The King at 13 Months

Mister has become The King around here. The other day I found this sweet boy hitting Kathryn on the head (hard) repeatedly with a remote control and with every hit she winced and said, 'Ow'. Well, duh! I told her to move away and her response is similar to the boys when it comes to dealing with Reed. 'If I move away or take the remote away he cries.' SO! I guess they would rather get beat than hear the baby boy cry. Oh man we are going to be IN for it with this kid. He couldn't be cuter so we'll just have to deal with the attitude later. Famous last words.

His latest....

~He eats best with his hands but it makes the hugest mess. And sometimes I don't even bother with a bib because it in no way keeps his clothes clean. He was loving these Parmesan noodles but the clean up was a nightmare! He doesn't like to eat anything off a spoon unless it's yogurt, oatmeal or pudding. Three of his favorites.

This is when he finds his nose...

...and his eyes. Sometimes he switches which is which.

~He crawls over to my hair stuff, finds a comb and will sit and comb the top of his hair. (He also is driving me nuts and gets into my color, my cords. I try peer pressure and tell him his brothers didn't do that but he doesn't care!)

~He loves to babble and says Dada, Mama.

When I pick him up out of bed in the morning or after a nap he wants to bring his blanket with him but I've done the blanket drag everywhere with the other ones so one day I told him 'drop your blanket back in'. He hugged it tight and let it go. Now when I go to get him, he holds onto it just so he can drop it back in. It's so cute.

~He loves outside and when it finally warms up, I think he'll be crazy at the door to get out.

~He has balanced in one spot for close to 5 minutes but doesn't like to even try and take steps. He's taken a few but he'd rather drop down and crawl away. I can't wait for him to Franken-walk but I'd rather not have him running and getting into even more. So I'm fine with another month of not walking.

~His latest game is picking up the diapers and dumping them one by one into the laundry hamper. I have always kept them right next to each other and apparently, he just noticed.

~It's been his favorite game of the week. It takes him quite a while and so far it hasn't annoyed me. I think it's a cute game and really, I love that it keeps him busy and contained in one area.

~When we say 'All Gone' he stretches his hands out to the side and turns his palms up. Wondering where it all went. It's adorable! He started playing peek-a-boo with his ears (like cousin Preston) but a couple days ago he started putting his hands on his cheeks. He's getting closer to the eyes so it's something.

~We give him his Curious George stuffed monkey (or any stuffed animal) and say, 'Give it a love' and he proceeds to squeeze it to death while giving it the cutest hug with his head tilted to the side.

~He does give kisses on his terms.

I just love this baby boy so much. He lights up the house and is such a blessing.

{I tried hard to be obnoxious and get photos for each of these cute things. Like hugging an animal, showing 'all gone', standing still in one spot, etc. Again...HIS terms. Maybe another post.}