11Months

Only 1 more month until my birthday.... I can hardly believe it. There sure has been a lot of talk about birthdays around here. My older brother will always get to have his birthday first. He's very excited about it this year. Enough about him though, let's talk about me!

This month has been a remarkable month. I've been on the move....

- Not only did I learn to sit up all by myself this month, I also learned to pull myself to standing, move via scrawl (scoot + crawl), and have even started to cruise along furniture. I've been one busy boy. Watch out Jude, here I come!

- I'm eating like crazy. When people eat in front of me without offering up some of the good stuff, I get really frustrated. Immediately, I let them know with a cry or scream that I want some too. My mom and dad say that most meals I pack in far more than my big brother. (He's not going to be the bigger one for long. - A guy at church even asked if were twins.)

- I've been eating so well that I decided that I was going to go on a long nursing strike. For about a week I had no real interest in my mommy's milk. She really wants to wait until I'm 1 before she weans me.... but we'll see about that.

- Although I'm eating a ton, I still fit in the lightweight category. I'm not sure how much I weigh these days...19 maybe 20 lbs. Perhaps all of this new found movement has me keeping my slimmer figure.

- These days I've got 7 teeth. 4 up top and 3 on the bottom. Any day now I'll even out the bottom with that 4th tooth.

- I love to show off my teeth while giving lotsa kisses. I open my mouth and lean in for the smooch. Now tell me I've got it going on, my mom never refuses my lips. She gives me big hugs and tells me how much she loves my kisses. Even my brother wants in on the action.... he's been giving me a ton of hugs and kisses lately. (Thank goodness he doesn't hold a grudge on me for constantly stealing his toys.)

- Most days I still take 2 naps. I'm not really on a very consistent schedule (which drives my mom crazy). Some of my naps are 1 1/2 hours long... some of them are 45 min. long. Some days I wake up at 6:00 AM and some days at 9:00 AM. Once in a while I only take 1 afternoon nap... What can I say, I just go with the flow.

- This month I've been in the water just about every day. I can't get enough splashing around... I'm a daredevil, unlike Jude. I want to put my face in and blow bubbles or something. My parents are such big fans of this maneuver.

Here are some other shots from my photo shoot....




I got a little bored... I was outa there....

Time to change it up... what about the pillows?