We’re almost at the finish line! Just 2 more weeks til Nolan’s 1st birthday. Whoopee! He’s been a tiny bit less whiny despite having a fever the last 3 days mulling around 100-102 degrees. His first fever ever. This morning it seemed to have gone back down to normal. Saturday and Sunday night were no fun with him keeping us up. If baby ain’t happy, ain’t nobody in the house happy either. Ain’t that the truth?!? We tried feeling his gums to see if he was teething, but no signs of any teeth from what we can tell. He already has 8 so that’s plenty for a little guy under 12 months.
Noly continues to watch baby signing time and picks up on a few new ones every week. Just this morning he sat up on our bed, looked out the glass sliding door and signed “day”. He knew it was a new day with the sun shining outside! What a little smartie pants. He smiled immediately when I asked “day?” His way of confirming that that was exactly what he was signing. Keep in mind that I also have to watch these episodes to learn what he’s learning so we can sign and communicate with each other. A lot of learning for this momma to do, too!
Pushing along his walker, climbing up the stairs, pretending he can read books and getting off the bed are a few things he’s mastering the last couple weeks. The hardest one is getting off the bed. Most the time he lands a bit hard on his butt. Luckily our bed isn’t too far off the ground so it’s easy practicing. I think he’ll have this under control in no time, probably in time for his birthday even. As far as walking, I’m thinking he’ll do it after his 1st birthday. I don’t mind if he’s a late walker just so he can stay out of trouble longer. Speaking of which, we started baby proofing outlets and cabinets yesterday. Anticipating the wrath of Nolan for the next couple years.
Well, I hope you enjoy these last few weekly blog posts–only 3 more! The ending couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ll be busy shooting and editing during the busiest time of the year with wedding season in full swing. Hoping to do monthly updates from there on out, but we shall see.
He LOVES books!
There are many times where I’d catch him quietly sitting there flipping thru one of his many board books. When we read to him he sits thru til the very end, quietly listening to the story, looking at all the images as we flip the pages. Certain points in the story he would glance up at us with a huge grin on his face. Warms my heart to see his growing love for books–just like his mommy!
I was playing around with a couple of new photo editing apps and came up with these 2–loving the 1980’s vintage film feel.
