11 Months

Zay Bear is changing so fast...just want to get these down before he turns one in a few weeks! Eeeek! Can't believe that time has already come.

Just a few weeks ago, he started signing "please". Usually he's screaming for more food when it's not coming fast enough. Not wanting to reinforce the screaming, I started teaching him for "more" like I had done with my other two children. He had done it few times when prompted, but I knew that he really understood when I was holding a toy that he wanted, and he preceded to sign "please". Smart boy. Good at getting what he wants. He also started doing this grunting thing as he reaches for something and raises his eyebrows to show you that he wants something. And now when we say "all done", he usually takes off his bib or raises his hands to imitate the sign for "all done". Saying "uh oh" when he drops something is a new favorite thing also.

He loves to sing! Since a couple months back, he started saying "ahhhh" at the end of our dinner prayer song (A Korean prayer song that Peter sang growing up that has now become party of our daily traditions) when we sing "Amen". Now when we sing that song, or when I sing to him before bed, he "sings" along in his own little way. Sometimes when I hum to him, he will hum back.

Zay Bear has also discovered dancing to music. Just today, he was dancing (which consists of holding onto something and bouncing up and down enthusiastically) watching /listening to the Wiggles. So fun!

Just last weekend, he stood for several seconds by himself for the first time! He's a very good crawler, so I don't know what will motivate him to start walking. He doesn't seem so interested yet. But he will stand and loves it when we clap for him in delight!

More updates on his dohl when he turns one in a few weeks!