13 months

You are 13 months old. I need to be better at maintaining your blog. Between uploading pictures, videos, and stories on facebook and texting relatives I forget to write on your blog as well.
You mimic sounds now. Whale noises from the sound lamb; the funny noises we make when we play with you. You can say the words:
Uby (ruby), hot, light, wow, dut (truck, New word this week!), bay bo (belly button. New word this week!), hat, bye, hi, hello, we are working on the word up. You yell out for DAD! DADDY! (I think you learned that from the neighbor girls!) You are an amazing source of energy. You may look like mama but you take after dada! Life is too much of an adventure to sit around and veg out/relax! You want to explore everything. You are taking an hour and 45 min nap in the morning and then fighting an afternoon nap. You'd love to go to bed by 5pm, but we stretch you to at least 6pm. You wake up usually around 5am and "sleep in" till 5:45am. I'm sleeping in your room at night because you have several wake ups but if I shush you you fall right back to sleep rather than work yourself up into hysterics. You are a funny funny hambone. You make us laugh every day.
This week Granda Kiss and Lisa are visiting. We facetime so often that you seem to recognize them right away.

One year old

It happened. You turned ONE YEAR OLD! I don't know where this year has gone! I want to confess something. When I put you to bed, I spend the next hour or so looking at old pictures and videos of you. I just can't get enough. My new favorite thing to do now that you've turned one is to look at pictures of you exactly a year ago to the day to see the difference. It's amazing. When I look at you, I think "I'll never forget how you look right now at this moment". But then you keep getting older and you change so quickly. I just love being your mama. Part of me is sad that this baby year is over, but you keep getting more and more fun so I have so much to look forward too. You say "Ruby (Ooey or Re-you is what it turns out to be), Light, Hot, Hello, Hi, Oh, Ooh, Wow, Woah, Dada". You clap your hands, do happy head, point. You took 2 steps, but seem to prefer crawling because you are faster at crawling. You put a cup up to your face and take a sip. I'm working on teaching you how to blow a kiss. You are just my little buddy and I can't seem to remember life without you. It feels like you've always been with us! Happy First Birthday dear Alistair Charles Woodbury. Thank you for blessing our lives.