13 months

This kid is 13 months! (and a week).  People usually say, oh is he about 8 months old? Well by his size they're pretty close.  He is kind of a runt, but a smarty pants otherwise.  When I'd hear people say "my son is 13 months old", I used to think, why don't you just say he's a year?  That seemed so specific.  Like I don't say, I'm 27 and 3 weeks old. But now I know. Even in just a month he has learned and grown so much! I'd hate to jip him (how does one spell jip, you know what word I'm talking about) on that one month of extra goodness he's earned!

In this past month he...

-finally got his top 2 teeth! Now he can actually bite food, a whole new world of possibilities has opened!

-says "uh-oh" and "night-night" except it sounds like "na-na"

-plays peekaboo with his blanket

-pushes our clothes hamper everywhere like a walker

-dives from kneeling, he thinks it's hilarious

-claps! he claps for everything

-finally he has learned to do "eat" in sign language and he sort of does more and all done

-will sit still while I read to him, love this!

-waves bye-bye at everything

-will stick his toys in spaces in our entertainment center and then look for them

At every stage I think, this is so fun! I love this age! All his stages have been fun, I can't pick a favorite. But so far this is in the top. He is the happiest sweetest little boy.  I am so lucky.  

I made him a board book with pictures of his family =) it is awesome! he loves it and he came in the mail SUPER fast.  I'm a pretty satisfied customer.  I used this company.

 He pulls out the toys from our bookshelf and climbs in.  

 I bought him a puzzle with the planets.  He mostly just eats them.  To him the puzzle pieces fit right in his mouth, not in the puzzle.

 I love Costco, especially for the samples.  I take Harrison and we go around and try stuff.  Perfect way to see what he'll eat and I don't  have to waste money on it! He loves the chiana masala.  It has chickpeas, onions, and all kinds of spices.  So surprised about that one!

 He always rubs his food in his hair.  I'm thinking there's a market for baby shower caps for mealtimes.

 Practicing with the plate.  So far no dumping.

This is his I just ate mac and cheese face. And hair.

Party like it's your birthday

I had a birthday shout hooray! As always my hubs makes it great. It's sort of become a tradition for him to trick  surprise me all throughout the day. Because this happens so much I should be able to tell when he's fooling me, but he's just so believable! 

He told me he had to go in early to work, no biggie.  Usually happens.  So he kisses me goodbye while I'm sleeping and I hear the door close.  He did go to work but came back before I woke up. When I was in the shower I heard a crash of pots of something downstairs...intruder!! Thankfully he came and scared me again in the bathroom so I would know not to get the gun.  He made me breakfast on kirk family tradition "your the best" plate. 

While I'm eating he says, so I've been really busy and haven't been able to get you anything yet. Totally fine, and totally believable.  But then when I walked back through the living room there was a big box with a nikon camera! D3200! AHHHH!  I have one I bought for my classroom but have to leave it at the end of the year.  I didn't want to part with it.  I was hoping for it as some sort of going away present??! But now I can leave it behind because I have an even better one! Yipeeee!!   Such an amazing quality with this instead of just my point and shoot camera.  I'm kind of obsessed with taking pictures and making photo books.  

He took me to Texas roadhouse where our friends were waiting, didn't expect that either.  He told me we could do that another day.  Got me again David. Got Harrison a side of veggies.  This kid loves broccoli! 

 The boys blowing bubbles on such a lovely spring day. So handsome!

 It wasn't just my birthday. I have a twin. His name is Todd. This face of his below says it all.  Always been a goober.  In all our 27 years together, wow I'm almost 30, he has been such a wonderful friend.  I admit growing up we weren't really friends persay, he was more like my competition that I got joy in beating.  He'd say I couldn't run faster than him, but I could.

When we moved to Lumberton in 9th grade and knew no one, we became insta-friends.  Most people thought he was my boyfriend since we were together all the time, eww.  But I'm so grateful for that move, even though I hated life at the time, it brought me closer to my brother.  Now he and his wife (my best-friend/roommate from college, PERFECT!) are our only family living close by.  I'm so glad they've stuck around.  I sure do love them. As much as I give Todd a hard time about his talking on the phone for hours, talking in general, and many other things... I love him.  Happy birthday baby a.


Because I'm the "family photographer," it's rare I'm actually in the pictures.  David did his best and took one. Thanks babe.

And this picture has nothing to do with anything I've just said, but I think baby butts are the cutest things on the planet. He might hate me one day for this.  But his future wife can admire his cuteness.

Yay for good birthdays.