The Orosz Family: 11 Months

11 months old on Christmas Day

1 month away from being 1!!! Where did the year go?? We're having so much fun with our little man. He's a busy guy and into everything. He's very animated and still loves being held just like he did when he was a newborn. He loves trying to play with Maggie more and more each day, and he eats like a horse (I have NO clue where it goes because he is still the skinniest little baby!).

Loves to be held

Catch me if you can!

More 11 month William updates...

Taking steps, but not walking. He will walk from the couch to the ottoman - or walk from the couch to the TV stand, but he's not consistently walking. He's taking a good amount of steps, but crawling is still the preferred mode of transportation.
Says, "Ooooo..." a lot, which is pretty funny when you're showing him something because it's as if he's truly admiring whatever it is.

He loves balloons and he's definitely saying "Ooo..." here.

When do you know it's a first word? William may not know what he's saying, but he definitely mimics words... every morning we'd say hello to the Christmas tree and I swear I'd hear "tree" come out of his mouth. Today he was saying "yucky" after I said "yucky" after changing a dirty diaper. Then I said "ow" after he bit my hand (he enjoys working those chompers) and he repeated "ow" back. Matt was a witness and thought it was very funny.
He loves blocks and he's really into putting small objects into larger objects. At Gymboree he likes to drop the ducks into the holes in the plywood.
Into sharing! He'll bring over a toy (usually a block) and hand it to me. I say "thank you!" and then he waits for me to give it back. He gets a big kick out of that. He also likes to share his food. He will hold out a piece of food toward me and laugh really hard if I pretend I'm going to take a bite.
Napping twice a day still and sleeps for a great amount of time. Still 1.5-2 hours each. His doctor said that usually tapers off at 12 months. Down at night by 7:30p if not earlier if it's been a long day and up in the morning at 7:30a. He never, ever, ever gets up in the middle of the night. And the only time he has woken up upset was when he had a fever from his cold a couple months ago. I'm amazed at how well he sleeps. He must have inherited my ability to sleep very deeply :)
Opening and closing doors (or the baby gate if it's not locked) is a new fun thing to do. Now that most of the cabinets are locked there had to be a replacement of some sort!
I mentioned he eats like a horse. The doctor said he clearly has a high metabolism, so feed him until he becomes indifferent to the meal. The thing is, that takes a while! He had a whole chicken quesadilla at lunch the other day plus an applesauce and still looked at my plate wondering if there was more.

Pancakes for breakfast yum!

Chase me! He loves to be chased and chase us. Run around the couch as he crawls after you and he's in heaven.
Really enjoys music and does a seat dance that is pretty funny. He puts his arms up and twists around. Start to sing "Patty cake Patty cake" and he will clap his hands and smile.
He really likes other babies/young kids. He must have little kid radar because as soon as he spots a little person he gets a big smile on his face.

Cole came down from VA to visit us

William is one happy little guy. The year of William is nearly at it's end and 2012 has been a heck of a year. It's been very special and 2013 will be even more exciting and fun, I have no doubt! Happy 11 months, William!