I’m 11 months old today! Getting very close to 1 year! Where did the time go? I can’t believe how quickly it flew by.
Besides just getting bigger, I’m really developing a lot. Grandma and Grandpa say that when they chat with me every week they see that I have learned something new. This last month, most of my accomplishments have been on a small scale but are big steps for me. What I mean is that I’m getting very good at using my tiny little fingers. Having tackled crawling, standing, and other big macro movements, this month I focused on micro movements. I’m very good at grabbing even the smallest things. If a grain of rice spill onto my table then my little fingers can deftly pick it up and put it in my mouth. I’m also very good at grabbing objects and clacking them together. I’m good at opening zippers on bags and I understand how buckles work. I’m trying to figure out how to unlock cabinet locks and all these other childproofing things that are inhibiting my fun.
Perhaps my favorite new skill is pointing. I can now express my wants and needs with finger pointing. I point at the food that I want, the place I want to go, the thing I want to see, or even things that I notice that I want others to look at. I’ve become very aware of the world around me and my head is now always on a swivel and my fingers shoot out pointing at things I know or things that are new. Yes, that means I’m literally pointing at everything.
Still no words coming out of my mouth, but a lot of expressive sounds. Daddy says that sometimes he feels like he is being cursed out in a foreign language. I don’t intend it to sound that way. I’m just a very emphatic speaker. Even without words, Mommy and Daddy are getting pretty good at understanding what I’m trying to say by my tone. The are become adept listeners of Masonese.
Well, I’ve come a very far way in 11 months. Who knows what I’ll accomplish by the time I’m 1 year old. From then, we will starting counting my age in years instead of months. And I will get even bigger and bigger. It is all very exciting! Thank you all for joining me on this journey…but we’re just getting started!