thirteen months

I love this sweet face and those blue eyes.

He will walk around everywhere as long as he can hold on to something.  He has been making a few babbling sounds but I am still going to take him to a speech therapist at the end of August.  He does clap and wave.  Yesterday he started sticking out his tongue when I asked him to.  So he is understanding things.

This guy loves to eat.  Last night he ate a huge bowl of mac & cheese, 2.5 cups of mandarin oranges and 10 ounces of milk.  And then cried for more.  I am having a really hard time stopping the bottle because he is so sweet and cuddly when he drinks his milk.  It's so funny how with Ash I was determined to be finished with the bottle at one year and with Chase it does not seem to matter as much.  He is so heavy and my back hurts from picking him up.  But he is so happy sitting on my hip so I just enjoying carrying him around as much as he lets me.  

We just found out he is allergic to peanuts :(

I love to rock him to sleep at night and sing and watch his little eyes close and then open to look at me one more time.  Sigh.  I just love it.  And I will do it as long as he lets me.  I think he is our last.  I kind of want him to stay a little baby forever.

happy thirteen months, Chase!