Last year at this time we were still wondering when we'd get to sleep more than 2 hours at a time and if Jonathan would ever quit nursing every 1 to 1 1/2 hours! What a difference a year makes!
He really is becoming quite a character - he does his tricks for pretty much anyone who asks and we get lots of smiles from other shoppers at the grocery store and Target (sometimes shopping takes twice as long by the time we stop and talk to all the grannies in the store... but it's sweet :)
Jonathan loves going to Bible class on Sundays and Wednesdays - he's even starting to "sing" a little with the teachers. He recently picked up the hand motions for "The wise man built his house upon the rock"... it started on day while I was changing him and the song was playing in the background - he started doing the "rain". The next day he heard the song again and did the "building" motions - it's become a necessity during diaper changes as he's in a bit of squirmy stage.
Jonathan also loves bath time! We now say the word and he runs toward the bathroom (we find ourselves spelling the word if it's not time so we don't up dissappointing him). He also has started signing the word "diaper" and going to his room when we ask if he needs changed. It cracks us up.
Halloween was fun - we just did the grandparent circuit since he doesn't really need the candy (and neither do we!). He loved his monkey suit and we just about got him to make a monkey sound (we say "ooh ooh ahh ahh" and he just does the "ahh ahh", but we know he knows what we're talking about).
Our toddler has become a bit more picky about what he eats and really doesn't want us to feed him. He tries to use a spoon or fork, but he usually ends up pushing the food around and then picking it up with his hands. Within a week of turning one he had 4 molars coming in at the same time - 2 are pretty much through and 2 are still just poking out, so maybe that's contributing to mounds of snot we've been wiping up and extra drooling...
It's been a good month and we just continue to love our little chunky monkey all the more!
