As for us, we are gearing up for Christmas and the little guy's birthday. His presents were bought months ago, of course. We've even put up a Christmas tree with a train around it that Huxley would love to get his hands on.
Here's what the little guy has been up to....
Affection: He is such a loving baby. He give hugs where he holds onto you really tight and nuzzles his head into yours. He even gives his stuffed animals hugs. Spike was resting his head on one of Huxley's stuffed animals and Huxley had to join in. He crawled over and put his head on top of Spike's. Then he proceeded to try to put Spike's nose in his mouth.
Stairs: He started motoring up the stairs early in November. He doesn't venture up the stairs by himself, only if he has strong some strong motivation. It's a lot of work. He got sweaty the first time he climbed the stairs, and I don't think he's ever sweated before.
Pushing Chairs/Carts/Anything: He pushes whatever he can get his hands on around the house: his toys, tupperware, dinning room chairs, his high chair, laundry baskets, etc. He's gotten good at turning and backing up when he crashes into something. When he's tired of pushing random objects around the house, then we have to walk around holding his hands. Typically, he just wants us to walk him in circles around the island in the kitchen.
Vocalizations: He's quite the talker. He says mama, dada, dog, nana, baba, and a host of other sounds. He's big on saying dada right now. It's very cute. He'll even crawl over to Jason screaming dada. We've also noticed he's a sleep talker. We've both woken up in the middle of the night and heard him saying dug dug and then hear him snoring.
Third Cold: We've had few sickness his first year, but after Thanksgiving everyone got sick. We're still getting over it, but it hasn't been so bad. Huxley just turned into a big snot factory and absolutely hates getting his nose cleaned.
First Thanksgiving - We visited the Wendling's and Goldey's for Thanksgiving and Huxley got a double dose of Turkey which he just loved. I couldn't seem to find enough food to keep him satisfied.
Throwing toys out of crib and bathtub: When he's trying to fall asleep he stands in his crib and throws everything overboard. He even shut his monitor off when he threw Winnie the Pooh out of his crib. He especially loves to throw his bath toys at me. It's not just good enough to throw them around in the bath tub they must be thrown out of the bath tub. If they land on the ledge he picks up the toy and makes sure it gets thrown out of the bath tub. Daddy also taught him how to throw other toys. In a couple of months I'm sure he'll be very destructive.
Big boy bathtub: Speaking of bathtubs, Huxley moved out of his baby bath tub last month and into a regular bathtub. He started standing up and stepping out of his baby bathtub, so I figured he was probably more than ready for a regular bathtub.
Last month of Formula: We picked up our last cartons of formula to get us through the end of this month. We've been spending 30$ a week on formula so it'll be nice to get rid of that expense, but I'm sure something else will pop up to take its place.
Adventures in food: He's eating all adult food now. He loves baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, yogurt, pizza, ham & cheese sandwiches, bananas. The food he doesn't like he just spits out or pulls out of his mouth with his hands. He hasn't been too thrilled with broccoli, but who is? He absolutely loves yogurt after first detesting it. He used to cry at the sight of the yogurt cup, but now he bounces in his high chair and giggles.
Adventures in food: He's eating all adult food now. He loves baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, yogurt, pizza, ham & cheese sandwiches, bananas. The food he doesn't like he just spits out or pulls out of his mouth with his hands. He hasn't been too thrilled with broccoli, but who is? He absolutely loves yogurt after first detesting it. He used to cry at the sight of the yogurt cup, but now he bounces in his high chair and giggles.
