13 Months Old

Wow, the boys are already 1 year and 1 month old! They are doing new things every day now. Joshua's newest thing is that he will give you items that belong to you. For example, he will pick up your shoe and give it to you, or he will pick up your cell phone and give it to you. He likes to play peekaboo with Daddy's UVA hat. He will cover his face with the hat and then take it away quickly in anticipation of hearing us exclaim "Peekaboo!" He will also try to feed you if he is holding food and you open your mouth. And he likes to playfully bat people in the face, a habit which he finds hilarious but we are trying to discourage. Yesterday he was walking around Halmoni's kitchen kicking a measuring cup around like it was a soccer ball. Today he was standing up and trying to put his foot in his shoe! He now spends more time walking than crawling. It's so cute to see him trotting around and he is clearly very proud of himself!

Caleb has been walking a few steps here and there. He only walks when he is distracted and isn't thinking about what he is doing. For instance, Friday night we attended a friend's Christmas party and he was distracted by all of the people and his new environment, so he stood up and took a few steps, but as soon as he realized what he was doing he collapsed to his knees. He walked even more today, but once again only when he was distracted or he didn't think we were watching him! Caleb has also become quite proficient at holding and drinking from a juice box. He is not as much of a voracious eater as Joshua, but he does tend to be a neater eater, and Mommy appreciates that a lot! He also chews all of his food for a very long time before swallowing it, unlike Joshua who will swallow huge chunks of food whole (including 12-inch long japche noodles!). Caleb is a bright boy and at this tender age can already understand the book "Brown Bear Brown Bear What do You See?" When each animal is asked what he sees, Caleb will lean over and try to peek at the next page to find out what he sees (there is photo of him doing this in the December gallery). He only does the peeking thing with this book, so we're pretty sure that he understands the storyline.