It's so hard to believe that 11 months have gone by so quickly. I was so incredibly tired and miserable a year ago - but it was all absolutely worth it to add this sweet little guy to our family.
Louie had yet another very busy month. He now has 5 lovely teeth and hopefully number 6 isn't far behind. He started taking steps at 10 months, but by 11 months he was a fairly experienced walker...just a few days past 11 months and it is clear that he chooses to walk 95% of the time.
He is getting better at eating different foods, but I still spoon feed him lots of calorie rich solids so that I know he is getting enough to eat. He just has limited patience for finger foods and gets annoyed if he has to do too much work to eat. But a new tasty snack that he loves is veggie straws. He is super funny because as he eats them he likes to blow in and out of the straw.
Louie loves his sister but is showing some annoyance with her more often if she smothers him. He doesn't like his movement limited and Noelle is all too fond of hugging him (aka, putting him in a headlock).
Louie still wakes once a night to eat and I keep feeding him for the extra calories he gets, but we have had a few stray sleep through the night events lately which has been very encouraging.
He is still obsessed with anything that has wheels and loves to make his own sound effects for his cars and trucks. He also is still enamored with Mickey more than any other character out there.
I'm trying to enjoy the last month of having a "baby" especially since I know Louie is going to want to be even more independent than most toddlers. I day dream about not having to breast feed and future sleep through the night occurrences, but I know I will miss all the snuggles and sweet baby giggles.
Josh and I just came across a little video of Noelle before she turned two and when she was just starting to talk. It was incredible to see this little toddler that just doesn't exist anymore!! It makes your heart sad even though we absolutely adore our little pre-schooler. We were also looking at it and getting excited for the cute toddler things that Louie is about to do.
Next time I post for this little dude he will be one and we will be living in another state. So expect it late AGAIN if you are looking, lol.
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| This captures this month perfectly. Louie and Grover on the move! |
