What parent doesn't brag about their kiddos, right? I never did a "this is what he does at a year" post because I was too busy and then too lazy, so I'll do it now. He runs, climbs, and tackles (just ask Hannah) with the last two apparent by the number of bruises he has at any given time. He bumps into something or falls off of something pretty much every single day. I don't think we've had a day in the last 2 or 3 months where he hasn't had a bruise on his forehead. Then we get into his other injuries, like the emergency room trip because we thought he bit through his top lip when he fell as he walked through the living room.
For that ER trip, they glued the split shut. It was deep, but not quite all the way through, and we narrowly avoided it being stitched instead of glued. The Dr dropped the glue as she took it out of the package. Turned out to be THE last one in the ENTIRE hospital, so they wiped the tip of the applicator with alcohol since it hadn't been broken yet and they were able to use it. You can also see some of his bruises in the above pictures.
OK, back to the point of the post. Here's a list of the words and phrases he says...
waffle, yogurt, milk, more, food, eat, don't do that, me (for mine), chicken, night-night, pee-pee, poo-poo, stinky, diaper, clothes, chocolate, candy, want, no, yellow, blue, green, red, kitty, doggy, cow, boat, shoes, socks, pretty, ducky (most often called quack-quack), tree, see?, paci, love you (only said to the cat), mommy, daddy, papa, grandma, kinsie, laura, gena, emma, hannah, kaitlin, lion, book, baby, hello, car, hug, don't want it, train (also called choo-choo), phone, ball, out, go (said forcefully when herding the cat outside or upstairs), cheese, french fries, gorilla, monkey, pants, birdie, trash, plane, water ( or awa), and hot, wow, cool, and nice. (I might be forgetting some)
He makes sounds for cars, kitties, dogs, horses, monkeys, ducks, lions, tigers, and bears (various arrrghs and rawrs).
He also uses sign. The ones he knows are... food/eat, more, all done/gone, cereal, hungry, thirsty, diaper, candy, water, paci (I don't know if it's the correct one, but he has a consistent sign he uses), hot
He figures everything out. When he sees something new, he studies it, and inspects every side and every screw. He vacuums, sweeps and wipes up the floor. We've been starting to potty train and he will open the toilet, put his seat on and then come to me to get his diaper off. When he's done, he grabs the toilet paper, takes his seat off, closes the lid and flushes it. He already figured out how to open the cupboard locks, although it's hard for his hand to do, so he's not consistent about being able to do it (thank goodness). He practices with his toys to see how many ways he can use it. The other night he we crawling on the floor, pushing his beach ball around with his head. He also drags the rocking pig over to things, tips it over and then stands on it (it's much more stable that way).
If he hears a plane, he stops whatever he's doing and searches the sky saying wow. If he hears a garbage truck, he screams in terror and runs to me. Dave says I made too much noise when he was in the womb (one time in particular I dropped a table at work and I felt him jump when he was still inside me). He also does not like the lawnmower or blower.
David LOVES music. He loves to play with drumsticks, an old trumpet mouthpiece of mine and the piano. His favorite book to read at church is the hymnbook. He studies the music. It's on of the cutest things ever. I know we're pretty partial, but in my opinion, he is one awesome kid.
