12 months old

Easton is one! Our sweet baby boy turned one. I can't believe it.  He has nine teeth, including one molar.  And, today he was a little fussy because he's working on pushing another molar out. 

Easton's airplane sign

He is still signing away.  Easton's new signs this month are car, bird (it finally looks different than the milk sign), book, hat, and his new favorite sign, by far, is the please sign. He totally made up his own sign for please and he does it all the time he wants something.  Easton signs please when we remind him, but he also just does it independently when he really wants something.  It is the cutest thing ever.  I am pretty sure I saw him do the "thank you" sign the other day, but I have only seen him sign that once.  He is even stringing signs together like, "eat more please".  The other day Easton really wanted a clementine. So he signed "eat" and then pointed to the clementine peel and signed "Please" after that.


He is getting more and more confident about taking steps. In fact, the night before Easton's birthday party, he started taking the most steps at a time that he ever has.  Of course, his preferred mode of transportation is speed crawling, but we keep catching Easton deciding to stand up without being supported by anything and taking steps on his own.  He also is a fabulous cruiser.  My favorite part though is that when he falls, he assumes the "let's do a somersault" pose as if to say, "I totally meant to fall on the floor just now".

Easton gives the sweetest kisses. I love how he assumes the position and just waits for someone to turn him over so he can complete his somersaults. His blonde hair just kills me, especially when a breeze blows it all over. He does this adorable milk giggle when he knows I'm about to start nursing him.
Easton's heart melts for dogs - statues of dogs, books with dogs, and of course, the real deal. He also loves the Little People Playhouse, and plays with it every single day.

Today we celebrated his birthday by going to the zoo.  He loved cruising along the exhibits in the amphibian and reptile house, pointing out all the brightly colored frogs.  Easton learned how to brush goats, and then when we were done, we took him to the carousel. The instant he saw it, he frantically signed "please" over and over again.  He had pomegranate seeds and pozole for dinner -two of his favorites, and then we ended the night with another round of happy birthday singing and cupcakes.

Easton Michael, we are so lucky you are in our sweet little family. Happy birthday, baby boy.