11 Month update
Wow! It has been a month since I last posted. It has been a very busy month so I shouldn't be surprised. We have been to the zoo, the aquarium, a petting zoo, MSPCA farm, swimming (Maclan's first time) not to mention working on the house to get it ready for the appraisal for refinancing (which went well). Maclan will be turning 1 year old in just a couple of weeks. It is really hard to believe that he is that old already. There is so much to catch everyone up on. Maclan surprised us all a few weeks ago, by stealing a facecloth from my hand and wiping his face. He still does it from time to time, but I still need to do it afterward... he doesn't exactly get everything. lol He is now running! He can roll, throw and catch a ball (the catching is only 1 out of 5 times with a special ball that has holes for fingers, but I'm still impressed since he is only 11 months old!) He is still babbling as much as ever but now he is stringing together the few words he knows to say "hi mama" and "hi ki-e" (kitty). Mostly he still just waves when he wants to say hi though. He has been stubbornly refusing to learn any more signs. I was hoping once he was walking well, that he would start picking up more language. All in time I guess. His favorite food is watermelon these days and he is not a fan of any of the meats we've tried. He will tolerate just a few bites of tuna and chicken.
With his birthday coming we have had a few people ask what he needs/wants. Here are some ideas:
And of course here are some pictures!!!! You can view all of pictures here.
Mac and Mama
Make is mesmerized by the hoards of people at the aquarium.
Pointing at Penguins
At the aquarium
Look Up!
At the aquarium
Skeleton
At the aquarium
Checking out a turtle
At the aquarium
Sea Dragon
At the aquarium
Waving Hi
At the aquarium
Look of wonder under the black light
At the aquarium
Sitting with a turtle
Mac patted the turtle (which is not real). It was very cute.
At the aquarium
Tide pool life
We looked at this tank after Maclan got to touch a starfish and a hermit crab. I think it made him look at the tank differently.
At the aquarium
Playtime
After the aquarium, we had some lunch and headed over to the greenway so that the boys could run around. Here Mac is stealing my friend Debbie's hat (he like to steal hats). Her son is a year older and Mac is quickly catching up; he is only about half a head shorter now.
Nice shirt!
Here's Mac in his "Give Peas a Chance" shirt.
Deer
At Smolack Farm
My little observer
At Smolack Farm
White Chicken
I've never seen one before!
At Smolack Farm
Mac checking out the chickens
At Smolack Farm
Mac and the Yak...lol
At Smolack Farm
Mac and a llama
At Smolack Farm
Mac and a sheep
At Smolack Farm
Talking
The sheep were making some noise, so Mac decided to as well; hence the funny face.
At Smolack Farm
Maclan's first time in the water
Hooray for mineral pools!
Mac and Mama in the water
Maclan had so much fun that after 45 minutes he still didn't want to get out.
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
Flamingos
At the Zoo
Mac did not like the flamingos
At the Zoo
Petting a goat
At the Zoo
Excited to pet the goat
It was around this time that we started singing "Old MacDonald" and Maclan's favorite animal sound to imitate is a goat. I wonder if it is because he got so close to one.
At the Zoo
Onward!
Mac did this while we were waiting to go into the zoo.
At the Zoo
Palm reading over breakfast
Finger point
Not entirely sure what the L-shaped finger position means but he does it a lot.
Cute Teeth
Mac and the Cat checking out the Thunderstorm
Reading... upside down
Stretch....
... and relax
Farmer Mac
So cute in overalls
Farmer Mac checking out the farm book
One of many trips to the park.
One of many trips to the park.
One of many trips to the park.
Mac and Papa
My little cuddle bug
All the Toys
Mac likes to play with all the toys at once. Good thing we really don't have that many in the scheme of things.
Analyzing
Determined to find a way out of the room. I know he is thinking to himself, "...if I was just a few inches taller, I could figure out how that door knob works."
With his birthday coming we have had a few people ask what he needs/wants. Here are some ideas:
- He is wearing a size 18 month onsies/shirts and 24 month in shorts/pants for Carters (Jumping Bean runs big, Gerber runs really small). Organic clothing tends to run small and he usually needs the next size up. He really needs short sleeve onesies white and printed ones to go with shorts and pants that he already has enough of. Our favorites for quality have come from Baby Gap and Under The Nile, our favorites for price is Carters which Kohl's carries cheap.
- Brown closed toe sandles size 5 infant
- Dulpo blocks
- Our favorite toys are made by "Melissa & Doug" and "Plan Toys" which are safe for Mac to put in his mouth. He eats EVERYTHING these days.
- Sectioned suction plates like this: http://www.amazon.com/Booger-Feeding-Collection-Divided-Suction/dp/B00166AQDI/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2QT5SA2WFWYEE&colid=2WROIJRWZIDGT But just divided plates without suction are fine. Preferably dishwasher safe.
- He has 10 teeth now, so I'm in search for a teether that he can get deeper in his mouth. I'm also looking for cloth and wood books since he can't have any other books unsupervised since he devours them.
And of course here are some pictures!!!! You can view all of pictures here.
Mac and Mama
Make is mesmerized by the hoards of people at the aquarium.
Pointing at Penguins
At the aquarium
Look Up!
At the aquarium
Skeleton
At the aquarium
Checking out a turtle
At the aquarium
Sea Dragon
At the aquarium
Waving Hi
At the aquarium
Look of wonder under the black light
At the aquarium
Sitting with a turtle
Mac patted the turtle (which is not real). It was very cute.
At the aquarium
Tide pool life
We looked at this tank after Maclan got to touch a starfish and a hermit crab. I think it made him look at the tank differently.
At the aquarium
Playtime
After the aquarium, we had some lunch and headed over to the greenway so that the boys could run around. Here Mac is stealing my friend Debbie's hat (he like to steal hats). Her son is a year older and Mac is quickly catching up; he is only about half a head shorter now.
Nice shirt!
Here's Mac in his "Give Peas a Chance" shirt.
Deer
At Smolack Farm
My little observer
At Smolack Farm
White Chicken
I've never seen one before!
At Smolack Farm
Mac checking out the chickens
At Smolack Farm
Mac and the Yak...lol
At Smolack Farm
Mac and a llama
At Smolack Farm
Mac and a sheep
At Smolack Farm
Talking
The sheep were making some noise, so Mac decided to as well; hence the funny face.
At Smolack Farm
Maclan's first time in the water
Hooray for mineral pools!
Mac and Mama in the water
Maclan had so much fun that after 45 minutes he still didn't want to get out.
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
Flamingos
At the Zoo
Mac did not like the flamingos
At the Zoo
Petting a goat
At the Zoo
Excited to pet the goat
It was around this time that we started singing "Old MacDonald" and Maclan's favorite animal sound to imitate is a goat. I wonder if it is because he got so close to one.
At the Zoo
Onward!
Mac did this while we were waiting to go into the zoo.
At the Zoo
Palm reading over breakfast
Finger point
Not entirely sure what the L-shaped finger position means but he does it a lot.
Cute Teeth
Mac and the Cat checking out the Thunderstorm
Reading... upside down
Stretch....
... and relax
Farmer Mac
So cute in overalls
Farmer Mac checking out the farm book
One of many trips to the park.
One of many trips to the park.
One of many trips to the park.
Mac and Papa
My little cuddle bug
All the Toys
Mac likes to play with all the toys at once. Good thing we really don't have that many in the scheme of things.
Analyzing
Determined to find a way out of the room. I know he is thinking to himself, "...if I was just a few inches taller, I could figure out how that door knob works."