11 Months!

Once again, I'm late posting his 11 month growth update.  We've been quite busy lately so I offer my sincerest apologies.  :-)

Back to Tommy.  Tommy turns 11 months old this month.  It's crazy how close he is to being one year old.  The time has gone by so fast.  It's really incredible.  

It's also incredible that I'm able to get a single shot of him sitting still.  He's constantly on the go! He won't sit in that chair for more than a few seconds before he's trying to climb out of it. 

He is seriously such a little boy these days.  He amazes me every day with the things he does.  Some things he's been doing lately that just boggle my mind:
-He has figured out how to work the squirt toys in the bathtub, sort of.  He will squeeze it under water to make it bubble but he doesn't hold it under long enough to have enough water in it to squirt out.
-He likes to put things in other things.  If there's an opening, he will find something to put in it.  Does the bouncy ball go in the laundry basket? Does the sock go in the bathwater? They do now!
-He will spend inordinate amounts of time trying to put lids on things.  He worked on a little cup with a lid that is supposed to hold snacks.  He tried and tried and tried to line it up.  He eventually got it! It was so cool to see him do it.  He also tried to put a lid on a bottle.  He didn't figure out the spinning part of the lid but he was able to cap it.  That was very cool to see.
-He walks more than he crawls now.  He's realizing he can reach things while standing up so he stays upright much more of the time.  He takes tiny little steps but he is really starting to move.  Just tonight, he walked in a circle for 5 minutes while waving pieces of Kleenex around.  It looked like he was having a ball!
-Speaking of that incident, he tried to put the Kleenex in his mouth and both Andrew and I would tell him "No".  He would look at us and then go back to waving the Kleenex around again.  It was awesome.  He's getting so very smart.
-He says mama, dada, uh oh, doh doh, baba, and and many other sounds.  He only knows what the first three words actually are.  He talks constantly.  It sounds like he's telling the most amazing stories.  Wish I knew what he was talking about! :)

I love his little shirt with the elbow patches.  So cute! So manly!

He loves to climb on his rocking chair.  We've got to keep on eye on him because he wants to climb it and stand on it! He's such a daredevil!

He wears shoes pretty much all the time now since the kitchen floor is slick in his socks.  He loves to play by himself and with others.  He has a lot of fun while doing both.

He loves to rock that rocking chair.

Here's comes Tommy, rounding the corner, gaining speed! :-)

Look at how BIG he is! Such a little man already! 

Happy 11 months, Thomas!