Milestones

Before

After

We have been reading him this story at least once a week for all of 2008, but he found it really funny this time. He has really started to laugh a lot more at a lot of stuff. He is a very happy baby, but he is also very very energetic. He is catching up to his actual growth chart, but he is still at adjusted development. He wears 12 month old clothes, fills 12 month diapers (Yikes), and has the energy and strength of a 12 month old. However, he developmentally doesn't have the balance. Imagine holding a 1 year old in your lap who is kicking you to get free. The problem is he can't walk or even crawl yet so if you put him down he's just going to lie there and taste the carpet and dogs. He thinks he can crawl, but he only sits when you out him down. I have no idea how I will be able to keep up with him later this year.

He is starting to interact with people in a very special way. He waves! I don't have it on video yet, but when other people wave at him he waves back. It's really cute for two reasons. First, he can only do that toddler fist thing. He waves by opening and losing his fist. Second, he is still working at it so he has to really pay attention when he waves. He doesn't look at the person he's waving at because he stares hard at his hand. Opening and closing his fist takes all of his concentration still and he looks so cute when he stares at his hands. I am going to get a video and try to post it next week.