard to keep track. I don't want to miss anything, so this might be quite long!
Your personality, oooo your personality, it's definitely showing. You are an independent little thing and you love to do things yourself. You giggle all the time, and you love when Mommy and Daddy do goofy stuff to make you laugh. You like to dance, mostly with just your arms, and being "chased" is one of your favorite things. If I say "I'm going to get you" you turn and run to your daddy and vise versa. You even love when the puppy chases after you. room. You love to smile at EVERYONE, but strangers are a big no no for you this month. You cry when strangers get near.
You're still saying Dada and Mama quite frequently, but mostly Dada. Once in awhile we'll hear dacto (Tractor) and itty (kitty). You even try to say Eee Eye Eee Eye O, but it somes out sounding like eeee eye eee eye ee eye. Every time you see a big truck, tractor or train you say Dacto (tractor). If we ask you to say a word, you will almost always say the same amount of syllables, but chances are it will be nothing like we asked. For instance, if we ask you to say Papa, you say Dada, or Please you say Da or even AH! You can sign more and all done like it's nobody's business. You get really mad when you sign more and we don't give you more immediately.
You're still in size 4 diapers and wearing size 4-4.5 shoes. You're wearing size 12-18 Month for almost everything. The pants are usually a bit too long for you since you're pretty short.
Previous to this week, you were eating EVERYTHING. Your favorite foods are peaches, pears and bananas. But just a week ago, you've decided that you want nothing except fruit and milk to eat. It's been stressing mama out to the max. You haven't had a bottle since right after your 11 month birthday. You drink a sippy cup of milk with every meal and you still get a sippy cup with about 4 oz in it before you go to bed along with a bowl of cereal.
Sleep.... O yes, sleep. You've been determined to fight every single nap, but end up napping for at least an hour each time. You're sick again, with another ear infection and mama hates it so much. The ear infection has been disrupting your sleep and you've decided that waking up at 3:00am is acceptable... We had about 4 days of that and now you're back to waking up at 5am.... I sure do miss the days of you waking up at 6-6:30! Let's go back to those, ok??
You're very bright baby boy. You pick up on things very easily. Nana got you a phone to play with and you put it on the back of your head like you're trying to talk to someone. You point the remote at the TV and push buttons, you even dance whenever you hear music. You like to mimic everyone if you can. When we say vroom vroom for car sounds, you will immediately make the cutest gurgling sound as you try to imitate a car. It's actually pretty good. Every time you see a car you do it. You're pointing to everything these days, with your entire arm stretched out and all 5 fingers pointing at whatever you want. Which is usually everything you can see.
We had your birthday party on Dec. 10th because everyone gets so busy during the holidays. You got more toys than we know what to do with.
You are such a joy, my baby boy, and I cannot believe that you are 1! I'm amazed by you everyday and you are truly my greatest joy in life. I have no idea what we would do without you! Thank you for being you! And thanks to God for bringing you into our lives, you truly make them so much better!
Edit: We had your 12 month check up on Jan 6th- your current stats were: 28.5" (15%) for height, 21lbs (20%) for weight, and 46" (40%) for head circumference. You're our little man right now, I just hope you're not short like your mama when you grow up!
I love you now, forever and always,
Mama
