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Month 11
May 24 - June 27, 2007

June 21- June 27, 2007
(52 weeks old)

Well I did it - I am ONE year old.  Where did this past year go?  I've grown so much and yet I have a lot more growing to do. 

I had a family birthday party on my actual birthday.  We had dinner and cake.  I wasn't too sure about the cake but I tried the frosting.  It wasn't too bad but I preferred a big tray of watermelon.

On Sunday I had a construction themed birthday party with my friends - 21 one of them!  Everybody got hard hats and blow up hammers.  We played and we ate pizza and cake.  Unlike at my first party, I devoured my birthday cupcake.  I received a lot of really nice gifts that Rachel helped me to open after we took our naps.  Partying can be tiring.

"Birthday Foreman"

12 Month Stats: 
Weight:  17 lbs. 7 oz.  (Yep off the charts <3%)
Height:  28 1/2 inches (12%)

June 14 - June 20, 2007
(51 weeks old)

I went to my very first Cubs game today against the Mariners and they Won!  Hooray!  I must be good luck.  Maybe I should go to all of the games - well except for those that happen during nap time.  I had a good time at the ball park.  I ate lunch and had some cotton candy (yum).  I also met a girl who sat in the seats in front of us.  She was a few months younger.  We also rode the train to the game and I like holding onto the poles.  It was a great day.

I also went to the pool for the first time.  I liked walking through the water.  We went to a pool party for one of Rachel's friends.  I like the water.

"Put me in Coach!"

June 7- June 13, 2007
(50 weeks old)

I am a good listener.  Mommy tells me no and I stop what I am doing.  She asks me to come and I do.  I am starting to really communicate my needs.  For example when I am hungry or thirsty I make a yum yum sound and smack my lips together.  I also made the same sign that Rachel did for ceiling fan the other day as I watched it going around and around.  Today Mommy made the come here motion and I mimicked her.

I love to laugh and I find humor in many things.  Rachel is really entertaining.  I also find Wilson to be fairly funny too.

When I am not laughing I love eating.  I have a bottomless pit stomach.  Fortunately I like most foods that I have been given.  Today Rachel left her snack out where I could reach it and when Mommy returned from changing her diaper I had a mouth full of bee graham crackers.  Wow were they good!

"Good Game Daddy!"

May 31- June 6, 2007
(49 weeks old)

I learned how to put things in.  I put blocks in the bucket and balls into the Drop and Roar dinosaur.  I also like dumping everything back out once I have put whatever it is in.  I also really like dropping things from my high chair. 

I am really fascinated with anything that moves - the ceiling fan, people walking by, cars, etc.  I basically have a rubber neck at the moment as I constantly whip myself around to look at all sorts of things.

I ate half of Rachel's Potbelly sandwich today which is often more than she eats.  Too bad I still haven't quite figured out the straw as those Mocha shakes she and Mommy get look awfully yummy!

I went to the zoo for the first time.  It was really hot (94 degrees) so I didn't spend a lot of time out of my shady stroller.  I enjoyed looking at the animals particularly the seals from under the artic tunnel.

"Get this off me!"

Favorite Food:  Watermelon

May 24- May 30, 2007
(48 weeks old)

Happy Eleven Months to me!  I can't believe that I will be a year old in just a month.  Mommy is working hard on figuring out the plan for my party.  She'd better hurry up and make the final decisions so that it happens when it's supposed to!

If I miss a nap I don't sleep all day.  This doesn't happen too often but occasionally it's time for me to nap at impossible times like when we have to pick up Rachel from school.  I'll fall asleep in the car on the ride over only to wake up 5 minutes later and then the opportunity is wasted.  No napping for me.  Sometimes I will transfer from the car (if sleeping when we get home) to my bed but not always and then I will stand and cry, cry, cry for a LONG time.  No nap.  Mommy generally looks pretty haggard by the end of the no nap days.

"Sweet and Innocent"

Special Time with Mommy: 
I cradle her face with both of my hands and then pull her face close to mine
while saying ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh over and over.

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