Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What Gavin is up to these days

I just had to post the fun things Gavin is doing and saying at the one year mark so I don't forget!

Physical accomplishments!
  • Walking all over like a crazy man
  • Can throw a big ball with two hands
  • Loves to feed himself anything bite sized
  • Drinks out of a sippy cup or straw
  • Claps
  • Waves
  • Does the "touchdown" sign
  • shakes his head no
  • plays peek-a-boo with blankets
  • climbs on anything he can
  • Loves to dive on to pillows
  • takes ordaments off the tree
  • Can twist the top of most containers on and off (yeah dangerous)
  • Has 6 teeth (4 top, 2 bottom)
  • Love to brush his teeth
  • Loves bath time

Sign Language

  • signs eat/hungry
  • bannana
  • more
  • water
  • fishy/cracker
  • sometimes signs Bird and dog
  • Sometimes Dad

Words

  • Mama
  • Dada
  • Al (for Allie, though he hasn't said it for a while)
  • Cracker
  • Ball
  • Ya-Ya (means phone or Aunt Jessica) or just making noise
  • quack- for Ducks
  • Gandma/Grandpa
  • sometimes love (short for love you)
  • Santa (Just in time for Christmas---so cute)
  • Will usually try to repeat most words you say

Other cute/funny stuff

  • Throws his head back when he laughs
  • Cheeser smile
  • runs away laughing/squealing when he has something he shouldn't have
  • Feeds Allie when he gets the chance
  • Also feeds Mom and Dad
  • Grabs his hands when frustrated
  • Thinks its great fun to throw toys through the gate, and down the stairs
  • will lay on the floor in front of you to tickle him
  • hugs and kisses Allie all the time
  • kisses his favorite pages in books
  • Squats down to look at things
  • If you give him something he doesn't want, he immediately throws it
  • Puts food he doesn't want by the side of his high chair (almost like he's hiding it)

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