My goodness, I can't believe my baby is a year old. He's so big, smart and has so much personality. This has been such a fun year watching him grow. We're so blessed!
We're STILL waiting on that 8th tooth, but I can see his 1-year molars bulging in his gums and getting ready to break through, so maybe they're going to come first. His tooth emergence pattern has really been odd!
He was saying "uh oh" quite a bit earlier this month, but it didn't seem to be necessarily in response to an accident, like something falling, so I wasn't sure that it wasn't just a sound effect. Now he's obsessed with saying "bum bum" and if that's supposed to mean something, I'm sure I haven't figured it out. But, I am convinced that he says "ball" intentionally! He held up his ball to me and said it so clearly, I was amazed. He seems to be trying to talk. We're still working on "Mama" and "Dada" though, which are the words we are probably most eager for him to say!
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| Sharing french fries! |
Signing he has added "all done" and "ceiling fan" to his repertoire. He also loves waving now, and does it at our request almost every time we ask. I think his waving is really adorable, he so gently flaps his hand up and down. A couple of mornings he was having his morning milk in the recliner downstairs, and he kept sitting up to wave across the room at Daddy who was finishing up breakfast in our open kitchen.
Timothy has mastered the straw spout for his sippy cup, which is great because now he can help himself to water. He's also become obsessed with sticking his tongue out, and showing us his mouthful of food when he's in the middle of chewing. I'm not sure where he picked up these manners! Good thing he's so cute that it outweighs the grossness. For now...
His hair is starting to curl a bit in the back sometimes, and I'm super excited about that! I had curls when I was little, and Matt's hair is curly, so I'm hoping Timothy will have curly hair, at least for a little while.
Unfortunately, the 12-month sleep regression is here, and he has been waking up once, sometimes even twice a night occasionally! He doesn't wake up every night though, and the past 4 nights he's given us undisturbed sleep, which was the best Christmas present we could have asked!
Loves closing (and opening) doors of all shapes and sizes. When he first started doing this I was worried he would smash his fingers, but he is very careful when he pushes large doors shut. When he goes in our bathroom to take his bath, he likes to close the bathroom door behind himself, and Matt jokes that he needs privacy... even though both of us are in the bathroom, and there's no one else in the house!
He's still working hard on walking, and loves walking with anything he can find to push (since we don't have an actual walker toy for him) like our bar stools or his high chair. The high chair legs are rather wide, so his has trouble getting far before he gets stuck on something, but the bar stools work pretty well. And then, of course, he loves whenever anyone will hold his hands and help him walk!
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| Giving Daddy kisses |
Laundry is Timothy's new favorite thing to help with, and I'm thrilled that he's already "helping" with chores! He will help throw clothes in the washer, help toss clothes in the dryer, push the button to turn the dryer on, and pull dry clothes out of the dryer. It's pretty cute!
This month being the Christmas season gave us lots of fun outings, plus a surprise first snow of the winter!
Aunt Deborah made the trip down from VA to give Timothy and Edison some very fun vintage toys, and we had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas together!
Christmas Eve with the Hargett side, we had the special treat of cousins coming down all the way from Michigan! Little Elsie is a few months younger than Timothy, and she gave him several kisses, and just generally liked hanging out with him. So cute!
Then we enjoyed Christmas morning with the Bass side and Timothy and Edison had lots of fun sharing each other's toys. The most exciting Christmas present was the news that Edison is going to be a big brother, and Timothy will have a new little cousin in July!
Thanks for following along with Timothy's first year! Now that he's a year old, I'm planning to stop trying to do monthly posts, but hope to still make updates occasionally... like whenever he decides to start walking!
