eleven months

Brother is already eleven months old! I can hardly believe that my baby will be one next month. While I feel less of a need to post his monthly summary of accomplishments since I have started the weekly moments and milestones posts, I still want to write this month's summary down. Here are some things Brother is doing right now:

crawling around at racing speeds

getting into Little Man's toys, his own toys, and my cabinets

becoming more interested in books

trying to climb

diving fearlessly from furniture or peoples' arms

pulling up on anything he can crawl to

drumming with and on anything he possibly can

taking an occasional step all by himself

calling us "Ma-ma," "Da," and "Eeee" (his name for Little Man)

experimenting with saying more words

realizing that he can scream and get Little Man in trouble

but at the same time being more charming than ever in his times of sweetness

one of his charming ways is being a sweet cuddling boy

eating large amounts of an ever-broadening array of finger foods

taking only one nap some days

sleeping through the night more and more consistently

starting to need a hair cut

outgrowing his infant car seat

looking more like a little boy and less like a baby

As always, I'm trying to hang on to the precious fleeting moments, yet I would not change my strong and healthy, growing boy for the world!

[wearing Daddy's cap after his graduation]