13th month.

13th month. Wow. Wasn't his birthday yesterday??? In the last month one of the biggest events has been an unpleasant month of teething. Four new molars & two new canine teeth have been working their way annoyingly through little man's gums. Although to B's dismay we do not have a family dog yet but you would think we did by the amount of biting and chewing that has been going on. R has been biting on everything; furniture, toys, he loves to take off his socks & bite them and unfortunately me. We went up to Seattle a couple of weekends ago and a man asked me if I hurt myself on the jet ski. I looked at my arm covered in bruises and scabs & said, " no, that is from my child=)". Hopefully this won't last too much longer, it is not fun for any of us involved.

We still have a super crawler on our hands. I mean he is quick, really quick. This is one of the main reason we feel he is not too motivated to walk. Why walk slowly when he can get to anywhere lighting fast on all fours???

He has modified his crawl when we are on the backyard though. He doesn't like the feeling of the grass or rocks on his knees. So for the outdoors he does the bear crawl, which is really cute to watch.

Although he still prefers crawling, he has accomplished some solo steps, we are about up to 4 in a row. I think the big fuss we make over him when he does this has motivated to make him try more.

This kiddo also loves to climb, he has even figured out how to push things together to create stairs so he can climb onto other things.

Ever since R had the stomach flu right before his 1st birthday he has become a champion eater. He has eaten anything I have given him thus far; all veggies, all fruits, spicy food, cold food, hot food, as long as it is food he will eat it.

I hope to report we have a walker on our hand before the 14th month!
Climbing in...
....looking for a toy...
...break to smile for a photo....
....somersault out!