Snapshot: 12 months

A little about Asa at 12 months old:

• the cutest, sweetest baby boy I know (not that I'm biased)
• 4 teeth (5th came through right after his birthday)
• lots of thick, light brown/medium blonde hair
• crawling at warp speed
• cruising (with transfers) with ease
• stands for a couple seconds on his own
• will walk holding onto your fingers
• enjoys peaches, pears, green beans, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, crackers, fruit puffs, water, scrambled eggs, pancake, tolls, and blueberry muffins (and cheese, but it upsets his tummy)
• drinks water from his own little camelbak
• still nursing
• up to 6-7ish hour first stretch at night if nothing is interfering (i.e. teething)
• has adjusted well to Ohio
• loves his Sammy dog
• says Mama, Dada (both sporadically), Sssss and Sa! for Sammy, signs "all done" and "dog" and responds to "more," working on "please"
• wears size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothes
• approximately between 18.5 and 19 lbs.
• LOVES books and will flip through them on his own
• has "told" himself a story by pointing at each page and babbling to go along with it :)
• loves wallets, so he got his own wallet for his birthday
• loves cars
• loves playing in the water, including baths, but especially the splash pad and water table
• has stayed in a church nursery 2 times (the 3rd time was right after his birthday and Mama was paged to come get him--he did not like having his diaper changed by someone else!)
• can sit up in the seat of a grocery cart if I don't have him tied on (I'm sure he could have done this a long time ago, but the first time I tried was our last month in Florida)
• loves his walking toy--his face lights up
• loves to carry things (usually balls) around in his mouth
• loves balls
• loves music and dances to it
• loves to see Dada on video chat when we are away (whole body celebration ensues)
• brings us SO much joy, laughter, and smiles