Our baby boy gives the best hugs and kisses (open-mouth I might add), even to Mr. Bear! He also pats my back when I hold him. These are recent developments, which Mommy has been waiting for...so sweet!
Last Monday on his birthday, we had the day off together as a family...and we had such a fun day (I'll be sure to blog about it soon)! We had his 1-year well check-up that morning, and he started off all-smiles...
Stats:
JW is still a great eater! His favorites right now are yogurt, grilled cheese, pasta, goldfish crackers, cottage cheese, grapes, beans and tomatoes. In fact, there are not many foods he won't eat! Now if only he liked whole milk as much as he likes finger foods...
Over the past few months, he has been "talking" more and more...and he even said his first word last month: "Dada!" 
Brett is especially proud of that one, and so is Mommy ;-) His will say "MaMa" only when he's upset, so we plan to work on that one!
Jameston has most recently been practicing the "t" sound, and his receptive language is growing! He will look for "book," "ball," "doggies," "bottle," "juice," etc. when prompted. He also makes the shrillest sound (we call it his "pterodactyl impression"), and he will sing like an Indian (video to come) after we do. Can't wait to see what he has up his sleeve next!
At this age JW loves:
- Pushing his trucks/tractors (and playing with TONS of other toys like his piano and xylophone)
(Still loves those rings!)
- Helping Mommy turn on/off the lights
- Singing "This Little Piggy" with Mommy and being thrown in the air by Daddy
- Opening and closing doors, cabinets, blinds, etc....
- And watching his Sesame Beginnings "Make Music Together" video...oh my, he shakes and bobs his head when he hears the music...it is the cutest thing! The songs are common tunes sung by Daddy (and uncles)!
One thing is for certain, he's so very inquisitive and plays hard (note the forehead bruises in some pictures) at this age. He's "all boy," as they say!
Developmentally,
- Waves bye-bye (and night-night :-), gives high-5's, claps with hands (and even more so when he can bang two objects together in his hands), claps for the "more" sign when eating, and is pulling up on things that are within reach...
But he shows NO desire to walk. In fact when we try to "practice," he either just wants to jump or plop right down on his little booty and crawl. He is one quick little crawler (and has bruised knees to prove it) and is crawling/climbing over things. JW even has a bear-crawl like he's wanting to stand upright. He will also "walk" on his knees when pushing sometihg, if only he could just get those feet under him! - He is sleeping like a champ (despite a rough patch we experienced after all the traveling over the last month). He will usually go to bed between 7:30 and 8:30, depending on the number of/length of naps that day and usually sleeps until about 6! Some mornings he will go back to sleep after I nurse him, but we are hoping once he is fully weaned he will sleep in a little longer :-)
Unfortunately the last month also brought about pink eye and more allergies :-( We are giving him Claritin every day with hopes that these first months of cold weather are better than last year!
Here are some fun pictures from the last month:
Obsessed with paper!
(and yes, he's wearing Christmas PJ's because they are some of the only ones that fit :-) He's wearing size 4 diapers, 18 months pants and 12-18 months shirts, and size 4 shoes.
Bath-time!
He LOVES his Aunt Maggie! 
And he has the best laugh in the world!
More to come on Jameston's 1st birthday festivities!!
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That picture of him in Maggie's purse is the CUTEST!!!
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