13 Months Old

Devin has crossed the 13 month mark. He is a busy boy these days walking all over, and almost running too. He still has a love for the outdoors. Being outside is his favorite activity (he is his daddy's son). In the past month, we've really seen Devin's personality shine through. He is a really sweet child. He will give hugs and kisses...just melts your heart. And his smile is specactular....not that I'm biased or anything. :-) We always get so many compliments on his beautiful eyes. I never thought brown eyes would get so much attention.

Devin has a whole vocabulary of his own. The only two words I can really make out are "nanna" for banana and "daddy." I'm still waiting for "mommy." The rest of the time, Devin is chatting away in his own little jabber. It is so cute to watch him walk around and chatter away as if he was having a conversation.

Music is probably Devin's second favorite thing (besides being outside). Whenever we turn on his CD's, he grabs your hands to dance with him. He also will start moving his arms up and down when he hears music while riding in the car. Speaking of car rides, Devin is a great traveler. He made the 5 hour road trip back to Sacramento super easy. He just played with his toys and ate a few snacks. Yeah.

Devin has started to slim down a bit now that he is walking. I've got him now in 18 - 24 month shirts and 12 month pants. The pants have to have an elastic waist though to work with his belly. But the length is perfect (for now).

We think Devin has finally cut a molar on the bottom. He hasn't been sleeping very well for a while now, so we figured some teeth had to be coming. Now, I'm ready for some good sleep!

Bath time is also a favorite activity. He loves the water and will move all around the tub including laying on his belly with his chin in the water. I bet he'll be a fish next summer when we can go swimming.

We weighed Devin last week and he was 25 pounds (unofficially). I say unofficially, because we used the scale at the vet (versus the doctor) when we took Piper in for her appt. And on Halloween, Devin was 30 inches tall. He's really sprouting up. Such a big boy!