Happy 13 Months!

Jake, you turned 13 months old on the 23rd. I think each month time gets faster and faster somehow. You learn so much everyday! I am amazed by you and how much you pick up on!

What a talker you are! You are always saying new things, trying to say new things, and wanting us to tell you what EVERYTHING is! You walk around all the time pointing at every little thing waiting for us to tell you what it is. You say a lot, but what we hear the most is daddy, mommy, papa, dog/doggie, water, bath, baby, drink ("dink"), bite, book (we hear this one A LOT, and it actually sounds like "boooook"), katie, kasey, hi, hey, bye bye, and bubba. You talk all the time. So I'm not kidding when I say you say these words a lot. And I'm sure there's more but that's the majority.

When we ask you, you can tell us what a cow says ("booooo"), a dog ("woof woof"), a lion, bear, and tiger (all are "grrrrr" or "roooaaar"), a fish, a lizard (you stick your tongue out), a monkey (you bounce up and down), and an alligator (you go "chomp chomp" with your arms). And like before, I'm sure there's more I'm just not thinking of at the moment.

You are a great eater. At your one year check up you weighed 21 pounds and three weeks later we had to go back in for your cough and you weighed 24 pounds! Goodness! Your favorites right now are any vegetable. I'm sure this will be a shock to you when you're older, but yes right now you love your veggies. You eat peas, carrots, broccoli (You LOVE it), green beans, corn, tomatoes, and you've even had some squash. You're a big fan and most of the time your veggies are the first thing gone off your plate. You also like chicken, pretty much in any form. You've just started eating a little bit of hamburger meat here and there, and you're "OK" with it but I don't think it's your favorite. Cheese. Cookies. You will walk into the kitchen and say "cheese" or "cookie" and stand at the pantry door! It's too cute! You still love all your fruit too. I don't think we've found one yet you haven't liked!




And you've got a mouth FULL of teeth! So it's been nice for you to be able to eat pretty much whatever you want without too much trouble. You've got 13 at the moment and are working on another one or two!

One of your most FAVORITE things right now is reading. Most of the time you won't even play with your other toys. If there is someone, anyone, in the same room with you, you will immediately go and get a book. You walk over to us book in hand and so sweetly say "book?" It melts our hearts! But you're also learning to look at them by yourself and when you do you look like such a little grown up man!!

We've got a drawer in the kitchen that is your drawer with all your plates and bowls in it and you love to go in there and pull them all out and throw them around. You also do this with the pots and pans but more often it's the stuff out of your drawer.

We've also noticed you mimicking little things that we do. Which is so cute. Here's a little clip of you outside and I think you're calling Katie to come to you. And if you listen close you can hear that you're making the kiss sounds to her too!

Oh! Another thing I forgot you say..."Spongebob!" (Sounds like "Sponbob" or sometimes just "bob") You have REALLY gotten into your cartoons. Especially Spongebob. Every time we turn on the t.v. you say "spongebob?" It's hilarious. And you will sit and watch for pretty much as long as it's on the television. Which is nice at times because then mommy can get a few things done!

You're such a joy! You definitely keep us on our toes and it couldn't be any more fun! It's hard to pick out everything from the month that you've learned or started doing because you're just doing and learning so much right now! We love our little boy!