my hefty hunter.

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since hunter is now 12 1/2 months old, i figured i better give a 12 month update. sorry for the tardiness, grandma.

he won't be hefty for long. hunter doesn't like eating anymore. this is a real shocker. especially considering he is in the 90th percentile. he doesn't even like eating yogurt melts which is quite startling because he would scream over them with excitement the instant they came into view. i'll give him something and he loves it the first time but hates it every other time. maybe all kids go through this sort of pickyness? it makes mealtimes a challenge and full of coaxing.

look at this picture... closely. kelly gave hunter a mohawk. but that's not the funny part. look at the guy on the tv - he looks like he's slurping hunter's hair. this is a real humdinger of a picture.


i should've known that einstein is smarter than mommy. speaking of not eating, he has mastered the art of a few signs. as in sign language. his favorite sign while eating is "all done." he starts signing "all done" the very second i put him in his high chair. it's so annoying but oh so cute. he also knows "more" and "ball." the other night when i was putting him to bed he kept signing "ball" because he wanted to play and not go to sleep. he made me laugh. oh, and i can take absolutely no credit for him learning these signs. i've been working on them with him since he was four months and what happens? nothing. he gets a baby einstein "baby signs" dvd for christmas and all of a sudden he learns.

are child locks necessary on every one of your cupboards? a resounding yes... daddy has some work to do. hunter is on the go constantly. the only thing he sits still for is reading; we read lots of books.

we're not in the 1st trimester anymore, or are we??? i kept wondering why i had no energy and felt like i was back in the 1st trimester. i figured i would be some medical mystery that had gotten pregnant at two different times and i was in the 2nd trimester with one of them and the 1st trimester with the other. i thought way too long and hard about that. then, kelly pointed out that if he watches hunter for like one hour he gets exhausted. so i realized that since i watch hunter every hour of every day it's no wonder i'm dead. tired. nap time is more for mommy these days.

he cruises everywhere and especially has taken a liking to wall walking:

normally he's not glued to his paci like this. we are limiting it to only at bedtime. although i think he'd do fine without it.

you mean, he's not an angel?!? everyday has a battle... lately we have had a battle of wills over the fireplace. he laughs when he gets close to it and puts his hands in it. all the while i am telling him "no" and making a mad dash to get him out of it. yesterday we went through that eight times in a row. eight. after the eighth time, he got sent to his saucer. (that is punishment because he no longer enjoys it.)

hunter is jealous over me. i'm not going to lie... it is so sweet. whenever kelly kisses me or hugs me, hunter comes crawling over as fast as he can and tugs on our legs. this morning i was holding hunter while kelly kissed me goodbye and hunter pushed kelly's face away from mine, grabbed my face and hugged me. it was adorable. but, we have to show him who mommy's real #1 is. because his daddy is jealous over me too. : )

here are a few more pictures of his smash the cake session. because i can't get enough of them.

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