The big 1!

Jack turned one September 17 and while it came a little too fast, we are so excited to see what the next year brings.  He has been such a joy and brought us so many smiles and laughs that I know this next year will bring even more happiness!  We had a monkey themed birthday party for him and invited three of his friends who are also very close to turning one!

Here are some things Jack has been up to lately:

• He LOVES to play peekaboo.  If we sit down with our back to him and pretend not to see him, he "sneaks" up on us and peeks around.  I say "sneaks" because he is laughing the entire time and usually climbing up on us to look over our shoulders.
• He is not walking yet, but cruising and standing up pretty well.  I am excited for him to walk, even though I hear it is more work to keep him out of trouble :)
• He is still a great eater most of the time.  He'll try anything at least a few times before outright refusing to open his mouth.
• Jack loves to stack things and he can stack four blocks on top of each other.  He was very proud of himself and so were Jon and I!
• His other favorite pastime is putting things into other things, like his sippy cup into his bowl of food or his bread into my water cup.  Needless to say he ADORES his stacking cups.
• He is not a fan of the stroller- we are going to have to do something about this....
• He still goes to bed by 6:30pm and hasn't been waking up until almost 7 lately- it's been so nice!  And he still takes two naps.
• We are now on whole milk, which he LOVES and only using sippy cups now- it's great!
• He says "dada" often, "mama" frequently and "cracker" when he sees a cracker.  I am looking forward to vocabulary expansion.
• We still have our playgroup on Tuesdays and we just started Gymboree on Wednesdays, so he has a very busy social calendar :)
• Tigger his still his best pal and sleeps with him every night, though I often find Tigger outside the crib in the morning- I have no idea when he gets heaved over the side.
• Finally, his one year stats: 23.4 lbs (55%) 30in (though I am pretty sure this is incorrect) (50%) and his head was 85th percentile, but I don't remember the measurement.

One last thing, we are definitely seeing his little sense of humor.  He loves to share his food with us- sometimes this is nice, sometimes the food has already been in his mouth and that is not so nice.  So, he will often lean forward with his hand out and put the food in our mouths.  He will do this a few times per meal unless it is something he really LOVES, then we are lucky if we get one bite.  Often, when it is something he loves he will reach his hand out to share and then snatch it away into his mouth right as we are about to get our bite!  He then laughs (as do we).