I remember thinking when you were five months old that I so loved that age. Five months olds play, but are still so dependent. They smile and reach, but still lay on their backs in your arms and drink you in. I couldn't imagine anything better. Now you are eleven months old and I now know there will never be a need to imagine anything better. Every day, everything just keeps getting better. You continue to bless us with your magical self and we are loving watching you grow. I never imagined I could love you so much.
You are oh so active now and into everything. You are such a good boy though, so it is wonderful to watch you explore your world. You are starting to listen and understand what the word "no" means. You usually get told no when you are moving towards a fan or the dogs' food bowl. You find both of these things just too good to resist.
Earlier in the month we were playing in your playroom and you kept crawling up to your fan and trying to stick your fingers in. I would tell you no each time, and mostly you would stop short of the fan as I verbally warned you. After a couple of repeat performances, I watched as you crawled up to the fan, stopped about 8 inches in front of it, sat down and shook your head no. You glanced my way and then just sat in front of the fan letting it blow on you without touching it even one more time. You reprimanded yourself! Bless your little baby heart. You are so good, so sweet, so well intentioned.
You are starting to understand so much now. It is amazing to watch you grow in your understanding of the world that surrounds you. You wave at people all the time now, you love everyone (family, friends, and strangers alike), you wiggle your fingers to get people to sing the Thumbkin song to you, you are able to climb up onto the bottom step of the staircase, you play sleep if someone lays their head on a blanket or pillow on the floor, you play peek-a-boo with whatever you have (a bib, the curtain, etc.), you give five, you kick your feet when we practice swimming with you in the big pool, and you love love love to roll your trucks and trains around when you play. You figured out how to turn your walking toys around once they hit a wall all on your very own. You like to turn the lights on and off with grandma and you continue to love your peek-a-boo lion book. You much prefer the big pool to the little pool and you really enjoy playing in your water table on the deck.
Your personality continues to be absolutely delightful. You give unsolicited kisses (so sweet!), but you reserve most of them for Mommy. You laugh so heartily at things you find funny or ticklish. Daddy is hands down the funniest person you know. He is really the only person who can consistently solicit a belly laugh from you without even touching you. It seems that you think everything he does is even funnier when we're in the pool. One of my favorite things that happened this month is that you decided that you love to snuggle again. Last month, once you started to get very mobile, you really didn't like to be held very much unless you were being carried. You learned how to wiggle to get yourself down and would consistently try to get out of being restrained. For some reason, this month things are much different and you love to snuggle up and lay with me to watch sesame street or even sometimes to take a nap. We do this almost everyday and I always think about how grateful I am to be home and have these moments with you.
You are still basically the same size you were last month, still wearing all the same sizes. You continue to eat well and sleep wonderfully. As has been the case, you are willing to eat anything and will eat lots of it. Your favorite place to sleep is still your crib, and you still take two naps and sleep twelve hours at night. For some reason, you sleep best when you are home with Mommy. We are so lucky because you still just let us set you down in your crib and walk away. You roll over immediately and happily fall asleep. I was so worried that once you got mobile and were able to pull up etc. our luck would run out with your easy bedtimes but so far everything is still so wonderful. You still only have your two bottom teeth, but they are now more clearly visible.
Baby J, this is your last month as an 'insert number'-month-old. Soon you will be my big one year old and I can't even type this without feeling the lump in my throat. I will treasure this month as it is bittersweet for me -- I love watching you grow, I know we are so blessed, but there is part of me that just wants my baby to stay little. Maybe Mommy and Daddy will just give you lots of brothers and sisters and we will always have a baby in the house. Ha. We are planning your birthday celebrations, have been for some time now, and are so excited to celebrate the incredible joy, love, and light your have brought to our family in your first year.
Love you to the moon and back,
Mommy
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