11 Months Old

I think I say this every month, but wow time is really flying! Lukas having only 1 month until he is a full year old got me thinking about where I was at this point a year ago. I was very much ready for him to make his grand entrance due to all the migraines (one of which landed me in the hospital at the beginning of April). His room (or half a room since we only had a 2 bedroom apt) was almost completely ready (only the finishing touches were left to be done). Now he is in every corner of our house that he can get to, and I couldn't imagine him not being around.

Lukas at 11 months:

- is crawling (still) faster and everywhere....if there was an Olympic sport of speed crawling I really think he could win!
- is babbling a lot and it's starting to sound like words (at least babble words)
- signed the word 'more' once to ask for more snack
- is cruising (which is walking while holding on to stuff) all over the place
- will stand on his own as long as he doesn't know he's doing it...as soon as he realizes that he's not holding on to something he gets startled and grabs on
- has decided that baby food is no longer for him...he wants what Mommy and Daddy are eating (and I don't blame him)
- Pear juice is his favorite juice...although apple is a close second and grape is third
- Sippy cups are awesome! Bottles are ok if he's tired and feeling lazy.
- is very independent!! He will play on his own (or really do anything on his own) and only wants Mommy and Daddy to help or join in when he decides it's ok.
- has started to throw tantrums (yes I know...that's not a fun fact), but when he sees that doesn't help get his way either he usually will calm down with a paci
- has started to "share". He will hand you something that he has (on his terms of course right now), and then wait for you to hand it back.
- has started to sort. He will move things from one bucket to another. So maybe that's not really sorting, but hey you gotta start somewhere.
- loves to read! His favorite book right now is a cloth nursery rhyme book that has movable parts.
- still loves to bounce!
- loves music! He will grove to music he likes, stop to find music he can't see, and calm down to music when he's fussy.
- is the biggest flirt...already! He will watch girls (not guys only girls...good thing he's got that part straight) until they make eye contact with him and then give them the biggest smile and the cutest face. And he will do this constantly, and sometimes it's like his head is on a swivel because he's trying so hard to make eye contact.
- is loving his Mommy and Daddy more and more every day!!!