12 Months Old

*I have so many posts to catch-up on including Owen's 1st birthday, Grandparent visits, Christmas and a few other cute milestone posts ... which should all be coming your way in the next couple of days :) 

Wow! Owen is 1 year old. It is crazy to see how big Owen has grown in 12 short (although at times I was searching for the fast forward button :)) months. He has grown from a tiny, needy little baby to a very funny, independent, walking -- YES WALKING little man. His cuddles, hugs, kisses, giggles and smiles will melt any ones heart and makes everything worth it. Every month becomes more and more fun and it is truly amazing to see how smart Owen is. He is constantly surprising us and showing us a new way to look at the world around us which is just priceless. Okay, now on to the stats and milestones.

Owen's Stats:

Weight: 22 pounds, 5.5 ounces (41%)
Height: 30 inches (69%)
Head Circumference: 48 cm (88%)
Diapers: Size 3 during the day, size 4 at night (We have to use 2 overnight diapers at the moment to stop him from soaking through).
Cloths: 12 months in tops and bottoms
Eyes: I love his eyes. They change color depending on what he is wearing and the light. They teeter between a hazel and a greenish brown with a blue ring around the outside.

Owen's Milestones: 

He sprouted two more teeth (both top teeth -- right middle and the tooth next to that) right before his first birthday and is working on two more on the top

Figured out how to clap on his birthday and LOVES to do it. You can even ask him to clap and he will do it with much delight

He is officially walking (a post on that will be soon). He still looks like a little drunken sailor but a very cute one at that

Owen and Lexi have really started to play together and it is the cutest thing ever. Owen will throw a ball to her and she will bring it over to him ... he will bring her a toy, she will take it, he will take it back and the cycle continues until Lexi gets bored. Owen also figured out how to feed Lexi and will fling food from his highchair to make sure his doggie doesn't go unfed. Or he will think he is sneaky and reach his hand down with his food to feed her. Lexi is such a good patient doggie and we are so lucky they both love each other so much

He does not like when you take anything away from him and will watch were you put it to try to get it back. There is no more hiding anything from Owen ...

Officially on cows milk and really enjoys it

He goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30 and usually sleeps until 5 or 6 ... drinks a bottle and goes back to sleep until about 7 or 7:30

He has moved to taking just one nap a day

His favorite books are Goodnight Moon, Brown Bear Brown Bear and the First Words Books

He is in a forward facing convertible car seat and LOVES it. It will make being in the car much more tolerable

Will bang and two objects together and LOVES to make as much noise as he can

Has started repeating simple words. Will say Da-da and doggie and knows what those mean.

Understands simple directions and will come when called, will walk/crawl to daddy, give hugs, help heat up a bottle, just to name a few

Something funny that he does is he will start to bark when Lexi barks ... it is really funny

Has major separation anxiety but once I am out of the room or leave, he is content

Sleeps with his Mickey Mouse. There are a lot of times that he will be laying right on him or cuddling right next to him ... it looks like this is his "blankie" or equivalent to my "bear bear"

He is a very active and busy boy but will stop and cuddle when he gets tired and I treasure those moments