Dear miles,
last week you turned 14 months old! You have changed so much the past few weeks, this might just be the month that you have changed the most. This is what you are like right now:
you are in 100% exploration mode. If you see an open door and a split second opportunity (Such as when dad is changing a dirty diaper) you make a break for the door, army crawling as fast as you can. Your favorite place to end up is the kitchen, playing with the dogs food and water bowl. Often you can find tasty remnants of your meals in there as well.
you can army crawl faster than anyone I know, slithering like a little snake. But you are starting to walk more and more! You started taking steps at the beginning of the month and have been getting more and more adept and adventurous. You can easily walk back and forth between two people (your fave game right now, walking back and forth between mom and dad) and have started walking short distances towards toys in your playroom. At first you would lose your balance a lot and fall over sideways, but you are able to keep your balance pretty well, at least enough to plop down on your bum if you need to switch to crawling or if you have arrived at your destination.
you are a good sleeper. You sleep from 7.30 or 9pm until about 7.30am. When you wake up you play in your crib for awhile. You occasionally sleep in on the weekends. You often will take a morning nap (1-2 hrs) and an afternoon nap (1-2 hrs) but you are flexible with these if we are out and about.
you love to talk! Most of what you are saying I have no idea what it means, but your words include “dad”, “car”, and “ball.” sometimes you say “bee” for book and also “brady.” (the dog). I am STILL waiting to hear mama! Sometimes you make the sound, but you do not consistently refer to me as mom....hurry up already!!!
some of your fave things are: balls, cars, water bottles, books, milk, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, mandarin oranges, mac n cheese, crackers, banging things together, straws, phones, laptops, music.
You dislike riding in the car, unfortunately. You also get frustrated when you can't do something and ball up your fists and growl or scream. You did this a LOT for the first part of this month and it has tapered off some, thankfully.
You learned how to sit up from laying down. This was the last piece of mobility that was really frustrating to you. But one day early this month you just sat up and have been moving around like a pro ever since.
Two of my favorite things that you do 1. you find books and open them and turn the pages and read them in a really sweet sing-songy voice. 2. if i'm laying on the floor you will cruise down to where my head is and get really excited and laugh and turn your head sideways to look right into my face.
what we did this month
auntie jen lived with us and you loved getting to spend so much time with her. We also helped her move into her new apartment here in town and I know you will get to spend time with her in the upcoming months as well!
Swim! It's hot and we tried to cool off by going swimming. You absolutely love the pool and splash pad at the ymca. You are quite the hit with the little ladies. We also went swimming at jen's apartment with your aunt bekkie and you went swimming at leah's house as well.
Maddie came over for a few play times. You guys get along really well and like to stare and touch each others faces for the first 10min or so when she arrives.
Aunt bekkie came to see us and you loved playing with her.
We went to college station to see family. You showed off your walking skills to everyone.
I started teaching summer school so you have been playing with leah and going over to luke and lila's house some days.
We cannot believe how grown up you are. Everytime I come home I feel like you've gotten older. You seem so much like a little boy instead of a baby. This makes us kind of sad, but also really excited for what's in store! I think I write this every month, but words cannot express how much I love being your mom. I love you!
