11 months old!

Friday Jamie turned 11 months old. I tried to take his block photos on my own, but that is increasingly difficult given how quick Jamie is these days. So, as we were spending the weekend in Eastbourne, we did a few more there where there were more hands and faces to distract him. You can see the best below.

This month Jamie is definitely the explorer child. He loves crawling into other rooms to see what trouble he can get into. He particularly loves Remmy's crate, opening and shutting drawers, doors, cupboards. He's getting pretty good at nesting his stacking cars in the right order. He's got two more teeth, you think it would be his front two, but nope...no front teeth yet, it's the two either side of the front two--we just call him vampire baby. This weekend he learned to go down stairs on his own. Paul's parents have a split level house with several short flights of stairs and we were following him up and down them all weekend. He's also getting very steady on his feet these days and has stood on his own several times after letting go of something and not realizing. Oh and he started swimming lessons. He was very nervous and clingy the first week, but each week he's gotten more confident and this week he was even jumping from a seated position off the edge into my arms.

Onto the photos:



Showing off some of his tricks:

How big is Jamie....SO BIG!

Bang! Bang!

The only two good ones from the photo shoot at home:



this one is for you kimmy!

Auntie Kimmy bought Jamie his first car for Christmas (hoping she'll buy his first actual car at 16-hint, hint!) and I think he's getting the hang of it. He must be learning from his mommy who passed her UK driving test earlier this month:

The video can also be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Aryh3HsFc

jamie's new hang outs

Jamie loves to explore other rooms. He gives me a cheeky look over his shoulder and goes crawling as fast as he can out of the living room. If he goes for the kitchen, he either climbs to stand under his highchair or, more likely he goes to splash out the water in Remmy's bowl. I'm just thankful Remmy eats all of her meals, or I'm sure he'd be helping himself to that too. His other favorite destination is Remmy's crate in the dining room. The first time it happened, Remmy just sat outside and watched. She's getting used to it now. Here are some photos and there are a few more on Flickr:

And here's a cute one just for good measure:

clap-clap, bang-bang

Jamie (finally) started clapping on Monday this week. The 'books' say clapping can begin between 6-8 months. Guess he's been too busy motoring around to be bothered to clap. But now that he's got it, he's definitely got it. I can't stop him, he's so pleased with himself. He also has learned go bang-bang too, though this has been going on for a while now. Here's a video to show you his new tricks:



You can also view it here: http://www.youtube.com/embed/wC-eOuAgC1o

one step closer

Jamie is getting around like a bullet these days, on all fours and on his two legs...with help. Here's some proof:



Also viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiIsu4W1v3Y

And...


Also viewable here: http://www.youtube.com/embed/1BUrVG2ebiY