Monday, October 3, 2011

1 YEAR!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!  You are officially a Big Boy...1 YEAR!
Gosh the year has gone fast but we have had a lot of incredible moments, memories & a TON of fun!  
Looking forward to the many more to come!






At 12 Months, Dylan:
  • Weighs about 22 lbs
  • Teeth.  Has 6 total and getting upper left and lower right lateral incisor.  Top one started peaking through 9/23, lower one about a week later.  Runny nose, fussy, chewying on everything, not eating or drinking as much, naps not the best/fighting them, waking early, clingy to Momma.
  • Officially running & playing chase & hide & seek. Runs on the sofa!!!
  • Favorite game - chase with the popcorn popper.  He will bring it to you, then turn and run.
  • Starting to throw tantrums if doesn’t get his way.
  • Wearing 6-12 mo, 12 mon, & 18 month clothes. Loves to run around in a diaper or naked.
  • Wants down to walk, pushes against you and will cry if he doesn’t get down.
  • Now he is in his front facing infant/toddler carseat.
  • Decreased midmorning & afternoon cup to 4 oz.  
  • No more rice cereal & occasionally pods.  Eats oatmeal, banana, toast, pb for breakfast.  Snacks are crisps, fig nutons, annie bunnies, blueberries, strawberries or other fruit, pouch, magic pop, smoothie.  Lunch is a sandwich, veggies, veggie burger, etc.  Dinner whatever we are eating.  Loves bread, pouches, and his snacks!
  • Giving his own bowl, he feeds himself with his hands and is getting pretty good at spoon & fork.
  • Points to the monkey decall in his room when you ask him “Where’s the Monkey?”
  • Moos, Ooh Ooh Ha Ha when you ask him, “How’s a Cow go?” or “How’s a Monkey go?”
  • Carries his book or his elmo to you.
  • Points at the Tv, then sits in his chair or the ground by it and looks up at it and says Show when he wants to watch his TV show.
  • Points at the trucks, cow, and little characters in his Let’s Go Book, loves to read by turn pages in his books and pointing to the characters and babbling.
  • Brings Mommy the book, turns around and sits in my lap.
  • Stacked blocks 9/6
  • Said Giraffe when we asked him where his Giraffe was. (wall decal)
  • Get his attention & get him to pause by counting slowly to 5.  1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5.
  • Tickle spot - inner thigh...makes him giggle so hard!
  • Puts objects in containers & imitated things we do..vaccumming, drinking from water bottle, using the bike pump, walking the dogs, etc.
  • Points to things he wants.
  • Words - mor for more is his favorite, mama, dada, ma for milk, please, mail, dah for dog, cat, giraffe, truck, and more!
  • Listens to careful, no, na ah!, ouchy & understands more than we would ever know!