11 Months

Just one more month and we get to celebrate a whole year of Briggs Monster!!  WOW!!  This has been another great month full of surprises and milestones, let's recap ...

You kicked off the start of 10 months old by learning how to wave bye-bye.  The teachers at daycare (especially Ms Susan) worked really hard with you on this one and FINALLY you've got it down pat!!  Now that you have that figured out, you love to show off your skills!!  You are a pointer too.  Pointing at everything and nothing all at once!!  When you first wake up in the morning and come down the hallway you always look super crabby and shy away from the lights, but you immediately start pointing at mommy, daddy, Logan, or whatever catches your eye!

This month has been all about cruising!  Now that you have figured out how to move around the house, you are EVERYWHERE!  As long as you have a hand on something, you will walk all over.  This cart has been perfect for cruising up and down the hallway.  Just this past weekend, you were actually taking a few steps between mommy and daddy completely unassisted.  You were so excited!!  Your balance is getting better and I'm pretty sure you'll be walking soon!!

You and daddy LOVE to play rough!  You prefer to be dangled upside down, tossed around, held up high and giggle when we pretend to drop you!!  You and daddy have several games you play and this video shows exactly how well you know how to manipulate your daddy!!

We made two trips to Summerville this month.  First to visit with Grandma Kitty when she went into the hospital and then again for our much-too-short summer vacation.  On our first trip home you spent some time hanging out with Aunt Krista.  I love this picture of you pretending to be Uncle Rick!

Of course we made some visits to see Nana and Pop so they could show you off at their assisted living home.  You were very pleased to show everyone the proper way to use a walker!

Between our two visits, Granny Brenda & Grandaddy Doyle came up for a weekend to stay with you so that we could attend Henderson & Ellison's wedding.  I'm not sure who had more fun that weekend, you or Granny Brenda!

 

We had a great time visiting friends and family while we were in Summerville, but of course there is never enough time.  Here are some pics from our fun ...

August 21st was the first day of school for all of the kids in the Clemson area.  With kids moving out,  this is also move up day at the CEC Daycare too.  Moving from the infant to creeper room is based on developmental indicators, not the calendar, but it just so happened that you were ready to move up this week too.  Leaving the Infant room was a little sad because we will miss many of the friends we made there (especially Ms. Amanda and Ms. Susan), but the new Creeper room is very exciting!  So many big boy toys and so many friends who are ready to play!!  You have just loved the change and were more than ready for it!!   Your new teacher is Ms. Farhana and I am really impressed with the schedule she keeps and how well you have adjusted.  We eat breakfast before we leave the house, then you get a snack around 9am, lunch is at 11am, then everyone takes a nap from 1 - 3pm.  Another snack and then it's time to go home.  Of course all the time in between is full of fun, reading and playing!!  You love the playground and all your new friends.

It is impossible to hold you down to get a real good look, but there are lots of new teeth coming in!  You have had two top and two bottom teeth for awhile now.  I know for sure there are two teeth poking through and I'm pretty sure two more are right behind those.   Speaking of impossible to hold down ... diaper and clothes changes have become a nightmare.  You hate to hold still.  We have a trick that tends to work pretty well ... Elmo videos on the iPad.  We have a few favorites that will help to buy us a minute or two.  You just love Elmo and singing Elmo is just mesmerizing!!

You have completely figured out the routine around here at night.  When I'm just about done making dinner you'll start complaining and climbing your highchair.  When you are done eating, you'll start dropping your sippy cup off the high chair onto the floor.  Then, as soon as daddy starts running the bath water, you take off full speed down the hallway.  You really like to get in the tub while it is filling up so you can put your hands under the facet.

Then there are the bath toys.  We have about 10 different squeeze toys for the bath.  Most nights it is daddy's job to give you a bath and I just love the stories he makes up about the toys.  The regular theme is that Sheriff Duck is going to arrest someone, usually Purple Duck.

Nightly baths are an ABSOLUTE MUST.  During dinner your hands are always all over the place and you prefer to feed yourself.  Your hands go behind your head, in your hair, fingers in your ears and of course in your nose.  This means that whatever we are eating (lasagna, bananas, sweet potatoes) all wind up where they probably shouldn't!!