I'm almost 1!

I turn 1 on Monday!  Mama keeps telling me that I am having a birthday, but I don't understand what that means yet.  She keeps showing me pictures of cakes though.  I let her know that I wanted an Elmo cake.   When she showed it to me I reached for it and said "this."  I am growing so much.   Today I finally got Mama to understand that I was saying my own name.  I put my hands to my chest and said "baaaa bah."  I was so excited when she figured out what I was saying.  Then I figured out how to say cracker too.  I am getting close to walking all by myself.  A week ago I decided that I was ready to walk holding on to Mama's hands.  Now I like to do it everyday.  I can stand without holding on to anything for awhile too.  Don't tell Daddy, but I have Daddy wrapped around my finger.  He is so fun to play with.  I want to play with him all the time.  I like to call Daddy and pat his back gently.  It is hard for Daddy to resist playing with me after that.

I am eating so many different things now.  My favorites are parmesan cheese, pasta, berries, raisins, pizza, and goldfish crackers.  I like to snack on goldfish crackers while brothers are in school.   I am drinking regular milk now too.  I surprised Mama when I liked it.  She told me that my brothers never liked milk when they were my age.  

I wonder what toys I will get for my birthday.  I really like to play with brother's monster trucks.  I just started playing with my baby a little.  Balls are always good too.

I want hair!  I like hair, but my hair is growing slow.  I have a nice mohawk.  Mama talks about dying it blue, but I think she was joking.  

What I can do now!!

I am standing up and moving around a lot now! I have even stood for a few seconds without holding on to anything. I can say more and more words now. I can say Elmo, milk, daddy, play, drink, this, ball, bath, down, mama, and brother. I'm starting to copy words now too. I can copy "ahhh" too. When Daddy said ahhh after a drink I tried it too. My favorite word is "this." I say it all the time. I say it when I want to talk about something and I don't know what to say. I even said my first two word phrase today "play-play this" when I saw something in Mama's hair that I really liked. Mama had to take it away because it wasn't safe for me, but I kept looking for it.

At night before I go to bed I have to do my very first chore. It is exciting to do grown-up things. Every night Mama takes me around the house and I turn off all the lights. I like my job. Sometimes it takes me a minute to make my fingers do the right thing, but I'm learning.

During the day I like to sleep in the Ergo carrier. At night I love to sleep on my pillow. Right now I like to play the "down game" when I'm eating. My brothers laugh when I throw food on the floor. Sometimes I just want to see what happens to it when it hits the floor. Sometimes I do it because my brothers laugh. And sometimes I do it when I don't want to eat the food anymore and I'm trying to clear off my tray.

I climbed in my toybox yesterday and was very excited. I never did that before. Today I did it again and even sat down in my toybox. It is fun to do new things.

My feet

I found my feet today. I put them in my mouth and thought it was funny. I can walk along furniture now and I don't get stuck anymore when I am standing up. I can sit down if I decide to go play on the floor again. I'm still learning to use my legs. Sometimes I fall down when I am holding on to some furniture and I cry. I had fun playing tag with my brothers today. Elijah and Luke were playing with Mama and I was in the backpack. It was fun to watch everyone run and laugh.

I can cruise around furniture

I like to stand up in my play yard and walk around. I will sometimes get stuck and I call for Mama to get me back down. My favorite toy right now is socks. I love to pull on my socks and chew on them and shake them. I like my other toys too and I sure know how to may a mess with my toys. I can say more words now. I can say mama, daddy, brother, play, bath, this, ball, and Mama thinks I can say drink and pretty. I am going to bed much earlier now. I go to bed when my brothers go to bed. I like to sleep in late in the morning, but my brothers get me up. I like to fall asleep while Mama is folding clothes and while she is reading a story to my brothers. I like to eat crackers and fruit. My favorite is cheese, but Mama said she can't give me much yet because my tummy isn't ready for it.

I'm talking more!

I'm talking more now. Mama says I'm starting to use some jargon. I can say mama, ball, brother, and play. Mama thinks I may be saying milk and daddy too. Balls are still my favorite toy. I am standing up and holding on to furniture and moving around. I love to ride around in the Moby and watch what Mama is doing. I'll be 9 months old soon!

I can stand up!

I pulled to stand today for the first time. I wanted to play with my toy and I had to stand up to play better. I have just started to crawl too. Mama has to keep me away from brother's toys since they like little things like Legos.

I'm getting so big.

I am saying my first word! Mama said it was Lukie's first word too - BALL

I can crawl, well sort off. I can comando crawl, but I'll be up on my knees crawling soon.