13 Months

Hunter Cole,

...you are 13 months old.

...you have 8 teeth.

...you are just around 20lbs, no clue how tall you are.

...12-18 month clothes, mostly.  You need 9-12 month shorts, or smaller.

...you are walking everywhere.  You are so independent and do not like/want to be held.  It takes multiple people to keep up with you when we go to the mx races because you are everywhere.  You are finally starting to have better balance.  You were a very clumsy boy for a while.

...you jibber jabber all the time!  Your favorite words are deer, ear, eat, uh oh, and ball.  You purposely throw things down just to say uh oh.  You have discovered the deer this month and you love to point at it and say deee.

...you are already a dare devil.  You love to get on the seat of your 4-wheeler, stand up, and let go.  You also love to stand up by yourself in chairs.  You have fallen multiple times, but it doesn't phase you.

...you know where your ears, teeth, and tongue are.  You LOVE your ears.  You pull on them all the time, put your hands over them, and play with them when you are falling asleep.

...speaking of sleep, you have officially taken over our bed.  But we are going to have to fix that.  I can't get any sleep with you in the bed with us.  You are all over me, usually busting my lip.

...you continue to LOVE to be outside and you get so mad when we bring you in.

...I took you swimming at Nana's twice this past week.  It takes you quite a while to get used to the water.  You don't love it, that's for sure.  You finally got comfortable enough that you would let me put you down on the steps and you would play.  You are afraid of floats.  I have NO CLUE what made you scared of them, but you start screaming and shaking every time someone gets one close to you.  Your Aunt Cole actually uses one on the end of her porch to keep you from trying to get down.  You start swimming lessons at the end of this month...should be interesting.  We put you in the lake for the 1st time last weekend and you HATED it.  You were already in a really crabby mood, so I'm hoping that had something to do with it.

...you will eat almost anything.  Blueberries are the only thing you've spit out.  You love milk and would drink 10 glasses per day if we would let you.  You are very particular about your cup and almost won't drink out of anything else.

...you love to push things...your 4-wheeler, your cozy couple, your tricycle.  Basically anything with wheels.  You get so mad when someone tries to help you.

...you think anything with handle bars has a twist throttle like a motorcycle.  Everyone says you are destined to ride dirt bikes.  I'm still not sure how I feel about that.  You get on your 4-wheeler and your strider bike and start twisting the grip, EVERY TIME.



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