Will is 14 Months

William has definitely done some growing up this past month. As soon as he turned 13 Months, he was all about the walking thing. And now he's quite the toddling boy. Note to self, I should probably get him walking on video ...

Will's favorite things these days are to unload, walk, eat, jabber, and anything outside. He likes other things too, but mostly those five.

He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to eat. This week, we discovered he likes to eat cucumbers. It's nice to know he'll eat veggies in addition to all the fruit he devours. (Roger calls him our bear cub). Actually, William isn't too picky on food and most of the time he's happy to eat Sarah's untouched plate in addition to his own. His favorite foods hands down are blueberries.

William tends to unload the play food basket several times a day. And sometimes he even puts some of the food back in. He LOVES "playing" with his big sister - or at least be right in the middle of whatever she's doing. Sometimes Sarah is even OK with her little brother "getting her stuff." I believe her exact phrase is, "She get my stuff." We're still working on pronouns. They do love to laugh together and "get" each other. William has figured out how to pull Sarah's hair. Mostly, it's just accidental, but sometimes I wonder ...

William has also discovered his voice this past month. At his 1-year appointment the doctor asked me if he was starting to say words. Um that would be no. William barely mumbled consonants and did his fair share of girly screaming. He now says, "uh-oh" and "Da-Da." He refuses to say "ma ma" but we get a lot of jabbering besides. He definitely has stories to tell.

This kid LOVES anything outside. Will can be quite content to stand at the window and watch the buses, cars, and trucks whiz by. Anytime the front door opens, he is now RUNNING to escape. He heads straight for the stairs. He used to start climbing up them, but now that he knows how to go down the stairs, that is his favorite thing to do. He loves toddling around in our lobby with Sarah. If they weren't so LOUD in their running around (and screaming at the top of their lungs) I'd probably even do it more often. At least our lobby and stairs gives us a little more "space."

Well, that's all for this month. We sure love our growing boy. His belly gets bigger and bigger each day. The only thing stopping him from eating more is his lack of teeth. He still just has the four.

OK really that's all folks. Until next time.