Stop growing, baby!!! My little tiny baby turned into an 11-month-old in the blink of an eye. He is as sweet as ever and we all dote on him.
A few things I want to remember... when he hears music, he starts to dance and wiggle to the beat. When he hears someone calling or yelling, he calls and yells too. When we say "hi" or "bye" he waves. When I sing "Popcorn Popping" he does the little hand movements (this one always melts me!). He puts lots of objects up to his ear and talks to them like a phone. He is finally crawling for real and it's so cute, although sometimes I miss the lopsided army scoot. He likes to shake his head 'no' to be silly. He snuggles up on my shoulder when he is tired.... ooh, that's the best.
He finally likes bath time. For the longest time he couldn't handle it for very long, but now he likes to splash and play.
We have a gate at the top of the stairs and he is often hanging on it, calling to people at the bottom and throwing things down. And yes, he can now climb up the stairs, although one tumble down a few stairs seems to have cured the problem for now.
He is a great eater. He eats almost anything we give him and eats almost as much as me sometimes!
We made carrot cake muffins and the girls licked the bowl and left it on the floor. Jakey found it and licked it even cleaner! Funny baby.
I love my cute crew all dressed up for church--had to take a quick pic because as soon as we get home it's back into pj's.
Jake spends a lot of time playing with the cars now and trying to walk along beside or behind them. He is also cruising on furniture, transferring from one thing to the next.
And now........ we finally moved Ty from the nursery and put him in a big boy bed!!! And that translates to Jake finally getting a real crib instead of a pack & play! For various reasons (and excuses that weren't very good) we kept them in the old beds too long. I finally got sick of it and made the switch last night. It was a family affair and very exciting for all involved.
One last shot of Ty in his old room. I am such a sentimentalist and it was hard to move my boy from the room he came home from the hospital to.
When we told him it was time to move rooms, he took us literally and tried to push it. Ha!
As long as he could have his favorite items, he was totally ok with it. He was super excited to sleep in a big boy bed like Daxton and Bodie.
We gave him a new bedding set to make it his own. Unfortunately I bought it when we were going to get him a twin bed, but we decided to put him in the queen we already had, so it doesn't fit. I figure it works like this for now, and in a few years when Jake is old enough, we'll buy them a bunk bed and it will fit.
It's a little empty still and needs paint and curtains, but it's his!
After re-hanging his growth chart it seemed a good time to measure him. This little guy has sprouted like a weed and all his pants are getting too short. Again, strop growing!!!
Maddie was really worried about him falling out, so we sandwiched him between Pooh Bear and a pillow. He stayed in bed and slept well, so far so good!
And Jakey baby slept in the nursery for the first time. All seems right in the world.
Goodnight my baby, now it's time to sleep.
