1 year & 1 month

For Damon's birthday, we had a family celebration at a park near our house and played Volleyball while the kids played on the playground. It was a good time. Damon repeats some things that I say now such as "mama" and "dada" and "what" and some random things like "hi" and "what" He is a climber and it drives me nuts all day long, but at least he is coordinated. He loves kicking a ball around.. so maybe we'll have a decent soccer player? He gets excited about dogs and other animals, but gets nervous when he is close enough to touch them. I'm not complaining about that. He is getting braver every day, though. He is now in size 4 diapers and size 24 month & 2T clothing. He's taking 2 naps per day (usually 3hrs after he wakes). He is getting better about sleeping at night, but still not sleeping through the night. He is still breastfeeding before he sleeps. He currently has 12 teeth if you count the ones partially through the gums. He has the 9 teeth from last month.. plus 3 more that are all coming through at the same time (poor kid!.. and me at night). So that makes his first front 4 on top and bottom, almost all 4 first molars (except 1), and 1 canine. I am so ready for him to be done teething.. it's never ending. I am hoping that's the solution to him sleeping through the night. One can hope, right? He went on his longest roadtrip so far (3.5hr drive) to Pinetop for our (Wilkins side) family reunion and he was a champ! I sat in the back with him to entertain him while he was awake, but we timed it so that he would be taking a nap for as much as we could. So it worked out that he was awake only about 1/2 of the drive there and 1/2 of the drive back! We also stopped at Woods Canyon Lake and went fishing on the way up. We didn't catch anything, but we did see a bald eagle flying back and forth above the lake. That was pretty cool.

Some things he loves right now:
-Climbing all over the furniture
-Putting his food in his hair
-Putting food on the floor
-His turtle bath toy (Thanks to uncle Eric!)
-Trying to play in the street
-My parents dog, Goliath
-Egg nog (who doesn't?)
-Chasing people around
-His new truck toy (Thanks to the Pooks!)
-Clam Chowder
-Shoving legos into Papa Goodman's mouth
-The light saber toys at Grandpa & Grandma Brown's
-Grandma Brown's walker
-Trying to eat rocks

Some things he doesn't love right now:
-Cuddling (never has been a cuddler)
-Eating (probably due to teething)
-Sitting still
-Macoroni & Cheese



Height-33in
Weight-21.8lbs
Head Circumference-51.5cm