11 Months Old!!

There is no way that this little guy will be 1 year old in just 1 short month. How can that be?!

Sean is officially 11 months old today! At 11 months old, Sean:

*sleeps from 7:30pm-6:30am (give or take depending on the day before)

*takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap

*eats 3 solid meals a day and 2 snacks

*is down to nursing 2-3 times/day and takes a sippy cup well

*puts his hand up to his ear and says "Hi" when you ask him "Sean, how do you talk on the phone?"

*waves and says "Hi" and "Bye"

*also says "Hot", "Mama", "Dada", "Mom", "Hii EEE" (Hi Ian), "Up"

*says "Moooo" when you ask him what a cow says

*can climb an entire flight of stairs and enjoys climbing up on everything else

*hates being buckled into his car seat but does better on car rides as long as he has a toy or we all sing silly songs

*favorite foods are toast, cut-up fruit, waffles, pasta, RICE, cheese and meat

*has 8 teeth, 4 on top, 4 on bottom

*can signal "TOUCHDOWN!"

*started daycare this month and cries VERY hard everytime we drop him off and REFUSES to nap there (it will get better, right?!)

*has his first diaper rash this month and it was a bad one, turned into yeast rash, but it's all healed now

He wears a size 12m pants and 12-18m top. He weighs about 22 pounds.

System Check!

When Ian was just a little older than Sean is now, he used to do what we called a "System Check". He'd wake up in the morning and be chatting to himself. He'd run through all the word he knew. For Ian, it sounded something like this, "Mama, Dada, Hot, Bawoo (Balloon), Ball, Bye".

We were in Waukesha visiting my parents this weekend when we noticed Sean has started doing the same thing! He woke up and was standing in the crib saying something like, "Up, Mama, Dada, Hot, Bye, Hi".

He's growing up too fast! I can't believe his 1st birthday is just over a month away!

10 Months Old

On March 30th, Sean turned 10 months old! At 10 months old, Sean:

*is sleeping from 7:30/8:00pm-7:00am
*is taking 3 solid meals/day, and is almost strictly on table food
*takes a sippy cup in either a straw or soft spout version
*has 4 bottom teeth and 4 upper teeth
*usually takes a morning nap and takes an afternoon nap
*standing by himself and takes and occasional step
*plays with all of Ian's toys and even makes noises when he pushes cars around
*signs "more" and "please"
*says "Hi", "Up", "Bye" and "Hot"


He wears a size 12months in jeans and 18 months in pretty much everything else.He wears a size 3 in shoes or 12-18months in soft soles shoes.

While Ian and Sean were taking a bath yesterday after breakfast, Ian said to me, "Mommy, fold your hands." I asked him, "Why?". "So we can pray," he said.

So I folded my hands (as he did) and he started.
"Dear God, please watch over me. What's next, Mommy?"
"Who else do you want him to watch over, Ian?"
"Please watch over Mommy and Daddy and Sean. What's next, Mommy?"
"Who else do you love?"
"Please watch over Lola and Lolo and Papa and Nancy (sorry mom, he calls you Nancy sometimes) and See-rah (Sierra) and Brook-wyn (Brooklyn) and Toto (Tito Pete) and Tita War-rie (Tita Laurie) and Tita Wiz-a-biff (Tita Elizabeth). What's next, Mommy?"
"What about Brooklyn's mommy and daddy?"
"Aunt Stee-nah (Aunt Kristina) and Uncle Dan. And Penny. And Woody (he got Woody from Toy Story from the Easter Bunny)."
"Anyone else?"
"No, now what, Mommy?"
"You say, Amen."
"Ament. That means we're done."

Back to playing with his Elmo submarine.