DIALED IN: 11 Months

Jack,

In just 6 short days you will be turning 1. A whole year has flown by. I'm scared to blink, I don't want to miss even just one second. Scared when you are 16 I'm going to forget the scrunchy face you make when you think you're funny. Or any other thing you do for that matter. I'm not ready to let go of my baby, not ready for a toddler. Good thing I have 6 more days.

January 9th you turned 11 months old. This past month has been definitely one for the record books.

Your first Christmas happened. And let me tell you it was quite the event. 4 days of present opening and endless days of clean up! Although I've never doubted it, Christmas reassured us that you are definitely loved. NO. DOUBT. ABOUT. IT.

Christmas Day with my cousins

Christmas Day you point at Gage and say, "Dog". Although it sounded a lot like "GOG" I'll give it to you, your first word.

Christmas night ended with snow. Lots of snow. 14" total when the storm was over. We took you sledding. Your hat was a little big and the snow was bright so I'm not so sure you thought it was nearly as awesome as we did.

Sled Day!

December 29th you decided this crawling thing was totally overrated. You had been "accidentally" walking for weeks, but today you took steps. All by yourself. Just like that crawling became a thing of the past and you became a mobile machine.

NYE 2011: So fun. We got dressed up (a little) and went to Summer and Fresh's house. 2 words: KID CENTRAL. 8 adults and 6 kids, wine, champagne, and food galore! It was so fun! You stayed up past your bedtime (until 9PM, crazy right?!?) And the fireworks and midnight didn't even wake you up.

2010 Babies and their Moms! (Mia too!)

Grandma got sick on January 5th. She was in ICU for quite a few days and the hospital for nearly 2 weeks. Your dad took you to visit, but only stayed in the lobby. No need to catch H1N1. Luckily, GMA got to walk down to see you. I know you missed her and she missed you too.

Stats:

You had a serious growth spurt. 9 month pants are way too short. 9 month onesies fit fine in the body, but the arms are a tad short.
Still a size 3 diaper.
You still LOVE to eat. We are getting more courageous with food and in torn you are getting more variety.
Making sounds and "talking" are 2 of your favorite past times. You make an elephant sound and roar like a tiger (we are training you well and plan on sending you to MIZZOU).
If we could bottle and sell your energy I know we would be billionaires. Once you learned how to walk you haven't looked back. We. Are. Exhausted.
8 teeth. We are teaching you how to bite into food. Because again, you love to eat.

Six days until you are 1. Six days until we have known you for 365 days. For now I'm celebrating 11 months!