(I'm back from hiatus! Look forward to many posts in the next little bit...and no, Sister Calder...you haven't missed any blogs. I just haven't posted for over a month. I did write this the day before his birthday though. That has to give me some points!)
Happy Birthday, dear Anson, happy birthday to you!!!!
How is this happy kid already one? At the same time it feels like he's been part of our family for years. This last month has been a great month for Anson.
Anson LOVES to eat (still, as if it would change). Funny eating stories: when I give Anson his plate he scarfs immediately. After a couple of bites, he looks at June's plate, back to his, back to June's, etc. until he recognizes if there is osmething she has that he doesn't. He generally finds something. The most recent one was celery. He stopped eating his food and pointed at, reached for, grunted, etc. at the celery. I knew exactly what he wanted as this has happened several times. I've started to give in and just give him everything June has. He bit of little bites of the celery with his 4 front teeth, gummed it almost to death and spit out the chunk. Repeat. He loved the celery, finished the rest of his dinner. Another funny one was I started peeling a banana and broke off half of it. I put the other half out of his reach and kept preparing the rest of the meal. Seconds later I look over and pieces of banana peel are on the table and floor and the entire banana was devoured. He really enjoys his food and goes to any extent to get more. 2 waffles, 3 pieces of pizza, big bowl of cereal, etc.
He is sleeping much better than ever. He still sings himself to sleep, sometimes wakes in the middle of the night but most often goes right back to sleep, takes 2 naps per day, etc.
His favorite songs are If You're Happy and You Know It and maybe The Happy Song? That's hard. He just loves any music. In Sacrament meeting he stops doing whatever he was when the organ starts, stands on my lap, twists or jumps and waves his arm(s). I hope he keeps doing this for a long time. He is quite the dancer and can't resist when he hears any tune.
Anson's getting closer to walking. He'll take 3-4 steps now and again (unassisted) and cruises everywhere pushing things or furniture to furniture. At his 12 month appointment he measured in at: 31.1" (81%), 23lbs 1 oz (50%) and head 47.3cm (72%).
He jabbers more now and especially likes to growl / roar. He'll mimmick monkey and doggie sounds as well. He also says "June," and it melts my heart. It's almost always paired with "hi." "Hi June" is so sweet. I'm saying that's his first word. I think he gets Dada and Mama...but they don't count as first words in my book. He does wave hi and bye sometimes (increasing in frequency) and also gives high-five.
Anson likes to sit and listen to stories, climbs to no end--and he is frighteningly good at it, enjoys swinging, saying hi to strangers, playing with June's toys, clapping his hands...and eating. He also likes to put lids on anything that could appear to need a lid and also carry around anything like a basket he can drop things into.
This guy is still so happy that people can't resist talking to him. He gives our doorman high-five when we leave the building most times too.
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