13 months...

A 13 month old? When did THAT happen? Well, William's World is all up to date but writing takes a bit more time while trying to keep up with a buzzing little bee! One of my goals this year is to write AT LEAST once per month as our little William finds his little personality! 13 months old. Running and into EVERYTHING! Dear William, We can't believe you are 13 months old! What an awesome birthday party... it was a BALL! With friends and family alike, we celebrated YOU all day! It was very special and exactly what we hoped for... a happy and JOY filled day! You transitioned to your cup beautifully 2 weeks before your birthday. I thought we would give a cup a try and you think its great! You drink whole milk now (only took a couple of weeks to take the formula completely away!) out of a sippy cup and water out of a straw cup. You just dropped your morning nap (on your own) so are sleeping once during the day and still in bed asleep by 7 and awake around 715 unless we are getting up for school (640 is tough work!). You still love being held when you drink your cup and you love to snuggle at night and rock before bed time. You have quite an opinion about which books you like and which ones are not your favorite. Your teachers love to watch you flip the pages and notice the new books on the shelves. Right now you love all of your truck books and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar!" Maybe you like it so much because you like all of the yummy food! You eat any and everything! Some of your favorites are apples, pears, clementines, applesauce, butternut squash ravioli, coconut chicken, turkey, cheese, pita bread, hummus!, veggie burgers, macaroni and cheese, black beans, navy beans, green beans and the list goes on! You also love our homemade granola bars and even helped to make them today! You are learning to feed yourself and holding a spoon very well. Most days it is in your left hand! You love your dogs and call them often. "Dog!" and you pat your leg just like your dad and I to say "come!" You are saying "mama" "dada" "book" "dog" "uh oh" "that" "yah" "ball" "socks" and you are close to "all done" and "thank you" You sign: more, please, thank you, hat, wash hands, all done, coat, brush teeth and you are close to getting cracker. Its a tough one! You LOVE being outside. You walk to the doors and knock often, telling us you want to go outside. You get so excited when we put shoes and a coat on because you know, "an adventure is about to happen!" You love to cook in your kitchen and you are mastering building towers and knocking them over. You love your friends and you are playing well with others. You like to know that I am close by and you are a happy little lark. You give great hugs, the sweetest kisses and you are so dear. You say "awww" when you hear a baby crying or are giving a hug. You are adventure. Adventure every day! Your "dada" and I love you to the moon and all the way back again! I wonder what next month will hold? love, Mom