11 months

One of his favorite things to do...walk behind his toys!

 

 

Eleven months is pretty major. That means in a few short weeks we'll have a 1-year-old!! We've definitely been reminiscing a lot lately. It's been quite a year!

 

This month, Evan has continued to grow and grow. He is walking with help so well - steady and fast! He crawls extremely quickly too. Most of the time he's trying to get to places where he's not supposed to be. I suppose that's how it's going to be for quite some time! He always wants to be on the move.

 

His big thing now is pointing and saying "oooh" at things. He points at everything and wants to know what they are. It's both funny and great to know he's wanting to learn. He's even picking up on things. While it's not consistent, when we show him a picture of a cow, sheep or dog, he'll make its sound. (Again, this is a lot of the time, but not always - in case you come to our house and he doesn't perform :)

 

He finally has his top two teeth through and moved down enough to use them. It's pretty funny when we hear him actually crunch something. And if the crabbiness, gnawing on his fingers and drooling are any indication (they are!), he's getting some more in too.

 

Besides the animal noises, he's talking a lot! He says Mama and Dada a lot and associates them with us. He also has said "tuh-tuh" in response to the turtle picture in his room, what sounds like "dog" when he sees a picture of a dog and "uh oh" when something falls on the floor. He definitely repeats what you say, so we better start watching our language!!

 

He celebrated his first Fourth of July too, which included his first ever swim in a lake. He absolutely LOVED it! While he wasn't able to stay up long enough to enjoy any fireworks, thankfully he slept through them.

 

Overall, he's still our happy, smiley guy. We can't imagine our lives without him!!



 

We're busy getting things ready for his first birthday party, which is taking place in a week! I'm totally going overboard considering he's not going to remember any of it, but it's hard not to!