Our Big Baby-Son

Well, Jared is almost 13 months old... he is growing up before our very eyes. He is walking much more confidently now, particularly when he is walking toward a cabinet he is not supposed to open, a soda he is not supposed to drink or a stack of papers or books he's not supposed to knock over! He is becoming much more independent in general, and although he still doesn't like it when Mom or Dad leave him to go to another room, HE will now leave US behind.

He learns new words EVERY day now. He is able to identify many things he can't say yet. He responds appropriately to "Where's your belly?!"and so forth with a point to his belly and lots of giggles.... Naturally he says Ma-Ma and Da-Da. Most of his favorite words start with "B" and even if they don't, he MAKES some of them start with a "B". A few favorites are blooon (balloon), ball, bite, BUP (up), bah-ee (boppy), bow! (rainbow), box (mailbox). He also loves to say "hi" repeatedly and with a slightly breathless southern drawl. He says "eye", usually accompanied by a poke in your eye to indicate he knows precisely what he is talking about. One of our new favorites is definitely "Ilubya" (I love you). He sometimes accompanies this with a kiss, followed by "MUAH", which is particularly endearing. He watches Sesame Street and says "Elmo"... the only character to really catch his attention so far. He also says "hello" when we play with the phones together (but never when his grandparents are ACTUALLY on the phone).

We were pleased to hear at his recent doctor's visit that he has advanced language development. Apparently most 15 month old babies have a 5-10 word vocabulary, so Jared is doing great!

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Love,
Penny, Dalvin and Jared