We had a small party on Saturday. Everett was scared of the crowd of people singing Happy Birthday to him and at first wanted nothing to do with his cake. You'll notice in the pictures that he's not smiling very much, it was close to nap time and he was a bit overwhelmed from all the attention. Here are some pictures from the party taken by my cousin Carlo, and some pictures from the pool later in the afternoon.
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| 07/26/2011 Update |
I know I have missed a lot of updates these past couple months. Here are the milestones that I can remember:
- started really babbling, last week of March
- started standing without support, May 27
- first steps, June 15
- fully walking, June 21
- maybe said "Elmo" - July 3
- started shaking his head "no" if he doesn't want to eat something - beginning of July
- noticed 3+ more teeth - 2, maybe 3 on top and 1 on the bottom - week of July 10
- noticed he knew what to do when we said "dance" - week of July 10
- knows where his feet are - July 15
- knows where his mouth is - July 17
- went down stairs backwards - July 17
- knows who Curious George is - July 17
- said "nanana" when we showed him a banana - July 17
- jumps when you tell him to (though it looks exactly like dancing) - week of July 18
- knows the baby sign language for "eat" and will tell you when he's hungry - week of July 18
- will sign to wash hands when he's done eating - week of July 18
Somewhere in that timeline, Everett started to wave "bye-bye" if we're the ones leaving, but won't really wave if he's staying put and you're leaving him behind. We still can't get him to wave "hi."
Everett was a good eater until up to a couple weeks ago when he started shaking his head no. Now he won't eat his vegetables unless you hide them in his other food. He loves bananas and will always eat his fruits, yogurt and tofu. He doesn't like ground meats of any sort and will spit it out unless it's chopped very fine. He'll eat egg if you feed it to him on a fork but if he picks it up with his fingers he'll throw it on the floor. Everett will always eat bread, and we found out that he likes pancit at his party - so far he likes most carbohydrates.
He'll happily squeal when he sees Sydney the cat. Luckily Sydney is really patient with Everett, and will only meow complaints. Everett tries to pet her, but really he's pushing down on her stomach. One time he tried to bite her and just ended up with a mouthful of fur. Mostly the cat runs away when she sees Everett coming.
Everett loves to run around outside but only on sidewalks. He doesn't like to walk in grass (too unsteady) and really doesn't like falling down in grass. He also doesn't like sand in his sandals. He's getting faster every day. We like to play the game "Chase Mom" where he'll run around after me in the house while he laughs the whole time.
Everett's favorite toy at daycare is a water table. Everett got this table as a birthday gift from his very generous Gomo Anne, and we couldn't wait to open it because we knew how much fun he'd have playing with it (and then take a verrry long nap afterwards).
And randomly, Everett likes hats or anything that can be worn on his head like a hat. He especially likes the shark beach towel that he got from his Aunt Jenn and Great Aunt Sue. Everett's not picky though, he also likes to put buckets on his head.
Those are all the updates I can think of for now... I will try not to neglect this blog in the future!
