13 months (almost)

I can't believe it's been almost a month since we celebrated your first birthday.

I don't think you've done anything new this month, but you're getting better at everything you've already figured out.

You LOVE balls. And, things that even look like balls -like lights, snowman ornaments, things hanging from Target's ceiling. From the time you wake up it's "Baaa, baaa, BAAA..." You actually have done really well at leaving Christmas tree's alone -unless they have balls on them. Then we have issues. We actually picked out an ornament for you this year, which was -a ball! I'm sure you love it. Or, you would if we let you pay it.

This is how you 'play'. I pull the center cushion off the couch and you climb up and have a blast. Until you fall over the edge onto your head. It's only happened once though.

You've also figured out Grandpa (papa) and bottle (bata) which sounds different from baby (baba). You can also say your cousin Laila's name -sounds like waywah, but it's close enough. You also copy a lot of things that you hear, but those ones, along with mama and dad, you definitely know and say. A lot.

Matching ties. This was your dad's birthday present.

You haven't figured out going downstairs yet, but you will usually stop, turn around, and sit down. The problem is you sit down about 3 feet from the first stair. Speaking of backwards, you like everything backwards and upside down. In the last few days you seem to like to walk backwards. So much that you often run into things and over things when you're walking backwards. You also love looking at things upside down -sticking your head on the ground and looking through your legs until you fall over.

You've had more than a few haircuts this month. Really, it was one haircut that happened over three different days. I finally fixed it today -the back was super long, but now the front is a little short.

That's all we can think of at the moment. You've had a cold for the past week or so, and you've been a little ornery and a bit more clingy than usual. However, Monday you were happy all day long. It was great!