My sweet baby boy is eleven -ELEVEN!- months old. Last night I lay in bed and remembered his birth and those first few months at home with him. It feels like that time was much more than just a short year ago.
So much has happened during his first months of life that I truly wished that I had taken more time to record it all. He has hit his milestones without me getting many of them recorded. Moving halfway across the country can have an affect on things like that. Poor guy. The important thing is that we've all been together to witness and celebrate these wonderful accomplishments -whether they were written down or not.
MILESTONES:
Our sweet boy became mobile by inch-worming his way around. He occasionally got on his hands and knees but couldn't seem to figure out how to coordinate moving them to crawl. He eventually got the hang of it and he is fast! I love the sounds of his little hands and knees thumping around the house while I'm working. He's found the snack cabinet and, smart boy that he is, knows how to open it. Yesterday evening Hannah & I found him eating the Captain Crunch cereal.
Shiloh has also mastered the art of pulling up. He does this so effortlessly and has even let go and stood alone for several seconds. He's cruising along the couch as well and we're sure that he's on the cusp of letting go and taking off!
He is hands down our best eater. Shiloh will eat just about anything and doesn't want his food cut into small chunks. Just the other day he ate an entire bowl of potato soup by himself.
He now has FOUR teeth. His bottom two front teeth and his top two "vampire" teeth. He is so unbelievably cute when he grins.
LIKES:
-Hannah especially. Sammy when he plays in the floor with Shiloh. And he grins every time Amos
walks into the room.
-Food and snacks. He loves chicken, potato soup and rice. And Cheerios. If Shiloh is ever missing
just follow the trail of Cheerios around the house.
-His snuggle buddy. It's a small gray & white velour blanket with a bunny head and floppy ears. He
rubs the ears on his cheek when he's going to sleep.
-He still prefers sleeping on his belly rather than his back.
-Bath time. Anytime he hears the bath water running he makes a beeline for the tub and stands
watching the water run.
DISLIKES:
-Being left alone for more than a minute. He's normally right under my feet all the time. Sometimes
he's pulling on me and crying but normally he'll just play nearby.
-Due to our cross country trips, he's increasingly disliking his carseat. But this month he gets to
move up to a front facing car seat and I think that will help.
TO REMEMBER:
-Shiloh loves to blow kisses and even makes the 'mmm' noise when he does it.
-His camera face. Whenever you pull out a camera he immediately makes his "cheese" face.
-Saying Mama, Dada, and Bye Bye. He has little rubber bath animals and can say Moo and Ba with a
good bit of coaxing.
