We have a walker!!!

Baby boy is now 11 months, where does the time go!!! He is doing so much since last month its crazy!! He says several words now mama, mom, dada, more, ball, he will moo for a cow, quack like a duck, he claps, plays patty-cake, if your happy and you know it and so much more! I just can't believe how big this baby boy of ours is getting!! He understands so much more than what he can talk right now it just amazes me what he knows and what he can do at this age!


But the craziest of all is he is walking!!! He is still just a beginner and doesn't do it all the time but he is starting to do it more and more and go further each time! He started taking steps at about 10 1/2 months and now he is getting really brave and just takes off. Sometimes he is really funny and either wants to get to you really fast or get away from you really fast and tries to like run and he doesn't get very far its the funniest thing ever to watch him try to go so fast, his little legs just are ready for what his mind wants him to do!!!


We are having fun planning his birthday and we can't believe that he is going to be a year old in just a month. I still have days that I just can't believe that he is our son and I just can't imagine our lives without him. He brings us so much joy and laughter even when he is pulling picture frames off tables, banging on the glass tables and trying to rip the wires out of the walls (he has a fetish for wires - he loves them and we have everything plugged up that is empty but not much we can do about the lamps on the tables...have to have light in the rooms!!). He has a laugh that is so contagious that he just makes you laugh no matter what he is doing! He is a happy baby and really only cries if he is tired.


We just got back from Tennessee and our trip was great. He did really good on the drive there but on the way back about the last 2 hours he was done and cried alot. He was so ready to be out of the car. We put Cars on for awhile but I had to drive and then reach back and hold his hand because he really wanted me to hold him and I couldn't, he was just so tired but wouldn't go to sleep. But he was so good on the trip. He had a great time playing with his 3 cousins, he really loves them alot and they are so good with him!! The trip was nice and relaxing and I loved being able to spend the time with my family with nothing else to worry about. Can't wait until we go to Florida next month!!


I finally got all the metal brackets out of my mouth from it being wired shut about 2 weeks ago. I will say it has not been easy. I have to work at stretching my mouth which is really painful and the left side (where my incision is and where all my TMJ pain was) is still swollen and numb. I have no idea when the swelling will go away but I have a hard time chewing on that side because the food gets stuck because of the swelling...as for the numbess well that could be permanent or it could last for several months I won't know for probably 4 -6 months if its going to go away or not...its pretty annoying right now hopefully its something I will get used to. I think right now its still all new and still pretty sore which is to be expected, I think I just need to be more patient. The good thing is I can eat whatever I want I just have to take it slow.


Well this past month home with little man has been so much fun and I am so glad I have been home to see everything new he is learning and its fun teaching him new things. I am still looking for a job but so far haven't gotten any calls....so for now I will enjoy my time with my little growing baby boy!!