11 months

It is the last day of the month so it means that Thomas is 11 months old?!   There have been some big things in the last month in Thomas’ life.  I am also finding that giving a short snippet into Thomas’ life is getting more difficult.  Nonetheless, I want to keep documenting the big and little changes in his ever changing life! We will start with his favorite thing to do which is MOVE.  Really this little guy has more energy than 10 of me put together and without dad around as much I am left exhausted most of the time.  I have finally called in the “baby gates” for help!  We have one blocking him off from Stella’s food and water.  As he feels like he too should be allowed to eat and drink like his big sister.  One blocks him off from the stairs, enough said.  The final one blocks him off from the dining room, where he enjoys climbing under the table and trying to drink our wine. 

He has a handle on the stairs and getting down from high structures.  After feeling like I was endlessly repeating “turn around and put one foot down”  he will now go down the stairs, couch, or bed all by himself.

Walking continues to be his new adventure.  Everyday he is becoming more daring and walking more and more on his own.  He no longer needs to have arms to walk to.  He will let go or stand up on his own and then head for something, usually about half way there he drops to his knees and then will crawl the rest of the way.    However, he make sure to give himself applause and like everyone else to do it too.  Sometimes the clapping starts before he falls. 

Thomas is really a smiley social butterfly.  He loves going and seeing anyone and everyone.   Wherever we are he has a  huge smile on his face showing off his 7 (he got his 3rd bottom tooth last week) chick-let teeth and will wave up a storm.  When he is lucky a nice man or woman will engage with him and then he can’t get enough of it. 

His favorite toys the past month have been his cupboard filled with his kitchen bowls.  His baseball bat and balls.   Taking any “stick” and hitting it.   He loves all his books, especially flip pages.  He has a favorite book the “alphabet book” by Matthew Van Fleet, but he has to look at that with an adult so he doesn’t rip it.    He likes climbing all over his riding giraffe and his slide.  Climbing up and down his chair onto the couch and to get Stella. 

Eating continues to be an adventure. He eats more things each day, but it seems like no two days he wants the same things.    He also was exploring feeding himself with a spoon, and has actually done pretty well painting and sometimes getting food into his mouth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bathtub continues to be a nightly favorite.  He has moved into the tub and is loving splashing and moving in there.  It is a lot more work, but his duck was just too small.  He also likes showering and playing in the bottom of the shower.

Thomas language continues to enlighten his mommy and daddy too!   Everyday I realize that he understands or is trying to say something new.   His current words are: mama, gaga or dada, Tucker, Stella, and Itzy, he nods his head for “yes” and “up.”   If you ask him to or if he hears the cats meow or dog bark he will “meow” and “bark” for you.   With all the changes in our house, we really have been working on BYE and BE RIGHT BACK and now when I walk out of the room, I can hear him babbling “byabbbybyaaabbyybbaaaahh” which I am thinking has to be him trying to figure out how to say either “bye” or “be right back.”  It is too funny.