12th month

Our 12th month was a month of emotional growth for the whole family. I personally think this was one of John's biggest months, but hard to describe it milestones. He is more independent, holding him does not fix everything anymore, in fact, it can make it worse sometimes. He may not be speaking yet, but you can tell he understands what we are saying to him, whether he chooses to act on it is a different story. He also communicates with us so much more - he jabbers all day long, but he also points and changes his voice and facial expressions when he is trying to tell us something.

Some other things that happened this month:

- walks really well now
- learned to stand up from a sitting position
- dropped his sleep sack, starting to sleep with a blanket
- went down to one nap
- got his last 2 front teeth on the bottom
- uses his sign for "all done" ALL THE TIME, not sure he totally understands what it means
- had really bad congestion for over a week
- loves to be outside
- turned his car seat around!!!!