1 year appointment

ETA: I wrote this on 6/30, but didn't publish it for some reason. Here it is after the fact...

Yesterday we took G in for his 1 year appointment with Dr. Okorn. While we were waiting G thought it was cool to sit in the toy box. It was funny. He liked stepping into it.

He is growing well--weighing in at 23 pounds (~50th percentile), measuring 30 inches long (~50th percentile), and with a head circumference of 19 inches (~90th percentile).

We got the green light to stop bottle feeding cold turkey, which means when he wakes up hungry in the morning I've got to be ready with something good to eat. This morning I started some oatmeal in the rice cooker when I got up to see mom and dad off for their 6 am flight at 3am. What am I going to do when I don't have to get up in the the middle of the night?! He's becoming a champ at drinking out of a straw and from sippy cups. He even has his own Camelbak bite & sip water bottle that he loves.

At one year he is not walking yet, but not for lack of trying. He's a little bit timid, and would much rather hold onto two hands when he's trying to walk (or better yet, be carried where he wants to go as he points the way). He doesn't stand without leaning on something, again he seems a little frightened about the whole thing. He is incredibly mobile nonetheless. He's crawling all over the place now and rides his truck all over the house. He's funny on the truck--when he wants to turn, instead of using the steering wheel and turning, he just uses his legs and pivots the whole thing. Miles doesn't seem to mind the truck, despite a few near crashes--for an eleven year old he's quite nimble. Garrison still thinks that Miles is the greatest thing ever. By my count he can repeat 3 words--uh oh, da da & dog (sounds like "dat" with a really soft t), although I think that he only really gets dog. He's a really jokester. He likes to play this coughing game, where he fake coughs with you. I'm a little concerned that he'll start doing it in public and cause a panic about him being ill or something. He thinks it's really funny, though, and I like that he has a good sense of humor.