Finally some walking!

July 25, 2010

Yea! Noah finally took some steps on his own! He is almost 14 months old but he's doing it so that's all that matters :) It started one day about a week ago when we were over at Kelsey's house decorating her bedroom. Abby was watching him and all of the sudden she starting yelling at us that Noah was walking from her to the bed over and over. He was taking about 5 or 6 steps on his own. That was the very first time that he did that consistently. So I called Matt and told him but I was afraid that Noah would stop doing it by the time that Matt got home. However, he just kept right on walking. After a few days of doing that, he was good to go. He is now walking around the whole house. He still crawls about 50% of the time but he is getting very good at walking.

He is also getting really funny lately. He just has such a big personality for such a little guy. He always has but now he is just so aware of everything and so interactive with us that we have a blast just watching him do new things. One of the funniest things that he did this week was holding his nose and talking. He just thought that was hilarious. I was driving with him and all of the sudden I heard some weird noises coming from the back seat. I looked in the mirror and could see him holding his nose and jabbering away, then cracking up because he sounded funny. He did that over and over. We were both laughing like crazy! He really loves to make people laugh at him and if you stop he will fake laugh just to keep you going. Total ham!

He's also learned some new stuff recently. He is now able to touch his nose when you tell him to touch his nose. He learned that from his Baby Einstein video, of course. He also grabs his ear when asked. He really likes to grab my nose and ears but he gets a little rough so I try to direct him to his own face. He's known how to clap for awhile now, but recently he's started to grab my hands and clap them for me. He grabs for everyone's hands now to help them clap. It's really cute.

Noah got his second haircut recently. This time we went to Krissi and it was a much better experience for both of us. For one thing it was free instead of 20 bucks, and she was much better at keeping him calm. He got a pretty short buz around the back and sides but we left the top a little longer. He looks so grown up all of the sudden. He definitely doesn't look like a baby anymore. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures this time.

Right now he is really into talking. He talks constantly and with purpose. He's really serious and gets frustrated when I don't get what he wants right away. It's funny because when he gets really frustrated he starts clapping. I guess he's trying to use clapping as a way of telling me what he wants. He still only says a few actual words though. He now says mama, dada, Z (for zoe), ba (for pretty much everything else), wawa (water I think), and dis (for what's this). He also loves to laugh and scream and walks around the house doing both. Such a fun baby!

Playing in the pool with Kiki at the farm

Sweet sleeping baby cuddled up with his glow worm

Still hates hats...

Still loves his bat...