Monday, July 25, 2011
Month Twelve
I know my "baby" is now thirteen months old but that's what moving does to keeping up with things. After looking through a few more boxes we finally found where the camera cord was hiding so we can round out his year of pictures. It is still so hard to believe a whole year has gone by. We obviously have had many life changes over the last twelve months and our "old life" sometimes seems like a dream.
Nicknames: J, Joshy, munchkin, little bit, sweetness
Temperament: Overall he has ended his first year as he began it - a lover of life. He is a social butterfly and will coo and wave at anyone in his path and sometimes to no one at all. We've always appreciated that he's pretty outgoing but it becomes more and more apparent everyday especially when he's around other kids his own age who have stranger anxiety. He has absolutely no concept about what a stranger is. He does play great by himself but he'd rather have company and he gets incredibly frustrated if you try to leave the room even if you aren't playing with him. Patience is definitely not his best quality and when he wants something he wants it now. Generally speaking he's pretty mellow an smiling most of the time but when he's not getting what he wants he will let you know quickly.
Stats: 19.8 lbs (<10%) and 29 inches (50%) Looks: This has been the month of bumps and bruises as he tries out standing and adventurous cruising and climbing. A collision with the tile floor in the rental house left him with a big goose egg on his forehead for our trip to Texas where he promptly matched it with a split lip by loosing his grip on the coffee table. His two top teeth are still slowly working their way down and the two lateral incisors made him miserable for a few weeks but seem to be mostly in now. Still no obvious sightings of the first year molars but the way he's chewing and drooling says they are soon to come.
Accomplishments: This month he is all over the place, literally. Between crusing and crawling he can go anywhere and everywhere. He loves to climb up and over anything in his path and we're seeing him pull up onto his tiptoes a lot while he's cruising so we're wondering when he'll be strong enough to get up onto the furniture. He'll stand on his own for a few seconds at a time but mostly only when we force him to try. Most of the time he'll pull his feet up and or will sit down immediately because he knows we're about to let go but occasionally we can distract him enough to do it himself. He and I have been talking everyday about how he's not allowed to start walking while he's visiting family in Tennessee next week since I'm not there to see it. He's talking a bit more this month with some things that seem almost intelligible. We may be the only ones who can understand them but he'll say Mama, Dada, and Doggie pretty consistently. Our best accomplishment this month though has to be sleeping through the night in his crib. He apparently has gotten over whatever issue he had with sleeping in his crib and now unless it's a really bad teething night he's down for the count until the next morning.
Things he loved the most: Cruising, climbing, swimming, crawling. Anyway that he can explore around him is his favorite past time although playing in the dogs water bowl is a close second.
Things we loved the most: He has such the personality and seems to grow and change almost every day now. He takes so much joy in such simple things and it definitely reminds us to stop and appreciate the moments.
Things he could do without: Being contained. He's always been a pretty good car rider and does well in the stroller when we're out on errands but he hates being strapped in for too long and he will let you know it. If we're going to be in the car for awhile we better have plenty of "distractors" to pass back for him. The toy and pacifier lasso comes in handy yet again.
Things we could do without: While we love spending time with him, the constant need to be right by his side while he explores is pretty exhausting. Especially with the move/hotel baby-proofing has been less than ideal and since he doesn't really understand (or respond) to instructions or the word no yet you have to stay right with him to try to keep the injuries to a minimum. We can't wait until he gains some comprehension over what is dangerous/not allowed. We're also not big fans of sharing a room between the travel and the hotel. He's not a terribly light sleeper but we all sleep better when we have our own rooms.
Item/toy he loved the most: Anything that you can put something in or that opens and closes. So books, his crocodile, and buckets/baskets were all high on the list this month.
Items/toy we loved the most: Whether it is truly responsible or not, we have attributed the break in the crib curse to "the magic pillow". In it's other life it is the lumbar pillow that goes in our rocker and appears in the monthly photo shoot but when used as a place to lay his head while he rocks it is a magic sleep inducer.
Item we all hated: Boxes. While the packing process hasn't been as bad as it could be, it is still a lot of effort to try to fit your entire life into a bunch of boxes especially when your baby just wants to unpack them.
Surprises: We knew this year would be full of changes but it's amazing that in what feels like such a short time we've gone from not even knowing what our baby would look like to having one with a full fledged personality. This time last year he couldn't even hold his head up or stay awake for more than an hour at a time and now he's a little person all on his own. That's pretty amazing.
What a difference a year makes
Momentous events of this month: A week before his birthday we moved out of our rental house and after a long weekend in Houston we set up in a local hotel counting the days until the end of the month when we would move into our new home. Josh had a great time in Texas and our water baby really loved the water park. Celebrating his first birthday with family there was also a real treat.
Things we're looking forward to: We are so excited about moving into our new house. Between residency and fellowship, I have lived in 4 "temporary" houses in the last five years and this will be the third time Scott and I have moved together. While we're getting pretty good at it, we can't wait to see what's in all the boxes we haven't unpacked in a while and buy things for our new home knowing that we will fully get to appreciate them. Hopefully it will be a great place for Josh to grow up and we can't wait to start making memories there.
Proof of my bumps and bruises
More fun times
Happy One Year Josh!
Nicknames: J, Joshy, munchkin, little bit, sweetness
Temperament: Overall he has ended his first year as he began it - a lover of life. He is a social butterfly and will coo and wave at anyone in his path and sometimes to no one at all. We've always appreciated that he's pretty outgoing but it becomes more and more apparent everyday especially when he's around other kids his own age who have stranger anxiety. He has absolutely no concept about what a stranger is. He does play great by himself but he'd rather have company and he gets incredibly frustrated if you try to leave the room even if you aren't playing with him. Patience is definitely not his best quality and when he wants something he wants it now. Generally speaking he's pretty mellow an smiling most of the time but when he's not getting what he wants he will let you know quickly.
Stats: 19.8 lbs (<10%) and 29 inches (50%) Looks: This has been the month of bumps and bruises as he tries out standing and adventurous cruising and climbing. A collision with the tile floor in the rental house left him with a big goose egg on his forehead for our trip to Texas where he promptly matched it with a split lip by loosing his grip on the coffee table. His two top teeth are still slowly working their way down and the two lateral incisors made him miserable for a few weeks but seem to be mostly in now. Still no obvious sightings of the first year molars but the way he's chewing and drooling says they are soon to come.
Accomplishments: This month he is all over the place, literally. Between crusing and crawling he can go anywhere and everywhere. He loves to climb up and over anything in his path and we're seeing him pull up onto his tiptoes a lot while he's cruising so we're wondering when he'll be strong enough to get up onto the furniture. He'll stand on his own for a few seconds at a time but mostly only when we force him to try. Most of the time he'll pull his feet up and or will sit down immediately because he knows we're about to let go but occasionally we can distract him enough to do it himself. He and I have been talking everyday about how he's not allowed to start walking while he's visiting family in Tennessee next week since I'm not there to see it. He's talking a bit more this month with some things that seem almost intelligible. We may be the only ones who can understand them but he'll say Mama, Dada, and Doggie pretty consistently. Our best accomplishment this month though has to be sleeping through the night in his crib. He apparently has gotten over whatever issue he had with sleeping in his crib and now unless it's a really bad teething night he's down for the count until the next morning.
Things he loved the most: Cruising, climbing, swimming, crawling. Anyway that he can explore around him is his favorite past time although playing in the dogs water bowl is a close second.
Things we loved the most: He has such the personality and seems to grow and change almost every day now. He takes so much joy in such simple things and it definitely reminds us to stop and appreciate the moments.
Things he could do without: Being contained. He's always been a pretty good car rider and does well in the stroller when we're out on errands but he hates being strapped in for too long and he will let you know it. If we're going to be in the car for awhile we better have plenty of "distractors" to pass back for him. The toy and pacifier lasso comes in handy yet again.
Things we could do without: While we love spending time with him, the constant need to be right by his side while he explores is pretty exhausting. Especially with the move/hotel baby-proofing has been less than ideal and since he doesn't really understand (or respond) to instructions or the word no yet you have to stay right with him to try to keep the injuries to a minimum. We can't wait until he gains some comprehension over what is dangerous/not allowed. We're also not big fans of sharing a room between the travel and the hotel. He's not a terribly light sleeper but we all sleep better when we have our own rooms.
Item/toy he loved the most: Anything that you can put something in or that opens and closes. So books, his crocodile, and buckets/baskets were all high on the list this month.
Items/toy we loved the most: Whether it is truly responsible or not, we have attributed the break in the crib curse to "the magic pillow". In it's other life it is the lumbar pillow that goes in our rocker and appears in the monthly photo shoot but when used as a place to lay his head while he rocks it is a magic sleep inducer.
Item we all hated: Boxes. While the packing process hasn't been as bad as it could be, it is still a lot of effort to try to fit your entire life into a bunch of boxes especially when your baby just wants to unpack them.
Surprises: We knew this year would be full of changes but it's amazing that in what feels like such a short time we've gone from not even knowing what our baby would look like to having one with a full fledged personality. This time last year he couldn't even hold his head up or stay awake for more than an hour at a time and now he's a little person all on his own. That's pretty amazing.
What a difference a year makes
Momentous events of this month: A week before his birthday we moved out of our rental house and after a long weekend in Houston we set up in a local hotel counting the days until the end of the month when we would move into our new home. Josh had a great time in Texas and our water baby really loved the water park. Celebrating his first birthday with family there was also a real treat.
Things we're looking forward to: We are so excited about moving into our new house. Between residency and fellowship, I have lived in 4 "temporary" houses in the last five years and this will be the third time Scott and I have moved together. While we're getting pretty good at it, we can't wait to see what's in all the boxes we haven't unpacked in a while and buy things for our new home knowing that we will fully get to appreciate them. Hopefully it will be a great place for Josh to grow up and we can't wait to start making memories there.
Proof of my bumps and bruises
More fun times
Happy One Year Josh!
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