The L.A. Dime

I’m updating the kids’ scrapbooks today and here’s Clay’s “at one year” entry:

• You are babbling all the time; some of your sounds sound a little like Chinese but almost like you are getting ready to say something quite important
  • Sometimes you and Sophie will have your own conversations where she makes a sound and you will mimic it
• You love shoes – anytime you see one, you pick it up and will carry it all over the house
• You have discovered books and will sit in front of your bookshelf for a good 20 minutes pulling out each book, looking at it and then sticking it back on the shelf; you’re not patient enough to sit when I try to read to you but we’re making progress
• You love to dance! Anytime we put music on you swing your arms around and bounce up and down with a big smile on your face
  • You and Sophie will also play musical instruments together so anytime you can bang 2 things together that make noise, you are a happy boy
• You don’t really like sitting still in shopping carts or highchairs at restaurants – although as long as there are snacks involved, you’ll tolerate it
• You’re eating all table food now and love fruits, veggies, tofu and chicken; oh, and you absolutely love milk; after trying a few different ones, we finally found a sippy cup (one with a straw) that you liked and now are drinking from it any chance you get; you still also get super excited when you see the YoBaby yogurt and open your mouth really wide before I even get the spoon close to your mouth
  • You really seem to enjoy eating – and lots of it – you are currently eating the same (if not more) than Sophie and will slam your hands down in a fist if your tray is empty and you are still hungry
• You still take 2 naps a day – one around 9:30ish and another one around 3:30ish….you fall asleep on your own and we’ve learned that you like to lay on your belly, but on top of your soft blanket so you can bury your face in it and wrap your arms around it
  • No more pacifiers but you still take a bottle before bed (which we are going to start weaning you off in the next couple of weeks)
  • You’re sleeping through the night almost 100% of the time
• You started walking about 2 weeks after your first birthday…it started with walking by holding our hands, and then pulling up on furniture so you can “walk along” the couch or bed  and then standing up from a sitting position, until finally, you took your first step
  • Now you almost run from room to room, seeing where we are or following Sophie around; you are really enjoying our new backyard and have learned how to turn around and go down steps on your belly
  • We’ve started putting shoes on you and anytime I get them out to put on your feet, you giggle – almost like you’ve figured out we’re going someplace and you are ready for whatever adventure is next
• You enjoy exploring and doing what Sophie does – whether that’s playing in the sandbox, or the baby pool (you really, really like the water and taking baths) or playing with Babies or trying to color
• You are 32.5 inches long, weigh 24lbs, 8oz and have 8 teeth

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