Ethan, now that you are officially more than zero years old as your sister says, you have a whole world to explore.
You had a great party, even though you chose not to nap...all.day.long. First time ever, and after that day, I'm sure the last time in a LONG time. You didn't have a meltdown until about 7:00 that night, only an hour before your bedtime.
I think, sadly, your favorite gift has been those giant balloons and the gift sacks. Go figure. And the second favorite gift? The food that you got...little puffs. You ARE you Daddy's boy indeed.
You were pretty stinkin' mad at first about your cake. You'll eat most things, but if they have a messy texture at all, you want me to feed it to you...which is what we ended up doing. You got really mad after I put your hand to your cake, as if that's not obvious by your picture.
We took you yesterday for your 12 month shots. You got 5...a tetnus shot, an anemia finger prick, and three vaccines. Not a happy camper. The finger prick didn't hurt you at all, but you did give a big grunt when she stuck you, and you kicked the nurse when she tried to squeeze your blood out.
Doc says you look good and healthy. Although, you're a little on the small side all around.
Height - 30 inches...between 25th 50th percentile
Weight - 20# 14oz...25th percentile. You only gained a pound since your last checkup at 9 months.
Head circumference - 10th percentile. You have a TINY little head.
So what are you doing at 12 months?
*You are walking, though you still prefer to crawl. I guess you're still not confident in yourself at this point. You sometimes will let go of something and walk to something else close by, but you generally have to let us initiate you walking.
*You have begun to dance. You'll sit an swing your torso from side to side. You are quite proud of yourself when you do this.
*You wave bye bye and clap a lot. You still wave to yourself instead of towards whoever is saying hi or bye to you.
*When you get tired, you crawl to your room, stand up on your crib, and cry to get in bed. Who are you?
*You have also started to go into your room unprompted and look at books. You LOVE your books and just "read" and read.
*You are weaned from me, from formula, and from the bottle completely. You only drink whole milk and from a sippy cup. Woohoo!
*You still eat a ton of food. Usually that amounts to as much or more than your sister eats.
*You still take two naps during the day and sleep from 8PM till between 7 and 8AM.
*You LOVE your sister and want to be everywhere she is and do everything she does. It drives her CRAZY!
*You are starting to talk...a lot. Sometimes I think you are trying to have a conversation with me, but I have NO idea what you are saying. You say a few words right now very clearly. You say, mommy, daddy, Jedi, bye, all done, uh-oh (this I think is your favorite), and my favorite, "tank uuu" for thank you. So sweet. Yesterday you started trying to mimick me saying diaper and said, "dider". You'll be jabbering nonstop like your sister before I know it.
*You are a sweet, happy little guy, and I can't wait to see what the next months hold for you. Love you, kiddo!
This was the progressions of your cake eating experience. Curiosity, grossed out that icing was on your hand, getting upset that we hadn't cleaned it off of your hand yet, REALLY upset that you hadn't been cleaned off yet, and finally the "Yum...so this is what it tastes like" expression you had once we began to feed it to you. The rest was history.
You were so tuckered out by the end of the party...
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