Life as a one-year old...

After returning from our Amarillo adventure two weeks ago, we enjoyed the company of friends visiting from England this past week. That culminated in a weekend Doula training workshop in Houston for Momma, leaving no time for updating the website. For now I'll just catch you up on some of Fender's new achievements in his 13th month.

I'll start by saying he is just so grown up. I spent three days away from him and when I returned he looked much taller, hair is growing out, he looked much smarter, and is doing so much with ease now. He runs in addition to walking now. He his climbing more. And while I was away, he started saying "Mama" to me on the phone. He says Ma-ma and Da-da with clarity and direction, which is just so incredible to hear. Melts my heart. Verbalization seem to be his new direction. He says uh-oh again, and you can see he truly understands what we are saying and will try to mimic things back. He is also getting the hang of using a spoon. The past week he started turning the spoon around and putting the right "food" side of the spoon in his mouth. He even managed to scoop some food on the spoon once, but decided he didn't want to eat that bite.

What else...oh yeah, according to our home measurements, he was 32" long and weighed 26lbs at the start of this 13th month. Though, seeing him after being away for a few days, I'm not sure he hasn't grown even more. He is still so much fun. Still sleeping well each night and still laying down for bed each night without fuss so far.

I have a couple of cute videos and Daddy took pictures of the "father-son" weekend together so more pictures are coming soon. In the meantime, here are a couple from our day at the Ft. Worth Stockyards where Fender met his first Texas Longhorn.