29 and 11

My oh my, my boys are growing so fast....and for once I want to do this post at the stroke of midnight as Callum turns 11 months.

* Wildly curly haired Reuben you: *

Adore pleasing

Adore learning

Adore being adored

Say 'ba-na-na" so beautifully

Say "a-wadja-wadja-wadja"

Imitate Callum's lip revving and blowing raspberries

Give everything to Callum now to teeth on, glasses, hearing aid and speech valve included. Oh dear!

Use the naughty finger at Mama

Absolutely love school

Learn and repeat new signs from a single demo: friend, witch and I've now stopped counting the number of signs you express
Knew the entire alphabet song at 23 months and I've watched it ever since and yet I still cannot get over how much I love your sign for "j" (scoop your pinky finger in the shape of a j")

Like to walk everywhere unless you're hanging out with Callum and then you'll want to crawl just like him

Spin round and round in circles til I'm giddy watching you

Love to tickle Callum, love to be tickled
Are starting to drink from a sippy cup again and eat mini pretzels as you've accomplished so much in the last year, that we lost track of feeding therapy

At times are so tickled with excitement, you'll race off in a crawl, nodding your head from side to side and having not the slightest intention of where you're headed with that excitement

Try to teach Callum to sign by taking his hands when I say "Show baby Callum the sign for..."

Giggle wildly with excitement everytime you see Callum

* Callum on the move you: *

Have genuine delight and happiness from making others happy

Crawl everywhere, finally on all fours and less of the commando crawl

Cruise furniture, holding on with one hand
Have arches developing in your feet

Love to eat wholegrain toast and will rarely take a meal unless there's a bit of toast included

Have had the same 5 teeth you've had for the last 2 months and not a tooth more
Still have the same thin, fine and straight hair

Have an extraordinary sense of hearing, turning your head at the slightest sound

Love to blow raspberries on your arms and of late, on my belly in return for all the raspberries and kisses I've blown on your belly

Love to be tickled

Can drink from a juice box straw by yourself which I only discovered after leaving down such a drink and seeing you'd later picked it up and were enjoying what you've previously left behind

Are now loving books and will "turn the page" when I ask you to and it makes me think, what else do you understand that I'm saying

Start clapping your hands as soon as I say the opening line "If you're happy and..."

Are so absolutely beautiful and gorgeous, I could stare at you forever
Have changed so much from the 9 month old who wanted to follow me wherever I went and would cry when I was out of sight as now you...

Love to go on little expeditions by yourself around the house, mapping out the terrain in your head and finding your own special places to explore

Remind me that your needs and wants are as much a part of our lives as are Reuben's and that allows me to step back from all the giddiness of appointments and have beautiful moments just with you

Giggle wildly with excitement everytime you see Reuben

Are making me quite tearful at the thought you're going to be one so soon from now