14 months

Today Jack is 14 months.  Things have been so incredibly wild since his one year birthday but through it all he has been so sweet, funny, & happy.  I love spending everyday with him and he constantly entertains me.  Sure, he loves to throw fits and act like it’s the end of the world when I shut a door so he can’t enter a room or take something away from him, but shortly after he’s back to playing. 

Jack has 6 teeth and is eating pretty much all table foods that we give him (that doesn’t mean he likes them all though).

He isn’t walking (sigh) which stresses dad and me out but I know he will soon.  He has no problem getting around and loves to run down the hallways with anything he can find.  He stands on his own, but just hasn’t taken the first step.  Tyler walked at 9 months and I walked at 14…I keep telling Tyler he wants to be like me.  He bear crawls when he doesn’t want to put his knees on the ground and has mastered going up and down stairs now (just the 3 stairs to the tv room & laundry room…don’t worry).

He talks constantly but doesn’t say many specific words.  He says “mama”, “d”a when Tyler walks in a room, “bubba”, and makes the ”j” sound for jake & jack.  We are working on sign language because he wants everything but I don’t know what he wants!  He is constantly pointing & reaching & wanting.

His nap schedule has changed to once a day.  While my parents were in town we had a really hard time getting him down for each nap and if he went down for his morning nap then he didn’t want his afternoon nap & vice versa.  When Tyler was on nights he would get home around 11am so I started putting Jack down about the same time as Tyler (noon) and this week it has moved to around 1 or 1:30.  He has been perfectly happy with this and naps for about 2-3 hours.  The first few weeks in the house were rough with night sleeping and he would wake up at least once a night crying & screaming but recently he has been sleeping  from about 8pm to 7:30-7:45am. 

We have started Gymboree and I am looking forward to doing many more activities with him as we figure out our routine.  He goes running with me each morning and is always so happy to see me when he wakes up.  I love running errands with him & he is my partner in crime.

We love our little boy so much.  Happy 14 months!