11 Months

Oh I am SO ridiculously behind.  Seriously, this kid is going to be ONE in a week and I still haven't blogged about 11 months.  I'll be honest, no offense to the Buster, but I am lacking big time in the motivation for these monthly posts.  Only one more to go and I am done.  There are just other things I would rather blog about, and these always just end up hanging over my head.  for pretty much the whole month.  but I know one day I will be glad I did these, to have as a reference.  so here ya go 11 months....

My little Jakester...at 11 months you are EVERYWHERE.  Into EVERYTHING. Nothing but TROUBLE. Seriously, I can't take my eyes off of you for one second or I might find you up here...

or in here...

You imitate everything. Any sound or motion you see or hear, you try your best to do. You  mimic everything...sneezes, burps, coughs, screams, giggles. You play patty cake, you "give me 5"....

You know various parts of your body...head, nose, ears. And you are getting the tiniest bit of curl action in the back of your head, especially when it is humid outside!  LOVE it after dealing with your sister's poker straightness!

You are saying "uh oh" and "hi". You can take up to 3-4 steps by yourself, but as soon as you realize what you are doing you lower yourself to the ground. You can stand up on your own without using anything to pull yourself up and you can stand for up to 10 seconds at a time, but again, as soon as you realize what you are doing, you lower yourself to the ground. you still would rather crawl everywhere. or climb on everything. You are such a climber, which is something I never really dealt with, with your sister. You love to climb onto things, into things...like I said, you are nothing but trouble. but I LOVE you!

You have a temper.  If you dont' get what you want, or if something is taken away from you, you throw a "throw-yourself-on-the-ground-arms-and-legs-flailing" fit.  it is pretty dramatic.

You still absolutely adore your sister and are actually getting along great with her.  The older you get, the more she can "play" with you and you two really are becoming the best of buddies.  It is my favorite!

You are sleeping about 11 hours at night (down at 8pm and up between 6-7am) and still 2 naps around an hour each.  but if you happen to miss your morning nap, you take a SUPER long 3-4 hour nap in the afternoon.  heck ya!  definitely won't mind if you continue that once you give up your morning nap!  Your eating just about anything I put in front of you and still nursing about 2 times a day, but over the last week we have dropped those and started whole milk, which you are loving. 

You also had your first taste of ice cream.  Handel's, of course.  You loved it so much you took a bath in it.

You are such a joy, my little boo man!  I can't believe you have almost been in my life for a whole year!  Here are some more pictures from this month...