What happened to the last 2 months? Did I miss them? Time has just disappeared! Mom has to actually stop and think how long it's been since my first birthday to tell someone how old I am since it seems like it was last week!

We have been a busy family since my 1st birthday! We spent 3 weeks in Toronto, then 2 weeks in Iowa, then Mom and Dad went to Bermuda while Grandma Pam stayed with Zallie and I! Mom and Dad were a bit worried about how I would do without them around but I was great!!! Good thing I did well for Grandma because 4 days after she left Baltimore I was given to babysitters for over 10 hours during Dad's 3v3 soccer tournament! That was a first for both Zallie and I! We are NEVER left with babysitters! I wasn't at all happy to see a stranger's face when I woke in the morning but after about 30 minutes of cuddling with my pillow and drinking my bottle I got over it and did pretty good the rest of the day! A huge thank you to Rachel, Rochelle and Kris for taking good care of us all day while Mom and Dad worked the tournament!

I'm signing a lot now! Not sure I can think of them all but the main ones are: All done, More, Eat, Night-night, dog, rainbow, bird, airplane, book, hat, diaper change, naked, baby, tickle, help, please, thank you, hi/bye, bath! I'm starting to get more words as well: mama, dada, Z, J for RJ, G-G for Gia, Jeww for Juice, baba for bottle, uhhh for Up, cah for cat, caw for car, bye, hi, haa for hat, ti ti for tickle, cho cho for train, bah for bath, hot, ch-ch for chicken, cookie, cackew for cracker!

Once a monkey, always a monkey! I climb EVERYTHING! I have figured out how to put a box or toy next to the couch so I can get up there on my own! I do the same thing for Zallie's bed so I can get up on it. I love to stand on the top of the sit-n-spin and any type of container or box I can find! If someone forgets to latch the dishwasher closed, I'll pull it open and climb onto the door and stand up so I can reach the kitchen counters! I pretty much run now! I walk so fast that I can barley keep up with my legs! I bounce around in circles and say "da da da da" for Dance! I also bed my knees and stand back up while saying "ju ju ju" for jump! Mom and Dad think I'm really going to be a busy boy as I get older! I love to be on the go!

The other thing I've been into lately is trying to do the actions for the song Itsy Bitsy Spider! I raise my hands slowly for the spider climbing and I do the sun and the rain! I feel like such a big boy!

I guess that's all for now! Miss you all and check out my new pics! Also, I know some family wanted copies of the professional pics. Mom uploaded them in High Res and there is an option to order them at the top of that album! Enjoy!

Check out Zallie's website too
www.babysites.com/sites/aristodemo