One year

Can't believe the baby is now one. I've barely written anything about him.
Here's some of the new things he's learned in the last couple of months.

1. Q started walking. He took his first steps the day before Father's Day (and walked to dad). By the beginning of August, he'd pretty much given up crawling for walking. Now, he's fast... and quiet. You never know where you'll find him.

2. First words. Banana. We were at DeLuca's getting some groceries and he saw bananas on display, reached for them and yelled out "nanana". Since then, he's added Dad, dog, cat, hat, mom, hello, and really tries to say any word. I should note Dad and dog sound quite similar, although Dad is usually screamed. He also signs water, cat, and dog, although he sometimes pats my leg for dog instead of his own (see sign for dog)

3. Climbing. He climbs the stairs, the step stool, all furniture, and if you're not watching, he pulls out the drawer under the oven so he can stand on it to see what's cooking...

4. He, like his brother, loves trains. There is often a fight over who gets Thomas and Percy. I think I'll have to buy some duplicates. Q also recently figured out how to roll cars along the ground. Before it was either play with the wheels, chew on the cars, or throw them.

5. the phone. He loves the phone. Every time it rings he yells out hello and puts the palm of his hand on his mouth. He also likes to yell at the phone if it's on speaker. To his Dad, usually.

Can We Talk?

That is N's latest late night question. This past weekend it was directed at Dad.
It was followed by these questions:
1. How do people eat?
2. How do people walk?
3. How do you know when you're good?
4. How do you know when the food goes down the right pipe?

I think Dad handled them quite well.

Brotherly Love

Often when N and I are in bed, he'll tell me I'm "the bestest Mom". Last night, Q was sleeping next to us. N reached over, patted his head and said "you're the bestest baby". Put a little lump in my throat.

Of course, this morning, N was back to sitting on Q or telling him to keep away from his toys

busy week

Baby Q had a very busy week... another tooth came in (top this time, but one to the side, not the middle), he started crawling (he's been dragging himself by his arms for a couple of weeks now), and just yesterday he started clapping. Oh, and he has a bad diaper rash.

first tooth for baby Q

Actually, now it's two bottom teeth! Unlike his older brother, he had a tough time with teething. Poor kid. Hopefully the others will be easier (other teeth that is, not babies).

Sitting!

It's now official. Baby Q has learned to sit. Not even leaning on his arms, but actual sitting. It only lasts a minute or so, and then he slowly topples over, but it's sitting. For that minute, he's quite happy to have use of both hands, which he uses to grab whatever toy is close by and cram it into his mouth.

Rolling over!

Yes, little baby Q is now rolling over. Started last week, and I missed the first time. Ok, I missed the first three times. He was in the den and would wait until I would leave the room for a minute.

On Saturday I put him on his back on the floor and stood over him with the camera until he finally rolled over for me. Yeah, that was a long five minutes. I'll need to do lots of editing on that video. No one needs 4.5 minutes of me rambling on.

Now we're at the lovely stage where I put him to bed on his back, he rolls over, and then wakes himself up and gets upset because he can't roll back yet.