Tuesday, July 29, 2008

11 months old...

Well, to continue on with the tradition, I need to give you Zach's 11 month update. It is so hard for me to believe that in less than 1 month my little boy is going to be 1! How did this happen? The year has gone by so fast.
At 11 months Zach is...

1. Taking steps.. he has taken up to 10 steps on his own. He mostly walks along furniture, but still doesn't really try to walk without holding on unless you make him walk to something. His favorite mode of transportation is still crawling.

2. He is starting to take his bottle better... hmm, now that he is supposed to be done with the thing in 1 month. Great! Looking forward to breaking him of it.

3. He is starting to eat better. Last night he actually had hamburger, Graduate Carrots & Graduate Pears for dinner. This is a big step. Of course, I had to hide the jars that the carrots and pears came from, or else he would start his whole gag reflex routine. I have kept him on baby food so much longer than I did with Taylor, but it has worked for him ... so whatever.

4. He is starting to talk... He says Dada, Mama, Baba, Baww... for Ball.

5. He can wave, do the sign for more, do SO BIG when asked how big he is, clap, blow kisses & gives kisses.

5. He is AGGRESSIVE! When he sees something, he goes after it. He likes to climb on everything, and he is quite good at getting himself into precarious situations.

6. He is a big cheesier... but when you try to take him away from something he wants to be doing he already has the tantrum down pretty well. He likes to lay his head down on the floor, or even bang it sometimes, kick & arch his back.... pretty much anything he can do to get you to drop him and allow him to return back to his activity of choice.

7. He has been different in just about every way from our first child. I am so thankful that God has given me the chance to be his Mommy. I am thankful that I am learning how to be a Mommy to a little boy, and a different kind of Mommy than I needed to be the first time around. Who knew? I didn't have it down after the first time around after all! ha..ha...

2 comments:

Lesley said...

Time goes so fast!

Emma Hamstra said...

Being a mommy to a boy is definitely different and I agree with the difference of the second time around. I learned to enjoy it more :)