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Wow, what an adventurous year this
has been for me, especially the past 3 months!! I started walking
a little before I turned 9 months old...took a brief break...and then
never slowed down the week after I turned 9 months!! I am
currently "running" everywhere!! I've got a big brother and little
dog Jabee to catch!! I'm also an amazing climber too. If
there is something in the room to climb on, I'm there - including the
back of my brothers booster high chair!! Mommy has also given up
and even moved the stair gate up to the middle landing so that I can
climb the lower stairs over and over and over and over again. She
say's it's easy entertainment! I'm also a "little athlete" too and
very coordinated! I can throw a ball, kick a ball, and can even
"shoot and score" in my toddler basketball goal - so much fun!!
Some of my favorite things to do
are sliding and playing on my little play gym, dancing (he's got some
major groove!), putting anything
inside anything else or stacking, playing outside, pillow wrestling with Brady and
Daddy, watching my Little People videos and playing with all my little
people toys,
riding on my fire truck, doing puzzles and I LOVE books. Some of
the things I really don't enjoy are being told "no", having
someone close a door so I can't enter a room and being confined to a car
seat in the car. Other than that, life is wonderful!! I've
learned so many things!! I come when I'm called (usually), I'm a
big helper in putting my shoes on, I'm very skilled at rearranging all
Mommy's lower kitchen cabinets (daily!!), I understand very clearly the
word "do not" and "no" (although I sometimes just smile and keep going)
and I follow one-step commands very well!
Although my
brother and I had a few tough months of adjusting to each other's
boundaries, we are having SO MUCH FUN now!! Brady loves to make me
laugh and we can keep each other going for a good
10min!! We're also starting to play "together" more with cars, all
our "little people" stuff, and our favorite thing is playing
"inside" our toy boxes and mommy's kitchen cabinets.
Over the past
month or so I've just started blurting out lots of words too! I
can say duck, Jabee (jajee), Brady, ball, bear, up, Mamma, Dadda, shoe, and
can sign the words please, all done, and more. Although you can't
understand me a lot of the time, I jabber pretty much non-stop!
I am eating
all big boy food now too with some baby veggies thrown in every few days or
so. (I'm still not too fond of big people veggies!) I really enjoy my bottle
too although I'm down to only my night night bottle now and will be loosing that
right after my birthday party. But my sippy cup of milk is very yummy so
the transition shouldn't be too bad! I've also grown very attached
to my little blue blanket. It stays in my bed when I'm awake but
boy do I get excited to see it when I get in bed... there have
been occasions though of me sneaking in my room during the day and pulling it out of my crib -
such a smart boy!!!
This has been one very exciting year!!
I know next year will be even better!!
(Nathan is such a little
sweetie! He LOVES to give hugs and his recent laugh is absolutely
adorable!! He keeps us cracked up with his funny facial
expressions too. His little blue eyes and bright smile continue to bring
us SO MUCH JOY!!)
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