13 Months

Sorry for the delay in posting this, we have had a lot of visitors lately!

Ok, seriously, when did my baby boy become such a kid?! Mr. Personality somehow got even more personality and seems SO grown up at 13 months old. Seriously, this kid is too much:

Cool baby!

He has definitely been keeping things interesting around here, that is for sure! He started doing a lot of new  and funny things this month. 

He has become very independent and is trying to drink out of a cup. He has also started trying to brush his own hair:

Handsome boy

And sweep the porch:

He is also attempting to feed himself with a spoon:

Spoon practice

Very excited about broccoli soup

Although, he is also very happy to share, and has started feeding me Cheerios on occasion. I'm not the only one benefiting from this though:

Lucky Rufus

The new foods he tried this month were: rice cakes (loved), peanut butter, honey nut Cheerios (still prefers plain though), strawberries (loved), hot dog, spinach and whole broccoli (instead of pureed):

Mmm, plain rice cakes!

Munching on some spinach

He has also started popping up and down behind objects to play hide and seek, all while happy screaming. He cracks himself up, I love it! Although half of the time, it's his new silly fake laugh. He has also started fake crying, or really fussing, as well, which is kind of amusing since I know it's not real.

I'm very sad that he has stopped doing his "stinky face" all of a sudden. Although, he is still quite the character:

Happy Mother's Day Mama!

Squinty face?

New fishy face

He's also fascinated by putting things away or moving items from one place to another (i.e. toys from the toy box going in the laundry hamper). And he makes motor/vroom noises when playing. He can also show you his belly button when you ask and 

I'm especially loving the gibberish conversations he has started having with me. He even changes intonations and volume. Love it! Whatever is saying, he is really excited to tell me something! He has started trying to say truck and bath though and he signs helicopter constantly! He has also started saying "boom" when he hears thunder and "huh", and can make a monkey noise!

Eli the monkey

Finally, he is now the proud owner of SIX teeth! Four on the top, two on the bottom:

Cheese!

We've been spending a lot of time outside enjoying the gorgeous weather:

And we've even done a little bit of painting, although I'm not sure if more paint ended up on the paper, or Eli:

Here are some other pictures from throughout the month:

Sweet baby boy

"Mom, check out this sand!"

Silly face

Someone loves to swing

Snuggle time

Super cool

Reading his Uncle Bob's book

Happy boy with Mommy

Cutie in his overalls

All smiles

Snuggle time with Scout

And, here are his "official" pictures on his 13 month "birthday":

So happy!

Big boy

Who is this kid, and where is my baby boy?

Still has a little chunk in the cheeks

Mmm, sunglasses