Lucas at 12 months

Lucas at 12 months is so.much.fun.

I could laugh all day with my silly, charming, vocal, loving little boy. He makes my heart so happy.

Eating
He's staging a strong and steady revolt against veggies. If he doesn't want to eat something, he just throws it on the floor which was cute at first but has quickly gotten old. If he had his way, he would eat watermelon and frozen raspberries all day long. Throw in a peanut butter sandwich every once in a while, and he'd be happy as a clam.


Sleeping

He's still rocking his two naps and sleeping through the night as well. He's perfectly fine, though, when he misses a nap or stays up really late which is nice and flexible for us.

Playing
He loves to crawl all over us and wrestle. If I'm on the floor, he'll crawl on top of me, drum on my belly, give me raspberries on my legs and neck. Try to entice me to tickle him. And then he laughs like a wild man.

He lunges out of my arms all the time, trying to get down to do his crazy bear crawl all over the place.

Speaking of crawling -- we finally have a walker! He will walk about five steps, usually from one of us to the other. Then he stops and claps for himself. He still very much prefers his bear crawl because it gets him where he wants to go faster.

He's completely obsessed with books. He wakes up at six every morning and I go and put a bunch of books in his bed so he can read and I can keep sleeping.

He says "mama" over and over and over again in a very shouty voice pretty much all day, every day.

Bath time is a huge hit, as is the pool. He's gotten so brave about getting water dumped on his head, and he likes to put his face down in the water to drink the water. He splashes like a hurricane and douses the entire floor.

I think if I let him, he'd dance all day long. We listen to Spotify on the television, so he will crawl over the tv stand and start dancing and pointing to the tv until we turn on his music. Then he bounces and points his little finger. Such a trip.

How he's like mom

• Loud and bossy
• Morning person
• Strong-willed
• Bookworm
  

How he's like dad 

• Introverted: He likes people but he needs time to himself to get recharged
• He's got rhythm -- great dancer and great drummer
• Flirty
• Strong-willed