Let's just get right down to business: you still hate naps. Or maybe you have perfected the fine art of baby power napping. I can't even classify what you do during the day as a nap. It is more like an eyelid rest. I have spent another month trying some different things that I thought would make napping easier:
1. backing the nap up so you'll just take one decent nap (you slept 30 minutes); and
2. moving the nap up because maybe you are over tired and that's why you don't sleep long (you slept 30 minutes).
We had 2 magical days where you slept for 1 hour and 15 minutes for one of you naps. I paced the house trying to find something to do because I am so used to only getting 30 minutes by myself.
You do still sleep 11-12 hours at night without waking up and I have been told by several people to count my lucky stars that you do this. Call me greedy, but I still want a good 2 hour out of you.
On to eating....you love food!
You are having 3 meals a day with formula from either a bottle or a sippy cup throughout the day. We are trying to incorporate more real food (as opposed to baby food) into your diet when we can. I don't always cook "baby friendly" food, but you are a great fan of noodles, green beans, black beans, rice, tortillas, and sweet potatoes. You do not like textured baby food, the kind that has chunks in it, but you will eat pureed food and whole pieces of people food. Go figure! You can feed yourself pretty well. You love all of those Gerber graduates snacks (puffs, fake cheese puffs, wagon wheels, yogurt melts) and you attack them when I put some on your tray.
Fort Beck-the pillow fort that Jeff came up with to keep Beck contained for a brief moment on our bed (while he was still in the room...no worries, folks)
hanging with the monkeys
You are on the verge of becoming a crawler. You will do a push-up, get up on all fours and rock, and you can roll all day long. It is quite entertaining to watch you roll, twist, and spin to get wherever you want to go. You don't have any favorite toys, but you have figured out buttons on most of your toys so instead of having mommy or daddy sit with you to make things play music or light up, you can do it all by yourself. You love phones, remotes, and the laptop, and you get quite angry when they magically disappear behind our backs. You do like to play "where is Beck?" which is where you put a cup over your face, I ask the magical question, you pull it down, and I say "there he is." It is super fun.
There he is!
You still haven't said any distinct words, but you growl, say ooooo, gasp, open and close your hand, and say "da-da" with your tongue hanging out the side of your mouth. You have very expressive eyebrows and they speak volumes. While Daddy is still your favorite, you will now let mommy take you from daddy and you will not immediately scream to go back to Daddy. You also reach for us with your arms fully extended, which I just love.
You are actually letting us read you books, without chewing on them. We read a Bible story and two books before bed every night, and one book before naps. I try to read to you a several times a day between naps, usually when you are most clingy because I know that you will actually sit still.
You are starting to pull up on some of your toys also. I have found you several times with something laying on you that you tried pulling up on. Thankfully, it is nothing that has hurt you or I have caught it before it did hurt you. You will play by yourself for a good bit of time when it is just you and mommy, but when daddy is around, it is a constant battle to keep your attention off of his every move. You hear every door when it opens and shuts and you immediately want to know who has left or is coming in. It is more exhausting when there are two of us than when it is just me.
Well, little man, I know that I am trying my best to enjoy you more every day because I know that we will be celebrating your first birthday the next time I turn around. I am letting things go a little bit around the house because dust, dirty clothes, and crumbs on the floor will be there tomorrow, but you do something new every day and I don't want to miss it. Your laugh is infectious and Daddy has said time and time again that he can never get those deep laughs out of you like I can (points for mommy). I know that we are both praying for you on our own, but my most earnest prayers for you are that you will know Jesus as your Savior and Lord of your life. When you and I say our bedtime prayers, this is how I always end it. I love you so very much.
