Friday, September 25, 2015

Happy birthday, Mr. Augustus!

Augie is 1!!! He's over 23 pounds and at least 30 inches (he has his official check up next week). He has platinum blonde hair and amazingly blue eyes. He's delightfully chubby. He has 8 teeth. He still has about 15 ounces of pumped milk a day. He's kinda of starting to drink some cow milk. He eats a TON of food. His favorite things are watermelon and blueberries but he'll eat almost anything. He takes one nap a day for around 1.5-2.5 hours. He goes to bed between 7 and 8 and gets up between 6 and 7 (and several times in between ha ha). He sleeps in a crib in the bedroom he shares with Ozzie. Sometimes he still uses his baby swing if he's having a really hard time chilling out for bed. He's walking! He still crawls some, too, but he's very deliberate in practicing his walking and he's improving every day. He started crawling at 9 months but didn't cruise until after he hit 11 months, so we weren't sure if he'd be walking by his birthday or not - but he was :) He's so funny because he was able to stand himself up without holding onto anything for a month or so before he even started cruising. He would do squats and work on his balance all the time! He doesn't speak yet but he signs "hello", "bye bye", "milk", "more", "all done", "eat", "drink", and "ball". He's starting to learn new ones almost daily! He has a great sense of humor and loooooves his big siblings and imitates them often. Taking baths is one of his favorite things. He loves being outside and is still perfectly content to ride in his stroller on walks. On his birthday, he had a cinnamon roll with a candle in it for breakfast! Then he hung out with his buddy Harper and Ozzie and his buddy Harrison. They went to the park and Augie got to do one of his favorite things - swing! He had a family birthday party with a football cake the next day. He got a giant stuffed giraffe, a talking stuffed dog, a train with tracks, a tool box, a dump truck and a suitcase. Plus $ for his savings account. What a lucky kid! He's such a joy to have around!!!

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