13 Months

Still loving the water.


We enjoyed being able to say that Quinn was a year old for the past month, but now we're back to counting his age in months...sigh. When do we jump to years again? After two perhaps.

Well, at 13 months old Q-Bert's little personality is really starting to shine. He has a few not-so-pleasant habits like whining and complaining during dinner time. You'd think we were torturing him when we try to feed him anything green. He screams and contorts his body and the tears start streaming from his eyes....he's very dramatic about it (perhaps acting is in his future?). Diaper changes can yield similar results, so we change him as infrequently as possible! :)

On the more fun side, he's becoming more interactive with other kids, and is having a great time at daycare. Here he is with Rainy's daughter, Claire. Claire loves to help take care of the kids and especially Quinn since he's still (barely) small enough for her to carry around like a dollbaby.

Another fun recent development is the kid's vanity. He LOVES to look at himself in the mirror! If you put a hat or shoes or a new shirt on him he immediately runs into his bedroom to check himself out. We have multiple videos of this phenomenon, because we think it's pretty hilarious. Here is one of them, but if you really want a taste of how vain he is you can see much more here (towards the end of the set).

He has also started to blow kisses and to do a few babysigns (milk and more). He loves to "hug" his stuffed animals and will also now hug us.

He has a newfound fascination with doors and will open and close anything he can. On a couple of occasions he's closed himself into a room when I've turned my back. I think it's time to officially babyproof the house. Oh, and by the way, when we put this horsey backpack on him the other night guess what he immediately did...yes, he ran into the bedroom to admire his reflection!

We're starting to get the hang of riding the car, but he still prefers walking and pushing it.

He's still not talking much, although he loves to repeat DaEE DaEE over and over and over again. Cute perhaps, but where's the Mama?????? He also still says Uh Oh, but that's about it. All in all we're having a great time with him lately. Rainy, the woman who takes care of him, has been threatening to cut his bangs since they fall into his eyes, but I just can't bear the thought of cutting his hair just yet...I like his shaggy little do. I think once he has a true mullet we'll consider a haircut.