Will - 11 Months Old

William Aaron ~ 11 Months Old

• Favorite song: 3 Little Ducks. When he wants to sing it he does the "over the hill" motion with his hand.
• Loves bath time more than ever, especially when shared with Olivia. I have to close the sliding glass doors to keep all the splashing in! His favorite bath toys are the yellow rubber duck, the green bowl (which he uses to "wet his hair" just like Livi and Mommy - he rarely succeeds actually pouring water on his hair), and any squirty toy he can actually squeeze water out of.
• Favorite games: following Olivia around EVERYWHERE, pass the toy back and forth (and back and forth and back and forth, etc.), tug of war (using his table utensils, the TV remote, or any other toy/object), hide and seek with Daddy and Olivia, peek-a-boo, putting things in and out (and in and out and in and out, etc.) of ANYTHING (including garbage cans, yuck!), knocking down towers, hammering and "fixing" things with Livi's tools, stacking and nesting his cups, "reading" - otherwise known as eating - his books, playing with his farm and zoo animals (he can roar like a lion), and playing cars/trucks.
• Favorite foods (eating ALL big boy food now!): PB&J sandwiches, waffles, bananas, carrots, apples, blueberries, pierogies, scrambled eggs, English muffins, yogurt bites, applesauce (especially the GoGo Squeeze packs he can manage by himself), ravioli, chicken nuggets, french toast, and yogurt (especially peach), avocado
• Getting more and more comfortable taking 3-5 steps at a time.
• Wearing 12 month size clothes.
• Hates wearing pants. He is constantly taking them off! Every morning and after every nap I come in to find him pantless, pants thrown on the floor! Thankfully he's only taken off his diaper a few times. 
• Using his voice more and more! 
• "Pretend" cries and whines to get attention. 
• Loves the vacuum and will use Olivia's pink vacuum to "help" Mommy.
• Favorite toys: toy broom, toy vacuum, cars, blocks, farm/zoo animals, echo microphones, baby doll, nesting cups, TV remote, shoes (doesn't matter whose shoes), orange toy hammer, stackable rings, whatever toy Olivia is playing with.
• Came down with a really bad cold this month, cried more in 3 days than he has in his entire 11 months thus far (perhaps an exaggeration, but let's just say it was obvious he was miserable). 
• Drank laundry detergent. Yup. You read that right. While I was in the bathroom he somehow managed to unscrew the laundry detergent lid and proceeded to take a swig (or 2 or 3, not sure). When I found him he had already vomited what I suspect was most of it back up. A phone call to the Poison Control and a few cups of juice later, he was back to his cheerful self. Other than a few - let's call them "peculiar" diapers, he showed no other symptoms. SO lucky. Needless to say - we are now MEGA poison proofed in our home.
• Loves to lounge on Livi's princess couch. (see photos below)
• Still the sweetest boy on the block.