1. he’s still not walking, just standing and then promptly looking around for everyone to notice and clap, or one person to notice and tell everyone else, “look at anders!” upon which everyone notices and claps.
2. the desperate giggle/cry that he does juuuuust before he’s about to make contact with nana (nursing)
3. the way he’ll take food in his mouth, food i know he likes, and if he’s not interested he opens his mouth and just lets it fall out and onto his lap or the ground like it ain’t no thing; you’ll clean that up later, mom, right?
4. the way he wakes up in bed, so cuddly and smiley and will actually lay his head on my chest for a cuddle
5. his naughtiness; keeping anders alive is a 24/7 job, moreso than i remember with parker! he climbs anything he possibly can, such that sometimes we overturn our kitchen chairs just to give ourselves a break from the constant monitoring
6. the way he will just crawl over to the book nook, no announcement necessary (not sure what an announcement would look like anyway), and begin flipping through all the board books that are at his level. standing up, grabbing one, flipping through it, throwing it off to the side, standing up, grabbing one… repeat.
7. his feet. i cannot get enough of his feet. watching them while he stands is especially cute. when he goes up on tiptoes! gosh i could stare at baby feet all day long.
8. the way he very much prefers to fall asleep on me on the couch at night and go up when i do, instead of being put in a crib closer to 8 pm.
9. his hair. it’s sometimes a rat’s nest these days and he don’t care, not one bit.
10. the way he cranes his neck in the car to see the tv screen if a movie is on. (sorry, rear-facing child!)
11. the way he’s already beginning to hold his own and exert his opinions (especially if big brother parker does something he doesn’t like)
12. um… everything? i adore this child.
He's seriously THE cutest ever! And his hair is like my favorite, well along with everything else about him!
He is beyond darling!
oh my gosh, the desperate anticipation just before nursing is like my favorite favorite thing of ALL TIME!!! there is nothing like it. i love that he still does it at 14 months! sweet boy! he seems like such a love.
Lololol #1 is cracking me up! Uhhh why isn't everyone looking at me and clapping??? lololol 🙂
that little laugh/giggle before nursing…I remember that! We did the same thing with the chairs for our second…she was/is a nut!! 🙂
Parker is the spitting image of Steve, and I love seeing your face in Anders'! Good work you two 🙂
Awwww, love this. I remember #1. The praise. My kid would do anything for the praise. "Oh this noise got me a laugh? Better do it again and again and again and again…"