Pant like a dog

Well, as I mentioned before, Joey has learned to pant like a dog. He's heard the dogs panting and pants back at them, then laughs. He thinks he's hilarious. And, of course, does it all of the time now.

Big Boy!

Joey has become a master of the sippie cup. We've started to give him the sippie instead of the bottle for most feedings. Well on our way to breaking him of the bottle before he turns one.

Let me see you clap your hands

Mr. Joey recently started clapping. He'll do it on his own and on command. It's the sweetest thing, if I may say so myself.

Mr. Mimic

I was able to capture some of the mimicking mouth noises Joey does - the tongue click and tongue roll are featured.

Joey: 11 Months

I feel like Joey has grown so much in the last month. He's our little 11 month old man! My best guesstimation at his weight is around 19-20 pounds. He has an appointment with the pediatrician right after his first birthday, so we can give a more accurate weight and height update next month.

Joey had his first haircut in the last month and it's grown in a lot thicker since then. I think it's getting a little lighter too. Still brown, but getting lighter. It's growing a lot faster. He will probably need another haircut before his first birthday.

Our little man is one busy little bee. He's crawling all over the place and goes from crawling to sitting and back on a dime. He likes to squirm in circles when he's sitting too. I will try to capture this on video because it's pretty funny to watch. Joey is pulling himself up, but pretty hesitant to go past the knees. He will stand holding onto things if we put him there, and does a pretty good job at hanging out for a little while, just isn't there yet on pulling himself completely up.

He likes to mimic a lot! Mostly the sounds we make with our mouths - tongue clicking, tongue rolling sounds, lip smacking, etc. He's also started saying "Ma Ma" hi (pairing that with dada and mama), OY (I think he's saying Joey), dog. He's dropped the uh-oh, haven't heard it in a couple of weeks. He loves the animals and has started to pant at the dogs - another moment that must be captured on video.

Joey is doing really well with the sippie cup. I think we're on track to ditch the bottle before his first birthday (fingers crossed). In addition to the foods he's tried before, we've added: noodles, kidney beans, rice, broccoli, mandarin oranges and asparagus.

We have a great little sleeper. Joey sleeps between 10 and 12 hours each night and takes two naps ranging from 1-3 hours each. No real change in that from last month.

This month we've got a nice little action shot for his photo.

All he needs is a box

We brought a few toys along to Ben and Shannon's, but Joey loved the box. Once boredom set in, pushing him around in the box or just letting him sit in it and play with his toys is all he needed.

Meet Baby Eli

The poor blog has been neglected. Please pardon the blog bomb as I get caught up on everything that's gone on in the last week.

Joe, Joey and I headed down to Houston last weekend to see Ben and Shannon and meet baby Eli. What a sweet little boy and handsome new edition to the Priest family!

 

So sweet!

 

He loved naps in his swing

 

Joey was intrigued by little Eli

 

Joe and his newest nephew

 

Cousins in matching outfits