11 months old

Caleb and Joshua are 11 months old!

This past month the boys have learned to say "bye bye" while waving goodbye. In fact, when we're reading them Goodnight Moon, they will wave their hands and say "bye bye" when the little bunny says "goodnight" to all of the things in his room! These boys really do love books. Caleb especially will often crawl over to their basket full of books, select a favorite book and sit by himself and "read", sometimes aloud and sometimes silently. One of the boys' new favorites is a silly book titled Happy Easter Corduroy. As soon as Joshua hears us reading the first line of the book, "It's Easter, and Corduroy is dying eggs..." he stops whatever he's doing and scurries over to read along.

Joshua and Caleb each have two teeth protruding from their bottom gums. They are becoming better eaters, too. Every day they eat a well-rounded meal of vegetables, fruits, meats, and cereal. We always make sure to feed them their veggies first, though, because once they've tasted sweet fruits there's no going back! They still seem to get most of their nourishment, however, from mama's milk.

When Joshua is excited to see something, he wants us to know how excited he is. One of the things that make him excited is the caterpillar at the beginning of Baby Einstein movies. As soon as he hears the caterpillar's music, he'll turn his head every which way until he makes eye contact with me, then he'll break out into a huge grin and exclaim happily. It's so cute... it's as if he wants me to know how happy he is and share his happiness!

Joshua likes to put things on his head and around his neck, including Daddy's (clean) underwear and other articles of clothes, mommy's work badge, and bowls. But for some reason he doesn't like to wear hats! We got the boys some cute UVA caps but he and Caleb are always taking them off and throwing them on the ground! Joshua is especially fascinated with gravity and loves to throw all sorts of things on the ground and watch them fall.

Caleb has learned to tell me when he has a poopy diaper. As soon as he poos, he will crawl over to me and tug on my leg until I pick him up and change his diaper. What a smart boy! I think I'm going to try to do elimination communication with him soon after his first birthday.