14 months old!!!! (also include 12 & 13 months)
I have to say that out of the 14 months that Syler has been with us, this stage of development and age are my favorite right now. He is sooooo much fun!!!!!! He is always making me laugh and smile. I fall more and more in love with him every day.
So what has my little monkey been up to these past couple of months? Here it is.
~ New:
• He is walking! He started walking around his first birthday, which was just exciting! Everyday he is getting faster and faster. He is just shy of running. Its quite funny because he will start to walk REALLY fast then his feet will get all tangles and he will fall.
• Crawling. Syler learned how to crawl the right way after he learned how to walk.
• Talking, well actually a lot of gibberish and mumble jumble. This is so cute! He will make great eye contact with you and will talk as if he is having a conversation with you. When he is excited about something, he talks really fast, will he gets red in the face and has a hard time getting his gibberish out .
- Word interpretation:
Baba = bird
Maa = Max
Daw = dog
Naa = nice
Brroooommmm = car
- Words: Mama, Dada, boom, dum
• Music! This kid loves music. Seriously considering getting him into a music class for children his age. Every time he hears music, whether on the radio, t.v., computer or from one of his toys he immediately starts dancing. His dancing, I must say, has improved too. He also does this new thing while dancing. He will start dancing and then throw his head back. I will try to get this on video because it is super funny and cute.
• Shaking his head back and forth as if saying no. This is a new thing for him. He started doing this about two weeks ago. He will do this mostly while standing, and when he does, 99% of the time he falls down. We think he does this because he is discovering what “dizzy” is.
• Mimicking mom and dad. Whether it is facial expression, noises with our mouth or how we say a word, he will mimic it.
• He brings books to me to read to him. So cute because he will carry a book over to me then plop himself in my lap. I love that. He will also turn the pages for me while we read together.
• Understanding commands/questions. Here some statements he understands and will do: 1). Flush the toilet, Syler. Can you flush the toilet please? 2). Get Mr. Bear or Where is Mr. Bear. 3). Time to brush your teeth. 4). Come here Syler. 5). Daddy’s home! 6). Where are the birds? Can you/do you see the birds?
• Showing affections. This is my absolute favorite!!!! This is a fairly new thing for Syler. He will unexpectedly give kisses or hugs, which is just the absolute best! He will also give kisses if asked. He also shows affection to his stuffed animals, mainly Mr. Snuv.
It’s amazing how fast they learn things. Their brains really are like little sponges. Its awesome!
~ Like:
• Of course his all time favorite thing is still Mr. Bear. He brings Mr. Bear everywhere and sleeps with him. Also, he is at the point where if we don’t bring it with us somewhere he doesn’t even notice, but gets excited when he is reunited with Mr. Bear.
• Green car. He has this green push car that he got for his birthday and he loves it. He loves going for walks in it, beeping the horn and just chillin in it.
• He also enjoys sitting in his Pottery Barn Anywhere chair, which was also a gift for his birthday. He will play with books and stuffed animals while sitting in it.
• Exploring! He is constantly exploring his surroundings; touching, picking up things, putting things into his mouth, etc.
• Loves being outside! That is just a whole new world to him.
• The cats and Max. This is where is he practicing his naaaaa (nice). Whenever the cats are around him he becomes intrigued with them. When he pets them he gets a huge smile on his face and giggles a little. Max is getting more and more use to him. Just the other day, Max actually let Syler pet him on the head a little instead of immediately running away. So that is a huge improvement!
• Playing with other children. Even though Miguel and I are working on providing him with opportunities to play with other children, it doesn’t happen as often as we would like. But, when he does have other children to play with, he gets very excited and happy. This is another are we are working on nice.
• Putting everything and anything in his mouth. Anything from dog food to dirt to lint balls.
• Shoes. Mainly mommy’s shoes. He enjoys putting them in his mouth.
• The lint roller. He absolutely loves playing with the lint roller and putting it in his mouth.
• Cottage cheese. Loves it!
~ Dislikes:
• Being told no. Well, not really being told no, but being prevented from doing something he wants to do or having something he really wants, which is usually something he is not suppose to have. At this point, he will scream, cry and sometimes sit or throws himself on the floor with his face in his lap usually doing the first 2 things mentioned. Kind of like a mini tantrum.
• Being barked at by large/dinosaur dogs. Recently, Syler and I went to a friend’s house and she has a rather large chocolate lab named Spencer. I call him a dinosaur because he is just that huge. Well, Spence wanted to play with Syler, so in his loudest bark, barked at Syler. At this point, Syler poops his pants, immediately starts crying/screaming and rans to me. Syler would not go within 2 feet of Spencer for the rest of the time we were there.
Syler also had his 1 year old Child Wellness visit in August. He is in the 90th percentile for height, 50th percentile for weight (at the time he weigh 23 lbs), and his head circumference is measuring average. He did get 3 vaccine shots this time, but handled it really well.
Lastly we are just loving every minute of watching him grow, explore and learn. :-)
Our tree.. Notice that almost all of the Christmas ornaments are at the top of the tree.
This year we decided to start the tradition of leaving the stocking at the foot of the bed. 
Seeing the presents for the first time!
Opening his first present. He needed a lot of 'encouragement' to open all of his presents.
Miguel and I also started another tradition with Syler this year, which is exchanging ornaments. We have been doing this for every Christmas since 2004. So, this year, Syler received his first ornament, and here he is hanging it on the tree.
