11 months

As you can see, the process of taking the monthly picture has become... more challenging for me, and more fun for the Tot.

This last month has been pretty amazing.  While we were on vacation in California, the Tot turned 10 months old and did an amazing amount of growing, and since then it has really been, well, amazing.  He is crawling so fast it spins my head.  He is also pretty adept at pulling himself up onto things and tip toeing from couch to table etc.

He continues to adore Noodles.  She is the funniest thing in the world to him.  He has found her pile of toys and will crawl over, grab a toy and then show Noodles he has it.  At this point, it is game on! Noodles, very gently will take the toy and start running.  The Tot follows in hot pursuit, then Noodles will drop the toy, the Tot picks it up and the game begins again. Noodles is so gentle and funny, it is great to watch.  She is wary of him when he isn't holding one of her toys since that means he has free hands and can grab her fur, but as long as he is holding a toy, she is game to play! She also seems to want to share her food with him.  She will bring him kibble and leave it for him, and when he doesn't (thankfully) try to eat it, so chomps it up.

He is babbling a lot, but hasn't yet seemed intentional with his "words".  He will say mama and dada and baba and a bunch of other things that sound like words, but only a couple times have we thought he was actually saying "mama" or "dada"  specifically at us.  We are working on it!

I can't believe he will be a year old in one month.  I have no idea where this last year has gone.  It is a blur of bottles, diapers, sleepless nights, going to work, picking up and dropping off at daycare, trips, blending vegetables, desitin, toys, growing teeth, and lots of hugs and kisses.  As one year approaches, we are so grateful to have this little spud.