Falling

I took Dude to the doctor last week for his 12 month appointment. He was 24 lbs (75th percentile for his age) and 32 inches long (off the charts again for his height). He is healthy and growing fine, the doctor said. We already knew that. He is getting quite the personality. It's fun to watch him interact with Caelan and Dad and me. Since he started crawling about a month ago, he has really taken off in the movement department. He gets around quite readily on all fours, but he also pulls himself up onto things and walks along them a little bit. We have found him sitting on top of the fireplace hearth a couple of times now, and sometimes when we go into his room in the morning he will be standing up at the edge of his crib. He has learned about pushing buttons, and one of his favorite buttons to play with is the on/off button for the TV. When we go to the Armantrout's he is in high heaven because they have all their electronic devices right down at his level, so he pushes every button the the DVD player and the DVDR and TiVo. He thinks it is hilarious too. Another one of his funny games these days is crawling away when we try to change his diaper., He thinks he is so clever and he is getting pretty quick too, so when it's time to hold him down to actually get the changing done, he usually isn't too pleased with me. This boy is a vegetable LOVER. It is awesome. A couple times we have been eating dinner and he will still have several things on his plate yet he fusses and points to the table for something else. Sometimes I think he wants water (which is also a serious favorite of his) but he just keeps fussing. I try to get him to eat his meat and rice or pasta or whatever is still on his plate, but he is adamant about getting something else. I have finally realized that what he want sis more vegetables; beans, corn, spinach, peppers, carrots, peas, broccoli, etc. I guess that is a good sign, right? Today he had one of his first big crashes. Caelan was playing with him and trying to carry him around a little bit. He was having tons of fun with the whole things until I heard a loud crash and found him laying face down on the carpet right next to the couch. I picked him up and quickly realized he must have just bumped his head right into the edge of the couch before he fell because he had quite the bump on his head to prove it. He cried for a minute and then wa

s okay...until I had to put frozen corn on it to reduce the swelling - he wasn't very fond of that at all. Anyway, he is a cute little Dude. He is getting so big and growing so much - it's crazy.