11 months

I'm only 10 days late posting his 11 month update.  That is pretty good since I cannot keep up with the little tyke these days :)  I am just LOVING this age!!!  I feel like I'm actually a good mother and can understand what Julian wants and doesn't want.  That is really all him since he's able to make it pretty clear what he wants.

Tricks:

• He was able to point to our nose and mouth, now it has extended to our eyes, ears, hair and teeth.  He can point to his facial parts as well.  Julian also wants to remove my "dirt spot" (what my Grandma Fletcher called a mole or freckle) from my face.  He'll have fun in the summer with my face.
• The 3rd week of February was HORRIBLE, but we survived and he has two new teeth on top that are slowly making their debut to showing.  They are half way in and there is a cute gap between them.
• He sleeps so much better on his tummy!  He is a restless sleeper, but when he flips to his belly, he sleeps a bit better.  He is still wrestling with gas issues.
• Animal noises: quack, baa, moo, elephant, dog, bird, and points to our carved giraffe when we see them in his books.  He stopped roaring and grrring for lion and bear.
• He is pretty consistent at calling Dan "Dad" and was calling me mama for about a week and now it's back to "baa".  I'm not a fan.
• He is an official stair climber and it's terrifying!  The gates are up!
• He says "red" from Hop On Pop and "boot" from an Eric Carle color book.
• His car noise is precious and doesn't need any coaxing.
• He can throw and catch his soccer and rugby balls to me.  It's so much fun.
• One of my favorite things he can do: he can put his blocks/toys IN the box!  I get so excited that he'll pull that block/toy out and do it over instead of picking up the next toy :)

Pictures to come.