Spring fever and the 13 month old....

Yep, Forrest has officially hit his teenage months...THIRTEEN months! This last month was a toughie for our little boy. He got a nasty cold with cough, and before he could blink, ALSO came down with the stomach flu. He was hardly eating for a solid week. Thankfully, the last five days we have seen the return of our little tank, and he now is out eating both Alex and I. You seriously cannot keep the kid fed. Or perhaps you can, as you'll find food being thrown back at you in the split second he decides he's had enough, but I really don't understand how our little pint sized boy can pack it all in?
For example...how does 2 1/2 yogurts, half a container of baby puffs, a large bowl of chicken noodle soup, milk, and juice sound for lunch? (okay, maybe snack and lunch, but still....)
Hmmmm, perhaps I didn't get the memo we were growing a sumo wrestler?
Regardless, I'm ecstatic we have our baby back. Not eating was starting to worry me. I like his little baby pot belly just the way it is!
Thirteen month Forrest still doesn't have words, and his forms of communication continue to keep me guessing. He's taken head banging to a new level and will follow me around purposefully banging away trying to get attention. Both Alex and I are trying to ignore it so he realizes it just won't work. We're also contemplating a time out area for a minute or so, but haven't done that yet. I know head banging can be normal, but when your kid's head is "BANG" hitting "BANG" the oven door, or "BANG" even "BANG" the slate kitchen floor "BANG BANG" you start to worry....

Forrest's activity is quite amazing. He's everywhere and is infatuated with all sorts of things. The usual suspects, rocks, dirt, grass, and sticks still captivate him. He loves to sit in our tall grass, with some dirt, and pick the grass throwing it into the dirt pile, and do the same with the dirt clods...throw them into the grass. He garbles on to himself and to us on and on and smiles and giggles all the time. Makes for some lovely "thank goodness the baby is occupied and not throwing himself down the hill so I can get some gardening done" time...:-)
He's moved into running. I think his activity tuckers him out...as he's been a decent napper lately. Still stuck on the pacifier at naps and nighttime...and in the car. I don't know his official weight and height...we are a bit late for his 1 year appointment, but it is coming up in the next 2 weeks so I'll let you know what our lunk of baby love is tipping the scales at. All in all he is quite the character! He cracks Alex and I up on a regular basis. He's a little groover, be bopping his head to his baby music.
His personality is coming through which is awesome......

Summer is coming and we can't wait to let him explore our beautiful home more. It'll be a TON of work keeping up with him, but so much fun....
(keep the coffee coming...:-)