Nathan, you are thirteen months old!
You are a busy, busy boy! Always on the go, I often find you in a different place than where I left you if I happen to turn my head. You crawl so fast and climb up on everything! Such a little monkey. You love to walk holding our hands but are pretty timid to try just one and heaven forbid we force you to try it you immediately sit and throw a fit. We've caught you standing on your own a few times and I cheer each time so you know it's encouraged but for now you are pretty content crawling or cruising with a firm grip on something steady.
You light up when your Daddy comes home from work and the two of you are becoming even closer. You like to wrestle and spend silly time on the couch, rolling around and flopping on the pillows. I know you love me but you definitely need your Daddy time and often prefer him to me.
You LOVE books and we spend so much of our day reading. You pull all the books off your shelves and find the perfect one before crawling over and climbing into my lap. It's pretty adorable and I am so glad you have such a fondness for reading (and that you like to snuggle up).
You point at everything and say a few things that probably only I understand. "Mama" can mean me or more, "baba" can be your pacifier or a bottle, "dada" is basically anything fun, especially electronics, and your dad, of course. You also say "book", "fish", "up" and "keys" (sometimes). You also point and raise your voice really high when you see balloons - it's pretty cute!
You're such a little helper and are so proud when you hand me things or can partake in what I'm doing. You like to push the vacuum around from behind and your latest obsession is crawling up into the dishwasher while we're loading or unloading.
We had a rough health month, which led to many days stuck at home trying to find creative ways to play. We took a break from swim lessons because of it and I think you were happy about that! You got a bad cold with high fevers and the worst diaper rash I hope to ever see. I've never seen you in such pain and it completely broke my heart! The upside, I suppose, was that you really enjoyed the nakie play time the few times we tried to air you out.
We're still working on transitioning from a bottle to all sippy cups and we're pretty much just off of formula as of this week. We spent three weeks with you waking in the 5 or 6 o'clock hours, crying hysterically, much to the dismay of your tired parents, but suddenly you are back to 7-7:30 and your mom is very thankful. It's still a mystery why that was happening! You take two solid naps and go to bed around 8:30.
xoxo
Thirteen Month Stats:
Weight: probably 24 pounds
Diapers: size 4
Clothes: mostly 18-24 months, but you still fit in some 12m
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