11. That is awfully close to 12 months and Owen is definitely letting us know that he is almost a year old. He has been doing so much new stuff this month. He, very loudly, lets us know what he wants. He will actually have you pick him up and point and grunt to get you to move in a direction to get him to what he wants. He has been opening and closing things and putting things into other things and taking them out again. Turning things off (the cable box mostly, usually while brother is watching a movie), drinking out of a sippy cup, and eating a ton. He could easily eat almost an entire pint of blueberries in the morning. He finally got some teeth, 6 of them actually, and they pretty much all came in at once! He is so close to walking (still). He runs along the edge of the couch, sometimes not realizing he isn't holding on the whole time. This week he has been getting braver with letting go of things and walking for them on his own (as opposed to us holding something for him to walk to). He is a goofball and loves to play with Jacob. He just lights up as soon as he sees him. He dances anytime there is any sort of music on and gets a big smile. He loves throwing balls. If he finds a ball he will throw it and chase it on his own for a good 20 minutes. He also loves Cosmo. He loves to play fetch with her. He will get her toy and hand it to me or Josh to throw for her and he chases her then cracks up as she runs back with it. He has a bit of a temper and when he doesn't get what he wants he will let you know he is not happy with you.
We are busy planning his birthday party and I am so torn on how I feel about it. It is exciting because he is growing up and doing so many fun things and I know we have so much to look forward to, but it also means he isn't such a baby anymore!
I love the look on his face here.
Brother love
