11 Months!

Our little boy is 11 months today! Just one more little month till he is ONE! So crazy to think! He has really grown up this past month....starting with walking! He is a machine but still has to learn to get up in the middle of the room. Otherwise he is full on walking and loving every second of it.

This past month Brayden:

• has learned to walk. He started taking more and more steps last month, but this month really perfected his walk. When we were in Florida he really took off. He can turn, stop, and stand still all while balancing. He loves to be upright like his brother and follows him around the house.
• has learned to do stairs and now is just understanding that he needs to turn around to get down them. I still don't feel comfortable letting him venture on them by himself but he is getting better daily.
• was almost done with bottles. He was a food machine and pretty much refused his bottles when we were in Florida but then he got sick and is now afraid of food and just will take his bottles at the moment. I have one more month to get him done with them. And milk, well...he's not the biggest fan but was starting to tolerate it a bit.
• loves food. His favorites being pretzels, cheese, breakfast sausage, eggs, hot dogs, any meat, yogurt and water.
• loves to clap and now loves to point. He points at everything that he is thinking about as if to tell us that he wants to know what that is.
• he says "mama" towards me and "da" to Jonathan. These are his first words but he "talks" to us all the time.
• he has gotten the stomach flu twice this month as well as Bronchitis and a nasty face rash that the dermatologist called Peri dermatitis. A rash that affects "Celtic" type people. I have a feeling we will be battling skin issues with this kid for a long time.
• went to Disney World and the Bahamas on a cruise. What a world traveler, though he hated the car rides.
• still has no hair.
• wears size 4 diapers and 12 months clothes.
• sleeps from 7-somewhere in the 5s and takes two naps that total 3 hrs.
• can jump on a trampoline.
• is starting to understand more. He responds to the words no (when he wants to), come here, bottle, where is "dada or mama," jump, dance, shake, and dog.
• is interested in toys and finally learned to push buttons. He also loves books now and his favorite is an animal board book when I name the animals and their sounds.
• loves to drive around cars and make the car sounds by blowing raspberries. It is so cute.
• loves to watch tv like his dad and brother.
• is getting his 7th and 8th tooth...bottom next to the middle two.
• is still a mama's boy and loves to be held by me. It is cute when I hold him because he will always grab my thumb and play with it.
• hates when he is in a room and someone leaves even if there are others still in there with him. He is getting better because he can now follow them but still gets frustrated because he is not as fast. He just loves being by everyone.
• now sleeps with a blanket.
• still loves water but is scared of ocean waves and showers.
• he loves to reach up and grab your hand and walk with you.
• he gives me kisses and sometimes gives me hugs.

One more month till this little guy is ONE. I still can't believe it! We love the boy he is turning in to.