11 Months Old!

Before I start blogging I just have to say technology is amazing. I'm sitting here in the dark, cause our electricity is off (it is off every week from 8-10am on MWF and 6-8pm TTHSat) and I can still go on the Internet. It would be more helpful if I could still cook dinner....I'm starving. :)

11 Months

In less then one month our baby will be a year! I can't believe it!

These two photos were taken only a few frames apart, and it totally describes a 11 month old to me.....

A baby

Becoming a silly kid! :)

Baby toys are now no longer desirable by this little guy. As soon as I put him down he's off and crawling to more interesting things, like opening and closing doors, pulling Tobi's tail, touching my guitar, and he can spot a cell phone, or a dvd player or laptop from across the room, and does his "missile lock crawl" towards it. He's quite sensitive cause when I say "don't touch" he usually turns around, sits on his bum, and cries. He obeys me quite easily, but now we are working on the "happy heart" part of obedience. It's hard training such a little guy. I actually am so surprised with the wealth of Christian books out there that talk about parenting, there seems to be a lack of books on parenting children who can't speak yet! So I'm so grateful for other moms! :)

Just a few days ago I was hanging curtains up on a ladder, and saw Noah going towards the fan, a definite no no. I said "don't touch" from across the room, and he cried for a minute, and then crawled the other way. It was such a picture for me of repentance. Going towards sin, but turning around and going the opposite way toward righteousness. It was so cool, I didn't have to get down off the ladder even! It was awesome to see the rewards of discipline.

At 11 months he can understand small commands like "come here" "pat your toy" "go get dad, tobi," "shake the ball" "don't touch" etc. It's so fun to see him understanding things. I've tried teaching him signs, but he does the sign for "milk" for everything, even when he has a dirty diaper, he says signs "milk." It's still helpful cause we know he's trying to communicate something. I think I need to be more consistent with my signs.

This morning George Bush was on the news, and he all of a sudden started waving to Bush, the whole entire time Bush gave his speech, Noah waved at him. I guess he knows he's American :)