11 Months

It's hard to believe that our little guy will be one in just four short weeks. The year is flying by...

New this month: There is so much! First off, Hayden waves!! I've been waiting and waiting for this to come, and he apparently was just going to do it when he was ready. It is so cute. He pretty much waves to himself (his hand is turned around), but we count it. He's also clapping! I love how excited he gets when we say "yay!" and he claps along with us. It's like he knows he's just done something pretty impressive.

He's got two top teeth now! His first one came in at the end of the month, and his second one two weeks later. Hopefully that will be it for a while, since it seems like this poor kid is always teething. We could sure use a break.

Hayden has found the Tupperware cupboard in the kitchen. I actually don't mind this, since our doctor recommended keeping it unlocked for this purpose. He loves to pull the bowls and cups out and spread them all over the floor. One mess that is easy to clean up...

He's also started to crawl over the bookshelf in the living room and pull out his books and sit and just flip through them. I know when it's quiet that something is afoot, and usually he's just sitting quietly looking through a book. I know someday that quiet won't be so good, so I'm grateful it's not dangerous right now.

Now that Darren is back to work we haven't had many outings, but we did go visit a brand new splash pad down the street. There are about a dozen fountains that randomly go on and off. The first time I took him there were a ton of kids, so I just held him in them and we didn't stay long. We went back with Grandpa just recently and I let him crawl around. He seemed to enjoy splashing in the water remnants left on the ground, but didn't quite know what to think when he happened to crawl over a fountain that was off, only to have it come right back on in his face. He is sure at a fun stage!