Reed is an official biped now! Over the past month he's gained more confidence and balance and now walks full time. I miss his cute little baby crawl, but there's really no going backwards. He's definitely happier overall as this is what he's been after for quite some time. Crawling never really seemed to fully satisfy him.
He has 6 teeth now- 4 on the top and two on the bottom.
He's really gaining vocabulary much more in the past couple weeks. I would say his first official word was "dada" and Dada was his favorite person for quite some time starting around 12 months. His second word was hot which he pronounces "ha". For some reason he really latched on to it after we occasionally said and signed it to him while we were cooling his food or I was drinking my tea. He loves to apply it to many things and it's so cute. He also just added "gaga" for cats or dogs and we think he might say "baba" for paci. We still call them that after that's what they became for Landry. He FINALLY said "mama" yesterday after BJ specifically worked on it with him for a bit. He has yet to repeat it though, little stinker! For quite some time he's been a babbler. He speaks with such inflection and conviction and seems to know exactly what he's saying. It's darling! He's also developed a little wrist flick while extending his arm which means "I want". He'll usually add a little "uh uh" to it as well. It's quite effective.
He loves Diego and often wallers him on the ground. Diego is more than tolerant and has only scratched him once or twice.
He LOVES being outside and does not appreciate being left inside if his siblings are out. He loves swinging and especially exploring. He's all boy and loves dirt, mud, and climbing high things.
He's gotten more into books lately. Sometimes he'll get into taking his books off his shelves and looking through them quietly by himself. I love watching him. His favorite book right now is his animal board book. We say that animal names and he'll usually imitate me doing the sounds they make.
He's also sleeping really well through the night! He usually goes down between 6:30 and 7 and is up for the day between 6 and 6:30. He's also done 2 consistent naps for a couple of months now. If I let him sleep past 45 minutes for his morning nap, he'll usually fight his afternoon one. I'm assuming we're getting close to going down to one nap.
Reed still loves all things balls and he's got a really good (lefty!) arm. He can spot a ball a mile away.
He's really starting to look more and more boyish and less little baby. It's so bittersweet, but I'm trying my best to soak up all of the sweet babyhood that I can. We love you, Reed!
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