Austin's 12th month!!

Happy 1st birthday to my sweet little man!!  It's hard to believe we officially have a toddler now!   He is literally running around all over the place now, and everyone is surprised when they hear how old he is after seeing him so mobile.  He has been going through another growth spurt recently and continues to be very tall for his age.  At his 1 year checkup he was in the 83% for height and 76% for weight (his weight had a big jump from being around 50% at the 9 month checkup!).  Though fortunately he is so active it doesn't even look like he weighs that much.  I went back to work this month, so Austin started daycare for the first time.  It's been a bit of an adjustment, though he has really been a champ and has slowly been starting to enjoy himself there.  We had a big celebration for his birthday in Kansas City and Austin had a great time.  He did really well with wearing his traditional Korean outfit and even kept his hat on!  When he was placed in front of the table of various objects that represent what his future holds, Austin chose the stethoscope; I guess we'll have to wait and see if we have a little doctor on our hands in the future!  Austin seems like he almost understands everything when we talk to him and he continues to listen pretty well most of the time.  He has started to become interested in "helping" with whatever I'm doing and it's really cute to see him try to be helpful with chores.  Hopefully this interest lasts for a while!  What an amazing journey this past year has been, we are so blessed to have such an amazing son!

Austin's first baseball game

We went to a Nashville Sounds game over Labor Day weekend and Austin had a great time.  Since the Sounds are the triple A team for the Brewers Austin and I sported our Brewers apparel for the game.  Austin met the mascot, Ozzie, and then kept on eye on where he was the rest of the time.  It was really cute because Austin would point to him and say doggy!

Austin's Eleventh Month

I can't believe this is the last monthly post before my little baby turns 1 year old!!  Austin looks like such a toddler already, it's unbelievable!  He really improved his balance over the past month and now he rarely crawls and is walking very well.  We travelled up to see family in WI this past month and he did great on the airplane.  I was a little nervous with how mobile he is if he'd be able to sit still for the flights (two each way since there are no direct flights) and he was very happy and content in my lap the whole time.  He enjoyed playing peek-a-boo with the people sitting behind us and kept standing up to look around.  The teething has been continuing, though no new teeth actually emerged this past month.  Austin's vocabulary is increasing and over the past month has started saying doggy, kitty, and ball.  He has now figured out how to throw a ball and plays with us rolling a ball back and forth.  He is as happy as ever and loves to laugh.  He is such a goofball and acts silly to get us to laugh and cracks himself up in the process!  It's so amazing to see his personality developing and his fascination with learning how everything works.  We've been working with him for a while on setting boundaries and now he is pretty good at listening and backing away when told, though there are times where we need to repeat several times before he listens.  He's also started testing limits with throwing food on the floor while he's eating and watching to see our reaction.  Austin is beginning to follow one-step requests very well, and now helps to clean up his toys.  He also continues to love books and frequently will sit quietly in his room paging through his books, it is so adorable to watch!