Happy Birthday!

We had a small party for Dallin. Aunt Hope came over for dinner, cake, and presents. Dallin enjoyed it all!

Which one next?

12 Months Old

Weight:  21 lbs                    Height:  30 inches

Dallin is ONE! He is even more curious and fun this month than he was last month. Now he has started walking and he points at everything. He still doesn't say many words, but he makes lots of noises. "Dada" is still his favorite thing to say. He even folds his arms by himself for prayer. He doesn't hold them there long, but he does it and it is so cute to watch. Books are slowly becoming a favorite and so is going outside. I notice he is much happier during the day if we get out and go swing or something. He loves to have shoes on because it means he gets to go out :)

Likes:

+ Strawberries

+ Pie and ice cream

+ Being on the couches

+ Outside

+ Swings

+ Giving hugs

+ New toys

+ Cords (They will always be a favorite)

+ Walking

+ Getting into everything 

Dislikes

+ Eating baby food when he sees the yummy food we are eating

+ being still for too long

11 months old

Weight: 19.6 pounds     Height: 

These pictures are getting harder and harder to take! Dallin moved around the whole time and just wanted to sit on my lap and touch the camera. He is so curious! That is one thing I love about him. He always has to inspect things. Lately he even started inspecting our block towers before knocking them down. He looks under everything and loves to explore. 

This month Dallin grew two more teeth giving him a total of 6. He points at everything and loves to wave at everyone. He also started stacking his toys! At first I thought he was doing it on accident but then he started to do it over and over again. He can stack three blocks on top of one another. His stacking cups keep him occupied for quite a while as well. He can stand unassisted when he wants to but won't do it if we try to help him. He does what he wants when he wants to! Oh, which reminds me, he started throwing tantrums. He bangs his head against the floor to show his frustration. Boy it's fun! Thankfully those tantrums don't happen too often.

Likes:

+ Exploring cupboards

+ Walking around with his walker

+ Goldfish (the snack)

+ Waving and Pointing

+ Rubbing his face on soft things like pillows

+ The tablet

Dislikes:

+ When Mommy blocks him into a room so she can clean (he always finds a way out)

+ PB&J

+ Doing anything he doesn't want to do!

Here mom!

I dont want to sit still for you! 

10 Months Old

Weight: 19.4 pounds   Height: about 29 inches

Dallin is getting more adventurous every day! He will now wander the apartment on his own. We often find him in our closet playing with shoes. He loves the outdoors and crawls like a mad man to get outside when we open the front door. It is pretty dang cute! We also started rolling a ball back and forth and he is kind of getting the hang of it. He gets excited and will clap his hands when he he is able to roll the ball to us. I love it! He is growing up so fast.

Likes:

+ Dropping food from his high chair

+ Going outside

+ Opening and closing doors

+ Chewing on his crib

+ Feeding himself

+ Racing to the door when he hears daddy come home

+ Practicing walking with our help

Dislikes:

+ Sitting still for too long (which makes church difficult!)

+ Eating from a spoon unless it is something he really loves

+ Having things taken from him

9 Months Old

 Height: 29.5 inches Weight: 18.5 pounds

Our baby is nine months old! Someone pinch me! I can't believe it!

This month Dallin grew two more teeth which means he has a total of four teeth now. He started grinding them together but I hope that wont last long. He learned to pull to a stand this month and learned how to safely get down, He also got some of his first bruises on his head from falling :(. He also graduated from his funky army crawl to regular crawling! I mean, he still does his army crawl because that is what he is comfortable with, but he is starting to crawl on all fours more and more every day. Oh and he finally learned to sit up for longer periods without toppling over!

Likes:

+ Food pouches
+ Gerber Lil Crunchies
+ Standing whenever possible
+ Watching his bathwater fill
+ Cords (still cant hide them all from him)
+ Tickles from Daddy
+ Watching food fall from his high chair
+ Yogurt
+ Sitting in shopping carts
+ Knocking block towers down
+ Walking with mommy and daddy's help

Dislikes:

+ Naps (now that he can stand it is even worse)
+ Having items taken from him
+ laying down in the bath water, he only wants to stand

8 Months Old

Height: about 28 inches  Weight: about 18 pounds

This month Dallin began sleeping a lot more! His naps are usually about an hour long but we do still get the occasional 20 minute nap. He eats two solid meals a day with some snacking in between. He nurses about every two hours as well. It has been fun to watch him learn to pick up pieces of food or get excited when he is put in his high chair because he knows what is coming! 

Other fun things he has learned is how to pull himself up to a stand. He started only a couple days ago and now he is practicing every day! In fact, last night we had to put his crib mattress on the lowest level because he kept standing up. We also moved Dallin to a convertible car seat this month which he was skeptical about but now he likes it well enough. 

As for sitting up on his own...we are making slow and steady progress. The piano toy (pictured below) is the only thing that truly motivates him to sit up. But other than that he just throws himself backwards or to the side so that he can get back on the floor and army crawl around. 

Likes:

- Standing

- Climbing on Mommy and Daddy

- Gerber puffs

- Drinking from cups

- Theme songs when we watch tv

- Cords ( I think they will always be a favorite)

- Exploring everywhere in the apartment

Dislikes:

- Having things taken from him that he shouldn't play with

- Having his nose sucked (caught another cold)

- The vacuum cleaner, hand dryers, or hair dryers (these actually frighten him to tears at times) 

Can i see the camera? 

7 Months Old

Here are his new stats:

Weight: 17.4 pounds    Height: 27 inches  

Dallin is on the move now! He is an army crawler and loves to find new places in the apartment that he hasn't explored. The hallway has a return duct which he loves and he just recently discovered the door stops which he loves to play with. He also has two teeth! They haven't fully protruded but they are sticking up enough that I caught them in some of the pictures. He won't sit up unassisted very long but we try a little bit every day to help him learn to balance. He has the strength, he just has to want to learn. Silly kid would rather be moving than sitting I guess!

Likes:

- Pulling mommy and daddy's hair 

- Cords and the blinds on the sliding glass door

- Chasing his train toy

- Playing peek-a-boo

- Moving 

Dislikes:

- Staying up passed his bedtime 

- Being in groups where the attention is on him

- Not being allowed to play with cords

- Peas and squash

can you see those teeth?!