11 Months

Banks is 11 months old! (as of 6 days ago) The most exciting thing about this month is that he is now taking some steps. He'll definitely be walking by his first Birthday. He still isn't consistently eating solid finger foods (still mostly puree), but he is trying some things without gagging so much he throws up. He has successfully eaten some puffs, peas, spaghetti noodles, and peaches. I'm so glad he is making progress in this area. He still mostly says, "dada," but he will occasionally throw in a "mama" when I'm lucky. He throws in a lot of, "baba" too. His newest sound is "roro" which is cute because it sounds like he's roaring like a little tiger.

One of my favorite things about Banks is that he laughs ALL THE TIME, which is precious. He thinks Demi is hilarious. He even has RSV and an ear infection (his second one) right now, and he still giggles constantly. I'm so blessed that my sweet baby is so happy. He is also doing much  better with sleeping through the night. He claps, shakes his head no, and will "pound" my fist when I hold it up to him.

He also loves playing peek-a-boo. He'll go around a corner and peek his head around at you and laugh. He responds to his name and definitely knows what "no-no" means, although he doesn't always listen, haha! He is still the life of the party at daycare. He is moving up to nursery 2 on December 1, which will be a very emotional day for us all. I will miss Jeri and Beverly so much, and I know Banks will!

My favorite thing in the world is still the mornings with him, when I go in his room to get him up. I say, "Good Morning Banks" in a whisper, and without fail he gives me the biggest smile, with his eyes still closed. He steals my heart all over again every single morning. Long story short, our sweet baby is PERFECT!!

High School Reunion

Wade Hampton High School Class of 2004, 10 year Reunion

Banks' First Halloween

Anyone that knows me is well aware that I LOVE holidays. Patrick jokes that I had a baby just so that I could go all out for the holidays and act like a kid again. :-) That being said, I actually kept things kind of simple for Banks' first Halloween costume. He already had a grey sweatsuit so I ordered him a shark hat from Etsy, and BAM he was a SHARK! The cutest little shark ever! We took him to his daycare's fall festival where he enjoyed watching the older kids play games and run around in their costumes. We also took him to a pumpkin patch, but we didn't get a pumpkin this year (the first year in a long time I haven't gotten one!). Last year I bought a pumpkin, carved it, and bought lots of candy to give out only to have 2-3 kids come trick-or-treating. I guess it's because we live in the back of our neighborhood. So this year we went to Mellow Mushroom, ate pizza, drank some pumpkin beer, came home and put Banks down, and then watched a scary movie. It was a fun Halloween! I look forward to taking Banks trick-or-treating next year :-)