at 13 months

JT, at 13 months you

• just got over a horrible bout of diarrhea. Good riddance to that, we say.
• know how to walk. Tonight you wandered around the grass at the park like a pro. Well, you'd win the gold for walking in circles anyway.
• are a new fan of Morningstar Farms mini corn dogs.
• are getting two new teeth, one on top and one on bottom.
• have been in a clingy, mama's boy phase. We saw signs that the phase may be ending today... as in, you asked Dada to hold you!
• say a few new words like truck and cat. At least, we think that is what we hear. You love communicating with signs and words.
• made up a sign for "talk on the phone."
• go crazy for puppies and motorcycles.
• quit drinking from bottles. Only sippie cups from now on.
• like to assert your independence. This means you get a spoon at meals and I get a spoon. It also means you won't ride in the stroller or wagon because big boys walk on their own. (But you will later ask me to pick you up and carry you.)
• say ni-ni to Al (the alligator) and Mr. Bear and give them squeezie hugs at bedtime.
• like when I give you squeezie hugs... tight hugs that lift you off the ground and then shake you about a bit.
• are obsessed with two books: Happy Baby Words and Brainy Baby Animals.