Zane 11 months old

Zane is 11 months old-2/20/13

Wow, this past month Zane has really grown and developed.  He is a super fast crawler now who likes to practice standing on his own.  He doesn't walk yet but has the foot motion once his balance gets there.  Speaking of balance, he has a hard time because he is a tub of love!  This boy can eat!

At 11 months, Zane LOVES:

• To eat: most anything he can pick up by himself, pizza and strawberries are his favorite
• Playing in the Playroom: he would prefer to be let down and set free to roam by himself...OK, didn't have to convince Mama of that.
• Drinking milk from a sippy cup

At 11 months, Zane does not like:

• Being fed with a spoon...at least this week

Other notable accomplishments:

• Zane is sleeping through the night...or at least, Mama is no longer getting up with him if he wakes up.
• Zane is no longer breastfeeding...he has moved on to whole milk.
• He is beginning to mimick big sister...when she coughs, he coughs...when she laughs, he laughs

This is his oh-so-happy face 

This is his I'm-so-cute face 

And of course, here is a little tribute to Big Sister...one morning before school. 

Summer has fallen in love with her Daddy!  She refers to him as "my best buddy" and must do all things with or next to her best buddy.  She waits to eat with her best buddy, must sit next to him and hold his hand.  It is so sweet. I asked her, "If Daddy is your best buddy, then what am I?"  She responded, "just mom."  Right...of course...just mom.

This was the only dusting of snow we have received at our house this winter.  So we made the most out of it.  Summer said we were making a snow castle. 

Daddy is getting a new office and we went to check it out.  It is the two empty windows to the left of Summer's hair bow in the taller building.  Really neat. 

Bumps and Bruises

Mark it down...Zane's had his first bump and bruise. 

Now that he is mobile he thought it would be a good idea to stand in the bathtub...and since I bath he and Summer at once I was shampooing her hair when he stood and subsequently fell.

After drying his tears and consoling him, Summer was going to get in my bed to do her breathing treatment and tripped and fell hitting her nose to the corner of the chest at the foot of the bed.  THAT was a rough night!  Thankfully they both healed without any medical attention.

And little man is back to couch surfing...couch to coffee table.  He can stand unassisted for 5-ish seconds at a time.  Yay Zane!

I'm not sure what this means but he does it often when I am feeding him...lay his head down on his arm.  The obvious answer would be he is tired but he looks pretty happy to me.  He is enjoying his first ever Chick-Fil-A chicken nugget. 

Summer loves having a full-time playmate.  She just picks him up and drags him to wherever she wants him to go (oh, how that will change soon).  On this day, she pulled him under the table where they were playing fort.  Summer is in her princess dress of course.

I have begun the weaning process off breastfeeding and to whole milk.  So far so good.  I think he is ready and I think I am too.  The biggest roadblock has been finding a sippy cup that he can drink well out of and the winner is one of Summer's big girl straw cups.  He just doesn't get the cups that have to be turned up for the liquid to come out.

Zane's 1st Birthday party is next month and I am starting to plan.  I'm so excited to see him grow.

I realize this is a predominately Zane post...next one will have more Summer information.