13 Months

Well, Patrick is 13 months old now. We haven't had a whole lot of changes this past month but it is amazing to see him continue to progress with his coordination, language and interactions. Most importantly, since he is now past a year old, he is allowed to eat whatever he wants! Here are a few pictures of his first peanut butter sandwich (we thought it might be a similar experience to feeding peanut butter to the dogs, and it kind of was!):

Yummmmmmm!

Peanut butter makes Patrick thirsty!

These days Patrick is crawling around like a mad man, pulling up and standing, and taking a few wobbling steps when helped. Hopefully he'll be walking by Christmas! His newest favorite activity is standing on top of the couch so he can look out the window at the ducks and the dogs, and even wave hi to Daddy when he comes home from work.

Patrick has three distinct sounds for duck, dog and dad. They're all pretty similar but if you pay close attention to the sound and to what he is looking at or listening to (barking dog or quacking duck), you can definitely tell the difference. It's really cool!

Patrick had such a great time hanging out with Uncle Brent when he came to visit for a few days. Brent wants to do some painting of Patrick so he spent an afternoon taking pictures of his little subject. This picture may not be a candidate for a portrait, but it's my favorite!

What a scowl! And a pretty good knot on his forehead from getting knocked over by Sophie. He's one tough kid!

I like this one a lot too because he just loves Bailey's ball. Patrick actually tries to throw the ball for Bailey, who is a really good sport about it!

I want to give a shout out to Aunt Kim and Rachel for Patrick's truck. He loves this thing! I think he's gong to be able to get up on it himself pretty soon too.

 

Well, that's about all for this month. Patrick is keeping me really busy all day long so I didn't do a great job of taking pictures this past month. Grandma and Grandpa Nakamoto were just here for a long visit, so we'll have lots of good pictures on next months post!