11 Months Old

It took us a few days to get this done, but Nicholas turned 11 months on Tuesday, February 18th.  Both kids were sick much of the week so things have been a little busy at our house.

At the doctor's office on Thursday he weighed 17.6 lbs.  He keeps going back and forth between 17 and 18 pounds.

Activities:  Nicholas pulls up on everything, stands independently and takes two steps at most.  His first steps were Monday, February 10.  He loves to walk with push toys.  He loves playing ball and drinking bath water.  He kisses himself in the mirror after bath.  He plays both the upright piano and Mikaela's toy one.  Anytime he hears music, he dances.  Sometimes there doesn't need to be music.  He likes to help Daddy type on the keyboard.

Eating:  He loves to eat.  Cheese seems to be the only thing he isn't interested in.  Food always looks and tastes better when it's from someone else's plate.  He still eats some baby food, but does a lot of table food too.  Yogurt Melts are a favorite snack.  Black beans and chicken seem to be favorites.  He is mostly bottle fed now but 2/3 is mommy's milk that was frozen.  Formula is used when needed.

Sleeping:  He sleeps consistently from 7ish to 4.  Then wakes to eat and goes back to sleep until 6:30.   We have had a couple of nights where he has gone until 5 or almost 6 so I was in the process of weaning that 4am (early morning) feed when a double ear infection struck this week.  He was really miserable.  I've never seen him so sick.  Poor boy.

Language:  He approximates 'mama' and 'dada' and makes attempts at other words.  When given something, he gives a two syllable utterance that we think is "thank you".  He signs 'milk' and sometimes 'more' and waves bye-bye.

Picture outtakes (The monthly picture is getting much more challenging):