And now, a year later, I have a wonderful, amazing, beautiful boy! :) I was about to say baby boy, but, alas, he's no longer a baby. He's cruising that fine line between baby and toddlerhood. EEP!
So much has happened since I last wrote in May. At that time, he was barely rolling over. Since then, his main mode of transportation became rolling (for about 2 months), and from there he started crawling. He's still crawling when on his own, but he loves for someone to hold his hands and let him walk around. Recently (maybe the past 2 weeks) he's gotten good enough that he wants to run. :) We're working on holding just one hand right now so he can get used to balancing on his own.
It's amazing how much he picks up from other kids when he's around them for just an hour or two. He was watching a friend of his and then the next day he stood straight up (without having to pull up on something). He's only done it once so far, but we'll be seeing his friend again this weekend so maybe Kirby will want to do it more.
Now that he's a little more mobile, he's very interested in being physical. He wants to climb on the stairs, up his slide, and he even climbed onto the coffee table before we knew what was happening! We haven't gotten anything for his birthday, but we're thinking of getting some sort of gymnastic mat that he can climb all over.
Kirby's also *very* good with his hands. He waves at everybody and everything (signs, lightposts, etc). :) I think he's been ahead with hand dexterity since the beginning - he seemed to do things earlier than his friends, but they were always ahead in mobility - so it's a nice trade off.
As far as words, personally, I think Kirby's been saying "Hi" and "Hey" for a while. I say it to him all the time and he usually says it back. He does not, however, say it unprompted. He has also said "Dada" and "Mama" but I think they're just sounds without meaning. It still makes me smile when I hear it, though. :) His first actual communication is the sign for "more". Granny's been doing sign language with him and now he uses "more" all the time when he's eating. Apparently, he loves puffs and Mum Mums.
I can't think of much else at the moment, but I'll try to be better about writing in when there's something interesting. :) Our Flickr page has a lot of photos (including some amazing professional photos taken when he was 8.5 months old), so check them out if you haven't had the chance.
