Over the past month, you have started walking - taking a few steps here and there, some completely on your own. You are such a fast crawler, though, so you usually prefer to get around on your hands and knees...unless one of your push toys is nearby; then you prefer to use that and RUN throughout the house. You are also a major climber...you climb on everything and laugh at us when we tell you no.
Our nicknames for you are Codster, Buster, Bud, Codmyster, and Bubbs.
You are finally sleeping through the night consistently and have to have your 'blankie' (aka swim shirt) to sleep with. Graecyn also recently gave you her stuffed monkey which you also sleep with and prefer over all other stuffed animals.
You are a great eater and eat pretty much everything we do. I finished pumping about 2 months ago, but had a huge stockpile of breastmilk in the freezer before I quit, so you've had breastmilk for a full year. We only have about 14 ounces left and then I hope we can be done with bottles for good. At your 1 year check-up, you weighed 18 lbs 5 ounces (8th percentile) and were 29.5" long (34th percentile). You still have 6 teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom), but I think you may be getting another soon based on the massive amounts of drool and gnawing you're doing.
You have definitely been a sick baby in your first year (at least compared to your sister) - you've had everything from ear infections, eye infections, stomach flu/nora virus, colds, and just recently came down with hand, foot, and mouth disease. You seem to handle sickness well and it rarely slows you down.
You love to be around Graecyn and watch what she's doing and you show true concern for her if she's upset. She does sometimes play a little too rough with you or tries to get you to do something you don't want to do, but you usually let her know to leave you alone by trying to bite her or swing your arms at her.
You love to 'talk' and say Daddy, all done, hi, and we've even heard you say what sounded like thank you. You love to make noises and blow bubbles with your mouth. You seem to have a deep, gravelly voice.
You're favorite toys are your push toys (or anything that you can push around the room), anything you can chew on, and your cars.
We had a small airplane themed birthday party for you with a few of our friends. Uncle Mark and Aunt Amanda came from North Carolina and we had such a good time celebrating you! You seemed to enjoy your smash cake (especially the icing).
A glance at the past year...
