You took your first steps about a week shy of 14 months. You're taking more and more steps everyday but usually only about 4 or 5. You still do your elephant walk so quickly that you don't really feel the need to walk upright.
The other day we were at Jeremy Cooper's birthday party at Grandpa and Grandma Cooper's house. You have recently within the last month been able to climb on any chair, couch, bed, trampoline, etc. You had climbed up on a folding chair and slipped and were falling towards the ground. With your hands above your head, you grabbed on to part of their chair and held on for dear life, yelling for help. Your hand slipped again and you grabbed a different part still holding on. Finally someone got to you to help you down. We were all amazed at your strength and determination to hold on and not give up.This will be your overall attitude towards life is to be strong in hard times and determined to hold on with all your might.
I adore your little cheeks and your chubby little thighs. Your smile and excitement when you see me is so sweet. YOu're going to be a big brother in January and I feel as if you've always been ready to give up the baby status in the family as you're always trying to keep up with the other kids. You love throwing balls or rocks into rivers. You are so adventurous when we go swimming or splash pads or rivers. You love to explore and move. You can even climb on the swings by yourself now.
You crawl to the bathroom every chance you can get to get in the toilet water or unroll the toilet paper. You love to open the cabinets and explore but you're more cautious as you've been in trouble before to only get a few things out. You don't dump out whole containers of tupperwear or canning lids like you used to. You love climbing on the dishwasher. You make a grunting noise through your nose and reach out with your hand towards whatever you want or where you want to go. You snuggle a little. You wake up at about 6 every morning wanting a bottle and in order to keep you quiet we usually oblige. You fall asleep like a champ and usually with a bottle in your hands. You aren't eating as much as you used to since you were teething last week getting a new tooth on top and one on bottom. Meriden loves to try and pick you up and snuggle you and you sometimes indulge her but usually just tolerate her. Jeffrey is constantly hitting, kicking and sitting on you and for good reason, you don't much care for him. I keep telling him he's going to get what he deserves when you get a little older. You still love fruit. Watermelon and grapes are your favorite now that oranges aren't in season. When you eat you insist on carrying a utensil though you can hardly use it. If you don't have one and I'm cutting your food with my fork you will grab it out of my hands so fast! You always feed yourself. You're great at entertaining yourself for long periods of time playing with toys and dumping toys out. You're also really good at putting toys away already! You love to help Mom. When I fold clothes you love to hand me each clothing item to fold and when you can get away with it, you love to dump over my piles of clothes.
You have a special relationship with your dad because he works from home and I've been so sick from this pregnancy and whenever I hold you, you like to climb all over my sore growing belly, so Dad has had more time with you at this stage than the other 2 and its been really fun for him. He just adores you. He loves to put a sword in your hand and play sword fight with you.
I love you my little Mr. E! More than you'll ever know.
Love,
Mom
The other day we were at Jeremy Cooper's birthday party at Grandpa and Grandma Cooper's house. You have recently within the last month been able to climb on any chair, couch, bed, trampoline, etc. You had climbed up on a folding chair and slipped and were falling towards the ground. With your hands above your head, you grabbed on to part of their chair and held on for dear life, yelling for help. Your hand slipped again and you grabbed a different part still holding on. Finally someone got to you to help you down. We were all amazed at your strength and determination to hold on and not give up.This will be your overall attitude towards life is to be strong in hard times and determined to hold on with all your might.
I adore your little cheeks and your chubby little thighs. Your smile and excitement when you see me is so sweet. YOu're going to be a big brother in January and I feel as if you've always been ready to give up the baby status in the family as you're always trying to keep up with the other kids. You love throwing balls or rocks into rivers. You are so adventurous when we go swimming or splash pads or rivers. You love to explore and move. You can even climb on the swings by yourself now.
You crawl to the bathroom every chance you can get to get in the toilet water or unroll the toilet paper. You love to open the cabinets and explore but you're more cautious as you've been in trouble before to only get a few things out. You don't dump out whole containers of tupperwear or canning lids like you used to. You love climbing on the dishwasher. You make a grunting noise through your nose and reach out with your hand towards whatever you want or where you want to go. You snuggle a little. You wake up at about 6 every morning wanting a bottle and in order to keep you quiet we usually oblige. You fall asleep like a champ and usually with a bottle in your hands. You aren't eating as much as you used to since you were teething last week getting a new tooth on top and one on bottom. Meriden loves to try and pick you up and snuggle you and you sometimes indulge her but usually just tolerate her. Jeffrey is constantly hitting, kicking and sitting on you and for good reason, you don't much care for him. I keep telling him he's going to get what he deserves when you get a little older. You still love fruit. Watermelon and grapes are your favorite now that oranges aren't in season. When you eat you insist on carrying a utensil though you can hardly use it. If you don't have one and I'm cutting your food with my fork you will grab it out of my hands so fast! You always feed yourself. You're great at entertaining yourself for long periods of time playing with toys and dumping toys out. You're also really good at putting toys away already! You love to help Mom. When I fold clothes you love to hand me each clothing item to fold and when you can get away with it, you love to dump over my piles of clothes.
You have a special relationship with your dad because he works from home and I've been so sick from this pregnancy and whenever I hold you, you like to climb all over my sore growing belly, so Dad has had more time with you at this stage than the other 2 and its been really fun for him. He just adores you. He loves to put a sword in your hand and play sword fight with you.
I love you my little Mr. E! More than you'll ever know.
Love,
Mom
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