11 Months Old

Can it really be that there is only one month to go before Owen turns one??

 

I always felt that time flies by, but since Owen's been born it's even more apparent.

He is now pulling himself up on anything and everything he can, which makes taking these 

monkey pictures a little more difficult.  Why one earth would he want to sit still 

when he can so easily crawl over, pull himself up and see me face to face?

And speaking of his little face, he has a total of 8 teeth now.

His top 4 and bottom 4 teeth are fully in giving him the cutest little smile.

He can crawl up our entire flight of stairs.

Going down is a little more tricky, so we just have to make sure we are behind him to

catch him if he decides to bail on his climbing efforts. 

He babbles a lot more now and has introduced new syllables to his vocabulary.

MaMa, Baba, and just recently started with G sounds.

 He is going through a little bit of a mama phase.
If I'm not around, he does fine.  But if I'm in the room and I walk out, his mood quickly shifts.

While he clearly loves his mama, the fun part is he is able to recognize other familiar faces.

We Skype with Grandma, Grandpa, Aiden and whomever else happens to be visiting

at the time.  As soon as he sees Grandma's face pop up on the computer

screen he gets the biggest smile.  It's cute to see him get so excited.

I also love to watch Owen interacting with other little kids.

He LOVES playing with his cousins and his friends.

He watches them so intently and gets so happy when they are around.

Favorite Toys: Activity Table, Wooden Puzzles, Any simple toys he can carry around or chew

We have a large selection of toys that light up and make noise,

but the ones he always goes towards are the simple ones.

When we were in WI over Christmas, he sat for almost an hour playing

with the original Fisher Price Farm house from 1968.

Favorite Food:  String Cheese, Grilled Cheese, Pancakes (3 of his mom's favorites too) ;)

We're still working on fresh cut up fruits and vegetables.  He'll eat one

small piece, but then shifts his attention back to his favorites.

Thank goodness he loves the purees so much so he gets 

his fair share of fruits and vegetables that way.

 

We love you more and more every day little buddy!!

Only one month to go and you're officially one!!