11 Months

Dez is seriously so much fun and we love getting to know his growing personality more and more. We've learned he can be pretty intense, and lately he's started making fists and either squeezes them until he starts shaking or he'll clasp his hands together and pull them apart while they're still squeezed really tight. I realize that description probably means nothing to you but I know what I mean so oh well. Bottom line is, as happy as that kid is, it's surprising at how often he seems angry!

I was telling Colby that I always think of him as a really happy kid, but most people probably wouldn't know it because he's all about the blank stare in public.

As far as eating goes, he loves any kind of crunchy stick-shaped snack. We've been giving him Trader Joe's apple cinnamon sticks and black bean sticks and he can't get enough. He also loves crunching them up in his hand and dropping the crumbs all over the floor. He loves quesadillas and anything that involves cheese of course.

He's mastered the sippy cup and actually prefers drinking out of my camelback water bottle. It's a lot heavier than the sippy so I was pretty surprised when he started tipping it up on his own. He still ends up with half of the water on his shirt from spitting it out, but at least he gets some water in when he isn't choking on it. Oops.

He loves to suck on washcloths in the bath and basically anything that involves drinking more water. We went to the pool last week and he just kept trying to drink the water the whole time, and he does that in the bath now too. He absolutely hates getting dressed after a bath, but we've learned we can distract him by smelling his feet and saying they're stinky. He thinks it's the funniest thing ever.

He loves going in his room and closing the door on me so he can play in peace. He never cries for me to open it (but don't worry, I do...eventually). He loves opening his drawers and pulling all his clothes out. He's started to mimic what we do more like he'll put the phone up to his ear (face) and try to brush his own hair (which CANNOT be tamed btw). We've started playing catch with a little ball a lot and he's getting pretty good at throwing it back.

A couple of times he's taken a few steps, but most of the time when we try he just wants to crawl. He stands by himself all the time though. Still two teeth on bottom and four on top. The outside two aren't all the way in though and have been that way for a while.

The pictures are becoming more and more of a hot mess but I swear we tried...

 His flash face cracks me up!