It has been way too long since I've written about Dawson's happenings, I hardly know where to start. It's only been a about a month and a half since my last update, but I feel like he's already changed so much. This last month with Dawson has been the most fun yet. His personality is showing and his learning new things every minute. So much to share so here we go:
At 14 months, Dawson...
- Is walking! He took his first steps on December 2, a day before he turned 14 months. Daryn and I were in the kitchen and we had a little heart to heart with D to try and boost his confidence. We set up the scene with Daryn a few feet away from me and he took 6 steps to me with the biggest smile on his face. Ever since then he's been walking more and more each day. He is actually really steady, just still a bit timid. His favorite is still walking between people (because he loves the words/faces of encouragement!) but he's starting to take a few steps to reach to things. It's so funny to see him up on two feet! He's a real mini person now! :)
- Is completely obsessed with sitting in things. Laundry baskets, boxes, cupboards, pans. Anything. The other day I walked out into the kitchen after being in the bathroom for 30 seconds and he was sitting in the Tupperware drawer. I would have loved to see how he got in. And yesterday he was playing in his room while I was picking up the kitchen. All of the sudden I heard this whiny noise that D makes when he needs help. I went to his room assuming that a toy was stuck or he couldn't open something. Turns out he was in our bedroom and had taken all the clean, folded laundry from the basket and tossed it on the floor so he could sit in the basket. And the whining? He wanted someone to push him around in the basket.
- A few weeks ago, Dawson and I were looking at his
name stool pointing out the letters. It clicked in his mind that all letters are either "D" or "A". So the last few weeks anytime he see letters on shirts, signs, books, tv, stores, etc. he would shout "D" "A". It's so stinkin' cute. He's now added the letters "E", "B", "O", "Q" into the mix of letters. He can't pick out the actual letters, but he is making the connection.
- Can point to his nose and hair.
- Is taking one nap a day for 2-3 hours.
- Is talking SO much. New words D says: hot, nu-nu (for his nuk), GG (Great-Grandma Judy), bath, cheese, more.....he'll repeat a lot too, but doesn't always know what the words mean.
- Signs "all done" and "please"
- LOVES taking a bath...takes turns belly flopping all which ways and splashes until there is practically no water left.
- Loves to look out the window and watch cars drive by on the highway that goes past our house. He gets so excited sometimes he can't even get the word out. "Ca-ca-ca-caRRR". Too funny.
- Understands a lot. When I say "It's time for a bath" he crawls in the the bathroom and stands at the tub waiting for the water to start running. I'll ask him to go get a book in his room so we can read and he will.
- Is getting new teeth....at least two, but now I think it's up to three. The insane amount of drool makes me think it could be more!
It's so fun to watch him learn so many new things each day. He's one special little man...
