One Year Already!

What I want to remember from 9-12 months

Oh the quirks that you have! So dang cute.
-you twist your wrist like you are waving, but you aren’t waving at anyone, just walking around.
-“the Bobble Head” as we like to call it. Move your head from side to side. People love this!
-“the shoulder shrug” you suck in your tummy and it pulls your shoulders up to your ears. It’s so cute!

You started clapping, so cute! It just barely makes a sound.

You burned your hands when you were 10 months on the fire place. That was terrible. For three weeks you had your hands in bandages, then for a month you wore gloves(that you were constantly taking off).

You really became a solid walker at 10 months, because it would hurt your hands to fall. You became cautious as you learned to step on uneven surfaces, etc.

You can make a woof sound, and every time you hear a dog you bark. It took me a while to figure out that was what you were doing. It’s cute. You can also meow, make a monkey sound, and you try to quack like a duck, like how Dad does it. It is so cute! My favorite though is the Elephant. You put your hand in the air like a trunk and blow out your lips. It’s so threaking cute!

Everything goes in your mouth. Now that it’s warm, you LOVE going outside. You make it down the steps and head straight to the wood chips. They are your favorite. If I don’t watch you closely enough, you’ll have three wood chips. One in each hand and one in your mouth.

You love to splash in water. You always book it to the airplane teeter totter and it’s usually full of water. You are a smart little stinker and you remember that. You always splash in it and get your bandages wet.

You haven’t been able to clap since you burned your little hands, but you always rip off the gloves and then you can clap again. You’re so cute.

You love books! You like to turn the pages yourself. You don’t even so much care about the pictures as much as you like to turn the pages. It’s cute.

You love Raffi. You throw him out of your bed in the morning so that when I come to get you, he isn’t stuck in the bed and you can play with him. It’s actually very smart.

You love Grandpa Graves. He always sings or talks to you in your ear. You know where his office is and you always try to go in and find him. When I haven’t seen you in a bit, that’s where I’ll always find you.

You love Aunt JoNeale’s fiancé Jon. You always go to him and you are always happy when he holds you. Your uncles sometimes get jealous because you choose Jon.

You love music. You love primary songs and you LOVE Grandpa Froggy.

You LOVE swimming! We’ve been swimming a couple of times, and you always love it!

You love attention. You love people laughing at you and smiling at you and clapping for you. You run in a circle show off and just know how to make people smile and say, He is SO cute! People are always telling us that. It’s so true!

I love you baby son!