I fear this child will grow up to think everyone in every room is in love with him! His brother and sisters trip over themselves to give him anything and laugh at him. The girls will sit and look at pictures on my phone of him! They are all obsessed with this guy! At meal times he sits at the head of the table "telling jokes". He will make a serious face and gurgle some syllables and then slap the table and laugh histerically! Then he repeats: serious look, jabber, bust out laughing and hitting the table. All the while looking at each sibling expecting the praise he believes he deserves. And they do not disappoint! They all laugh as if Jerry Sienfeld were sitting at the table! I'm starting to believe that everything he does is a calculated plan to entertain anyone watching! It's crazy! Recently the girls taught him to hold his hands in the air, open his mouth wide, and sing softly. He will stop what he's doing, raise his hands and open his mouth and, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" A pretty little note. As compared to his normal ear piercing screams it's lovely. He took his first step when he was ten months but didn't start walking several steps until he was 11 1/2 months. Now he walks nearly everywhere but still can't stand from a seated position. He says no words. No "mama", "dada", "ball", "more", nothing. He smiles at us when we try to get him to. He doesn't wave, he just now started clapping but will NOT do it on command. He still hates water. Bathtime is abuse. He's quite dirty as a result. He's dirty anyway though! Dirt runs to him! He loves to play with cars. His favorite "street" is the treadmill. He takes his car selections to the treadmill and runs them all over it. He's been doing that for over a month. He's been sleeping in Cal's room now for over a week! And it is going spendidly! He still nurses once a night, which is cool with me. I'm happy to have my room to myself but feel lonely at the same time. He goes to sleep like a champ. I nurse him then carry him to bed and lay him down. He may gurgle some to himself for a bit, but nods off very quickly usually. Today is his first birthday. This time last year I was living through my hardest (and shortest, not counting early labor) labor yet. I was wishing for an epidural during early labor (which is obvious it was emotional and not about physical pain). He barrelled into the world at 11:42am weighing 8'12 and 21 3/4 inches long. Today he is our tallest one year old yet, almost a whole inch taller than Cal was at one! So sad that the babyhood is ending. Here comes toddlerdom. And with this little dude..... I'm scared and excited at the same time. : ) http://coffmanfamily.weebly.com/1/post/2011/09/we-have-a-new-baby-brother.html
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Melissa
8/21/2012 07:19:09 am
I canNOT believe that it's been a year!!! I'm so glad I got to be a part of his Birth day! Can't believe I missed it. My mind is slipping. I had just been thinking of it the week before.
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