Getting Bigger by the minute!

Xander will be walking anyday now. As you can see he loves to walk and run using the walker toy mommy and daddy got him for his birthday. He walks along the walls, the furniture, anything. He has ventured out and taken a step or two independently in between furniture, but is still too nervous to do it on his own. We've almost tricked him into taking steps a few times, but he catches on quick and will sit down in defiance ha ha


Walking Like Daddy






Xander had his 1 year well-baby check-up last week, 5 shots in total! It was torture! He is now 29inches long and weighs 18lbs. 10oz. He is still on the smaller side as far as weight goes due to his constant activity, the doctor said that was perfectly normal for a baby as crazy active as Xander. He is no longer anemic, but far from it actually! I stopped giving him supplements about a month ago when we beefed up on the grown up food. Looks like all those extra vitamins and minerals helped! The doctor also had me fill out a 6 page sheet on different development steps, Xander has completed every single one except walking on his own. The doctor was very impressed and even more impressed by the long list of words he could already say. She said that he was perfect in every way! (I already knew that though!)



Xander has learned alot of more advanced skills lately, like pushing the small button on this light up toy to make it turn on and flash! He likes to push buttons, stack cups, put animals and toys in his big wagon and cart them around, he now can throw a ball like a base ball (pretty impressive I think), he enjoys dumping out a box of raisins and pick them all up and putting them away,
and he is now learning to recoginize the words for several of his toys and foods, for example bird, whale, peach, plum, banana, he can bring each one to me when I ask for it and he can even give them all hugs when I ask too! It's super cute! The amazing things he can do!


But in the end he's still my sweet baby boy!