Seth attended his one year check up this past week. I know, one year where has the time gone. For the past three weeks I have been playing the what I was doing at this time last year game. It started with the weekend of his birth. I kept saying at this time last year my water broke, at this time we went to the hospital, at this time you were born etc, Then it was a year ago you were just a week old and you slept better then than you do now. I think I am driving Justin crazy with all the flash back talk. He was declared to be healthy at his check-up weighing in at 23lbs 9oz and 29.9in long. He did not like having his finger poked for the iron test but was fascinated afterwards with the band-aid the nurse put on his finger. He played, sucked and pulled on it until it came off. So much for scooby doo. What fascinates me the most is how much he is learning everyday. He knows how to verbally say mama, dada, dat(with a determined point), and he makes the same sort of noise everytime we see a dog so we are assumming he has a word for them as well. He signs please, all done, and again. All done also means "mom hold me" because he always crawls over to me and signs it. I wish I could pretend that he is not asking to be picked up but a lot of crying insues if I do. He seems to be especially clingy the past month and every minute that I am home from work he is under my heels or in my arms. He has really started working on his dance moves and knows what button to push on his piano for the rap beat. He will also push buttons on the IPOD and then start grooving to the music this is very cute. He continues to cruise furniture like a pro and loves to climb on anything and everything. He is now able to get up on the coffee table with no assistance and for higher places has learned to use other objects around him to boost himself up. He is becoming braver everyday as we are dilligently practicing walking between objects to mom and from dad to mom. (His obsession with me is paying off in this regard because he really wants to get to me.) He has eight teeth now and loves to use them to bite random objects as well as your limbs. There is no mess too big for our little monster, as we affectionately call him, this is demonstrated best at meal times. We are lucky to feed him a few bites before he starts screaming to hold the bowl and utensil himself. For the most part he is pretty good at putting food on the utensil and getting it to his mouth. It is when he decides that is taking to long and digs in with his hands that we have a problem. He still eats a variety of purees but definately loves to chomp on table foods including things like steak and Dots. I can not believe my little boy is so grown up and I now understand why mormons have babies one right after the other, don't worry we are not having another anytime soon.
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| Christmas |
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| If your happy and you know it..... |
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| Aunt Taisa and Uncle Andrews Wedding |
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| Look Mom no hands |
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| The balloons were a big hit |
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| We had some family over for cake and presents on Friday |
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| Seth loves all animals. I went the easy route and found this simple cake design online. |
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| He tested it with his finger for a few minutes before he decided to destroy it. |
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| Destroyed |
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| We went to the aquarium on his birthday and to mom's favorite, Johnny Carinos for dinner. |
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| He loved the Sea Rays not because of them but because there was water. |
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| Our first blood in one year. He bit through his bottom lip when he fell face first into the firplace ledge. |
