So I thought I was going to stop doing the monthly posts at a year. But then today Will turned 13 months old and I sorta felt like I wanted to take a picture with the bear. So we did.
And then I was just thinking about the new stuff he's been doing lately, and how I don't want to forget it. AND...just decided recently to print the blog as a scrapbook each year since I never get pictures printed anymore...so there you go. Gonna do a 13 month post. Might not do one EVERY month, but I just might. We'll see.
Speaking of the bear pic - look what a difference a year makes!
This was last March 11.
Definitely more challenging to get him to sit still a year later!
A few things Will is doing at 13 months:
- Loves his books! I'd say that his books are probably his number one toy right now. It's great because we can bring a book anywhere we go. He loves to flip through the pages, and right now he is really into the books that have lots of pictures. He loves to point to things and let me tell him the words. I feel like he is such a little sponge right now, just learning constantly!
- For the most part, Will is sleeping like a champ. Except for the random mornings when he wakes up at 5am {argh}, he usually sleeps from 8-7ish and naps from around 1-3 every day. I'm liking the 1 nap a day schedule.
- Even though he still has only 2 teeth, Will loves his food! {fyi, I feel like the top two teeth that were starting to come in have stopped all progress and possibly regressed?!} Right now, his favorite things to eat are blueberries, grapes, banana, wagon wheel pasta, and yogurt melts. Oh, and cheese. Always cheese. Or cheese flavored anything.
- He has really gotten so sweet lately. Not sure if the one nap a day just makes him a little more tired sometimes or if he's just a super sweetheart, but he will often crawl up into my lap and just lay his little head down. I love it. LOVE IT.
- And finally, Will has been adding to his vocabulary this month. It's fascinating to me. At 13 months, he says "ca" for cat, "du" for dog {and sometimes duck}, "nana" for banana, mama, and dada. Sometimes he uses mama and dada correctly, but he also uses "dada" to point out things he wants and "mama" to let me know when he's not pleased about something. We have been working on pointing out nose, eyes, mouth, etc. for a couple of weeks now, and Will had gotten very good at pointing to them when I would say the words. And then a few days ago, he just woke up and could say them! {at least, the Will version of the words} My favorite part is that when he says "eye," it comes out sounding like he's a little tiny country man. Here's a video. In the first half, I just grabbed my phone during lunch, so you'll have to take my word for it that he's saying the right things since you can't see me pointing. But if you keep watching, you'll see Matt. So fun!
Happy 13 months, little man!
