Eleven Months!

Hot dog! This guy turned eleven months old on Easter Sunday.

Favorite books: Maisy's Hide and Seek, Dinosaur Roar, and Little Chick (he loves to push and pull the levers and lift the flaps).

Favorite song: "The Wheels On The Bus" with everything else placing a distant second.

Favorite foods: banana, cheddar cheese, IKEA meatballs, pesto pasta, and mangos with a vengeance. It isn't really a word, but when he wakes up he often says "mnamnamnamna" which, being interpreted, is "feed me immediately!"

He is still smiley all the time unless 1. he's thirsty, 2. I haven't noticed he needs a diaper change, or 3. it's more than half an hour after his nap time. He is getting more frustrated that he can't tell us what he wants. He still won't sign to us, but enjoys our charades.

He also wants to be in the center of things. He crawls to company whenever they leave him in a room, and if he's stuck (in the highchair, for instance) he starts to squawk whenever he's alone. His siblings are still great about toting him about. Sebi is the most entertaining -- he carries Joss like little kids carry a cat: under the arms and hanging nearly down to the floor. Joss doesn't mind a bit.
Right now, he has two words: "uh-oh" which is a favorite game of his, particularly dropping things over the side of the tub, and pushing food off of the highchair; and "dude" which is an all-purpose exclamation. He says "dude!" when you wake him up, when he sees something he wants, and when he's pointing. Who knows what he thinks it means, but it is very cute!