11 months old!

I can't believe my baby is 11 months old! I am a little late on the date (Sept. 1), but close enough. He has had a huge growth spurt in the last month and is now 31 inches long and over 20 pounds. Although he can't quite go in the front facing car seat, we had to switch him into the larger carseat because he has passed the height requirements for his baby seat. He is also still working on the whole walking business. Just yesterday he decided that he could try walking everywhere first instead of crawling. He thinks he is the coolest thing in the world and walks around with this big grin on his face. He still trips and falls a lot, but he falls so gracefully, I can't help but laugh a little =) It is amazing how fast babies grow, and that he will be a year old in less than a month!! Right now his favorites things to do are: throw daddy's soccer ball and have it tossed back to him, walk from place to place, read stories (he sits with the book and points at all the pictures and makes noises like he is talking...so cute!), whine when he doesn't get his way, whine when he is bored and wants you to play with him, and look out our front window and point at things. I guess you could say pointing is one of his favorite things because he points at everything. I am guessing he learned that because I always point at things and tell him what they are so he can learn. He now, points at everything fascinating to him so that I will know he saw it. He is such a sweetie and I love him so much! Happy 11 month birthday!