Jay is 11 months old today! Very hard to believe. It's been a good month. He is crawling around super-fast and starting to stand sometimes too. If he's focused on a toy or the tv, he'll stand for a few seconds. But if he's not focused, he tips over easily.
The other thing that has increased this month is the screaming! He loves to listen to the sound of his own voice. When he's excited or mad or frustrated, he'll just scream. He also likes to be the loudest "thing" in a given area. If a truck goes by or if the vacuum is running, he'll start hollering to be sure he's louder than any of those things. It's kind of funny but we're trying not to encourage it too much. Can't help but laugh though, he's a goofy guy.
We're playing some new games with him too: he likes when you crawl and chase him. He'll crawl away fast when you do that, but sometimes he gets mixed up and crawls TOWARD you when you chase him. It's pretty funny. He also likes hide and seek. When you hide around the corner and he finds you, he laughs hysterically. He's so much fun!
He has really become more aware of his surroundings and what's going on. If you try to distract him and hide something he's not supposed to play with, he will remember for a long time: "Yes, I'm now playing with this boring rattle but I know you hid the Coke bottle behind your back and I'm coming for it in a minute!" He also gets a little sad when I drop him off at grandma's in the morning: "Hey, don't leave! I won't see you for another eight hours!" That last one is tough on me: seeing him whimper as I walk away is so sad!
It feels like we got rid of a lot of his baby stuff this month. I have a huge bag of clothes that don't fit him which I need to take to Goodwill. We traded in his infant car seat and bought two new huge ones. And we've been shopping for fall clothes which look too big in the 12 month size when you look at them in the store. But they fit him! He's growing up at lightning speed.
