11 Months

It's hard to believe, but Austin is 11 months now. He has hit many milestones this last month.

A month ago, he was barely crawling, now he's crawling all over the place, including trying the stairs, climbing into the firewood holder, climbing on the play stove, and his favorite place is to just climb on the brick mantle of the fireplace. He also enjoys pushing his walker or walking with Mom, only holding one hand. He is drinking water from a sippy cup, which is good since he doesn't nurse as much anymore and eats about 2 or 3 baby food jars a day, including crackers and any table food he ingests (which isn't much; most of that ends up on the floor). Typical of our kids, he likes to "talk" and make lots of noise. Currently, his favorite toy is a pair of maracas that Gramms bought for Karissa for her 2nd birthday. One of them just shakes, but the other one counts and says the colors of the rainbow with lights flashing and music playing. He prefers the Spanish over the English version. He slept with that toy last night, and now today it doesn't make noise anymore, just lights up, so its talking days may be over. It probably has nothing to do with being slept with and more from being dropped many times.

Austin has no interest, whatsoever, in any soft cuddly stuffed animal, like his sisters. He likes toys that make noise, balls, and anything with wheels. The best are the real things with wheels! He weighs about 20.5 pounds, so as soon as school is out and we are done with the carpool, he's going front facing in the car!

We love our boy!

Favorite spot with favorite toy.

His sisters have had no interest in this b-ball hoop, but it involves a ball, so Austin likes it!

Another favorite spot (which has been removed) with the favorite toy.