Water Boy ~ Cody 13 Months

When I say this kid loves the water, man he loves the water. He would stay in forever, to the point of shivering. Everytime we've been to the pool or the beach he cries when it's time to leave. I am so happy I have a water baby, since I myself was a fish as a kid. We hope to start him in swim lessons shortly, the sooner the better....

Cody's walking is getting better by the week. He has also mastered going up and down the stairs. Every night after his bath and story time he follows me to the stairs and down we go on our bum bums, one step at a time. It really is the cutest thing. His lovely in one hand and my arm or shirt in the other.

Cody now says mama, dada, grandma, papa, bella, signs for more, shakes his yes and no and his absolute favorite words are UT OH with his up in the air. At first we thought is was the cutest things ever, but now we would like him to say something else. hahahaha. With time his words will get better so for now we just practice.....

Cody's 1st haircut....

The weekend of Cody's actual birthday we took him for his first big boy haircut (I forgot to uplaod this) Cody, I and the grandma's headed over to Snip-its, a salon that specializes in childrens haircuts. I was a little apprehensive on how Cody would do... other than being a little scared and shy, he did very well. They were very good there and we will be heading back every 3 or so months. Can I tell you how cute my little guy is with his new haircut. I wanted to try to save some of the curls in the back, but nobody would let me give him a mullet so off it came. I am very happy with the end result...

Now that Cody has mastered walking (well almost) he is really getting around. If we take our eyes off him for even 1 second he is gone. His favorites are the stairs and the dog bowls. Luckily we had already gotten the gate for the bottom of the stairs so that is up almost all the time. We are teaching him how to go up and down but for a while the gate will be a permanant fixure in our house. The dog bowls are another story. We really try to remember to pull them up but on more than a few occasions, we have caught him playing in the water bowl and I can't guarantee he hasn't snuck a a piece of dog food here or there (YUCK).... Boys will be boys right?

At Cody's 1 year check up he really hadn't gained or grown too much over the past couple of months. he weighed in @ 22 lbs and 29 inches. His head circumference was still big, holding @ 45cm. His doctor said he is right at the average and it's ok that he hasn't gained alot since he is so active.