Dear Liam bird,
You turned thirteen months on Tuesday! You are such a spunky, busy, sweet little boy and I love each and every moment I get to spend with you!
Your personality truly shines, you are a little boy to the core and you love to have fun! Your are also a supreme mess maker, no clean surface is safe! You take clothes out of drawers, hampers, and clothes baskets. You remove folded diapers from their storage container faster than I can put them into it and you could gold medal in how quickly you can strip a bookshelf of its books!
I haven't weighed/measured you in a while, be we know you are growing because it happens right before our very eyes! You are wearing mostly 12 month clothes and we have had to adjust how we snap your diapers so that they fit you better. Your feet are still teeny tiny, I bought a pair of 6-12 month slipper-type shoes recently that are too big!
You have gotten two and a half new teeth this month, you now have four bottom teeth and part of a top tooth. You are actually a pretty good little teether, you love tylenol and ora-gel to ease your pain. You are using those chompers to eat everything in sight! Seriously, you love to eat and we still haven't found anything that you turn your nose up at! Favorites include: bananas, apples, cheese, quinoa, squash, peas, and pasta. You eat three substantial meals a day and have three 6-8 ounce sippy cups of whole milk as well. I am still nursing you right before bed, but that is mainly because it's the only way you will sit still and let me hold you and not because you need the nourishment.
You are such a good sleeper. You prefer to go to bed by 6:30pm and sleep until at least 7:00am each morning. You're still taking two 1-2 hour naps each day and you wake up happy and ready to play! Our bedtime/naptime routine is pretty simple. You get your paci and your lovie (only at nigh-nigh) and we turn on your noise machine and you usually go right to sleep! Love it!
Besides the occasional "dada" you aren't really talking. You do babble and squeal all the livelong day, so I'm sure the day is coming when the words will be constant! I swear you tried to call Gus the other day while sitting in your high chair and holding out puffs. It sounded like, "Guhh," and he came!
You aren't walking independently yet, but cruise around furniture with great speed and grace. When you realize you are standing alone you quickly drop down to a sitting position, I think you just need to gain a little confidence and you will be off and running! You crawl at warp speed and are a pretty good little climber as well, heaven help me!
At thirteen months, you love: food, chewing on anything, books, your lovie/paci, being thrown in the air, bath time, running water, Gussy (even though he is gruff with you), blowing raspberries, getting into Gus' bowls, music, dancing, "little people" (toys, not midgets), drumming, and mommy and daddy.
Wiggles, you are seriously such a fun baby! Everyone comments on your sweetness, happiness, and general easiness. And it's true, we are blessed beyond measure to have you as our little baby! You have made our, already pretty great, lives so much better that sometimes I feel like I will literally burst with love. And it's a love that you have to do nothing to earn and nothing to keep; being a parent truly has given me a tiny glimpse of the Father's love for us in a tangible way. How great, how vast, how wonderful.
Love you forever, and ever,
Momma
*I have had a hard time getting this post to work out and load for me!
*Photos are from Halloween, Woo Pig Sooie!
