12 Months

 

 

MY ONE YEAR OLD!!!! I can't believe how quickly the year has flown by.  You have grown into such a fun and amazing little man.  It is so fun to continually watch your personality emerge and you learn new things every day.  We love you, Carter!  I feel so blessed to be your Mom and can't wait to see what is in store for you.

BABY STATS:

Weight: 17 lbs 8 oz 

Length: 27 3/4 in

Hair Color:

Blonde with Red

Eye color:

Still blueish but the insides are changing to hazel

Diaper Size: Still fit better in Size 3.  When your box ran out, we have been using Liam's Size 4 for you.  They are definitely big on you.

Clothes Size: We are still bouncing around in sizes.  Pajamas are 12M and clothes are 9M.

Nicknames: Tarter, Tarter Sauce, T-Sauce and Bubber Bear are the most frequent lately.

Sleep: You are still sleeping great through the night.  You sleep from 7:00 PM to 6:30 AM in your crib, in your room and are napping twice a day still.

Eat: You so LOVE food! You yell at every one for a bite of whatever they are eating.  You really enjoyed your first taste of sweets when you got your cake on your birthday. It was all over your face. That is are only problem at meal times. You get it ALL OVER! You still nurse about 4 times a day.
 

Daily Routine: Wake up, Play, Eat, Nap.  Repeat until bedtime.

Milestone: You mimic us constantly in your own baby language.
You wave Hi and Bye and now blow kisses.
You point at things.
You say Mama, Dada and Yea Yea.

You are working on running now that you have walking down pretty good.

 Likes:  You still love sucking your thumb. You love snuggling with Dad after your naps.  You love tossing things off of the side of your high chair.  It's usually a good indication that you are done eating.

Dislikes: You go through phases of hating the Car Seat.

 

Firsts:

First trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
First BIRTHDAY!!

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11 Months

 

You did not want to sit still for me to get your picture today!

 

 

 

 

 

My lil' Gingers!

Four Weeks until you are 1! Where has this year gone.  It seems so crazy to think how this time last year, we were celebrating you with a sprinkle and anticipating your arrival.  You have grown and changed so much in these 11 months.  I love watching you grow, learn and change but feel free to slow down a little.
 

BABY STATS:

Weight: 18 lbs 

Length: I forgot to measure you before bed time!

Hair Color:

Blonde with Red

Eye color:

Still blueish but the insides are changing to hazel

Diaper Size: We changed you back to size 3.  You fit in them and the box of 3's comes with more diapers.

Clothes Size: We are still bouncing around in sizes.  Pajamas are 12M and clothes are 9M.

Nicknames: Tarter

Sleep: You are still sleeping great through the night.  You sleep from 7:00 PM to 6:30 AM in your crib, in your room. You have changed to two naps a day.  Your first nap is 2.5 hours after waking up.  Your second nap is 3.5 hours after you wake up from your nap.

Eat: You are still nursing and go crazy for food.  You want whatever every one else is eating.  We give you some of what we are eating at meal time.  You don't eat baby food from a jar.  You will eat baby food from a pouch every once in a while.
 

Daily Routine: Wake up, Play, Eat, Nap.  Repeat until bedtime.

Milestone: You now can stand up with out using anything to help you.  You will get on your knees, push up your butt then stand right up and you are off and hobbling.

You started signing with us. You currently sign Milk for everything though. 

Likes:  You still love sucking your thumb.  You love wrestling and chasing Liam around. You are now trying to run after him.  You will run away from him and when you fall over, you both laugh hysterically.  You love to food!

Dislikes: You have no patience for getting your diaper or clothes changed.  You don't like any green baby food.  You are mad if you don't get what your brother has. If you start to make your fake cry face and I laugh, you will start actually crying until I stop laughing.

 

Firsts:

First trip to the Kid's Museum

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Ten Months

 

 

Wow! 10 months have flown by.  With only two more months until your birthday, we are trying to decide what we should do.  I'm thinking a party with just our friends and family.  I'm not sure if we will do a theme or just focus on 1! I did see a cute Milk and Cookies party theme on Pinterest. Every year we take Liam to the Sacramento Zoo on his Birthday so we are trying to decide on somewhere fun to take you.  Maybe the Aquarium?

No more Pictures!

 

Crazy Boy!

 

 

BABY STATS:

Weight: 17 lbs 

Length: 27 3/4

Hair Color:

Blonde with Red

Eye color:

Still blueish

Diaper Size: You are in size 4 but we got a box of 3s and you still squeeze in those too.

Clothes Size: We are still bouncing around in sizes.  Pajamas are 12M, Onesies are 9M, you wear a few 6M pants and some 3M shirts fit too. 

Nicknames: Tarter

Sleep: You are still sleeping great through the night.  You sleep from 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM in your crib, in your room. You take three naps a day that are at least an hour in length.

Eat: You are still nursing and go crazy for food.  You want whatever every one else is eating.  You loved eating waffles this morning with Liam.  You also are a pro at drinking from a straw.  You chug water when we give you a straw sippy cup.

Daily Routine: Wake up, Play, Eat, Nap.  Repeat until bedtime.

Milestone: You took your first steps!! You will pull yourself up and take a few steps but you usually give up and crawl because you are faster.

You are standing on your own really well now.  

 

You saw Santa for the first time.  You were fine when I put you on his lap. After a few pictures, you looked back at him and freaked when you made the connection that he was the one holding you.

 

You celebrated your first Christmas.  It was so fun on Christmas morning watching you try and open presents.  You really just wanted to chew on them before opening. You got so many great presents! Blocks, a wooden play cube, play keys, books, car seat, a Hobbs look a like Tiger, My Pal Scout and so much more!

 

 

 

 

You celebrated your first New Years by sleeping! I feel asleep before Midnight too.  Give it a couple more years and we might make it all the way together.  Maybe...

 

You have replaced kisses on the lips with Headbutt kisses.  You press your forehead on ours when we ask for kisses now!  You and Liam do this to each other all day long.

Likes:  You love sucking your thumb.  You love wrestling and chasing Liam around.  You love to eat and eat and eat! You love doing whatever Liam is doing. If Liam has a sippy cup, you need a sippy cup.  If Liam is playing Basketball, you want to play Basketball.

Dislikes: You still don't have time to get your diaper changed. You don't like when Liam tries to take the toy you are playing with.  You move so fast when you are trying to keep the toy.  It's pretty hilarious.

Firsts:

First Christmas

First Santa Picture

First New Years
 First Steps
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