Andrew Brooks, 11 months

Andrew Brooks, 11 months old

Stats (go the dr. in couple weeks):
height 29.5 inches ?
weight 22 lbs?
hair blonde
eyes blue
teeth 4.5 top, 2.5 bottom
diaper size 3/4

*Eating: Drew LOVES to eat. Everything. The only thing that gives him pause are scrambled eggs. His favorites are grilled cheese, avocado, any cooked veggie or meat, cheerios, goldfish, crackers of any kind, blueberries, peaches etc. We are almost through the weaning process, and working this week on dropping the am feed; next week it is the dreaded before bedtime feed. He has been particularly grumpy with weaning, not because he is hungry or needs comfort (he is usually leaning out of my arms to get to his crib), but letting me know, "Hey! This isn't the way we do things around here!" I guess I didn't realize how much he loves his routine.

*Sleeping: Andrew has been sleeping through the night on occasion, but with 2 new teeth popping through and a runny nose, he has been waking up around 11pm and is really mad. Sometimes it takes an hour to get him back to sleep; oralgel helps, and I can't wait for those teeth to come in! We've been doing two naps, 9am and 2pm. He will play in his crib for awhile, then lay down and go to sleep (or stand up and cry). He is getting better at self-soothing and it get easier every day.

*We are having a farm themed 1st birthday party in a couple weeks, and we had fun going to Terhune Farms to take pictures with the wagons and tractors!

Happy Boy!

Nothing cuter than a baby in overalls. LOL

*New Stuff: CRUSING! Drew loves to cruise on the couch/ottoman and pulls up on anything that is somewhat stable; he enjoys walking while holding your fingers. TURNING PAGES! He loves to be read to, and is sitting still and turning pages for longer periods of time. SAYING "DADA", "MAMA" and shaking head "NO".

*First time at the indoor mall park... Andy LOVED it. We went in the morning before kids came and had the place to ourselves. He crawled all around, pulled up on everything and climbed up the slide all by himself. Such a boy!

*Andrew began CBS last week with me and after some initial crying, he did great in the nursery!

Having fun together at the park

Love you Andy B!! xoxo