11 Months
Jeriah is still 22 lbs about 30" tall. He is getting longer and taller. Soon he will no longer be our little baby. He will be called a toddler after a month.
He still hasn't said any words, although sometimes it sounds like he tries to mimic what we say to him. He does understand when we tell him words like "No", "Look", "Come/Lets Go", "Let's Eat", "Prayer", "All done", "Water/Milk", "Hello/Goodbye"... Of course we say these words in Spanish as well... And sometimes in Chinese if we have learned how to say it. But we are still waiting on the Mama or Papa to be directed at us if he says it.
Since the end of last month he has started to walk with support from whatever he can hold on too but now he has let go! Once in a while he will let go and stand without support! He has even taken a step with out support! But he won't do it if we tell him to. He does it without notice. (Which explains the difficulty of taking his picture when he does.) But he prefers to crawl everywhere for now. Which in itself is challenging for mommy and daddy. We can't imagine how it will be when he does start walking! Watch out!
He is getting to be more clingy and likes to cuddle with us sometimes. We relish those moments because they usually don't last very long. He wants to stay active exploring and crawling around. He is also very "vocal", either just enjoying the different sounds he makes, or when he laughs aloud, but also when he wants to be heard. So throwing a tantrum is not accepted by us and we are trying to teach him that that is not how you get what you want. Instead we try to teach him to sign for it. (For example: if he wants more food and starts yelling, we tell him "No, not like that", "Do you want more?" then we do the sign for MORE. He started getting it and would do that instead. Even though he would do a clap intead of the actual sign. Good enough.)
We had family visit from Texas this month: Andy's sister Lizzy, her husband and 5 year old daughter. Jeriah had a blast, especially with his cousin Olivia. They got to see a lot of Washington and some of Oregon. There is so much to see and do, but it was too cold and we couldn't do too much outdoor sightseeing. Regardless, it is a beautiful place to see.
Jeriah got some presents from his Aunty Lizzy, one being chinese blocks. It contains a picture of an object, the name of it in English, the Chinese Character and the pronouciation of it. Andy and I love these and started playing with them too! To go along with it we bought him a book called My First Words, with picutes and the English and Chinese word for it. (These are all seen in the pictures below). Speaking of which, we are officially in the Chinese Congregation! We are loving it and can't wait until we get more fluent. That would be funny if Jeriah's first word was in Chinese and we didn't even know it!
He still hasn't said any words, although sometimes it sounds like he tries to mimic what we say to him. He does understand when we tell him words like "No", "Look", "Come/Lets Go", "Let's Eat", "Prayer", "All done", "Water/Milk", "Hello/Goodbye"... Of course we say these words in Spanish as well... And sometimes in Chinese if we have learned how to say it. But we are still waiting on the Mama or Papa to be directed at us if he says it.
Since the end of last month he has started to walk with support from whatever he can hold on too but now he has let go! Once in a while he will let go and stand without support! He has even taken a step with out support! But he won't do it if we tell him to. He does it without notice. (Which explains the difficulty of taking his picture when he does.) But he prefers to crawl everywhere for now. Which in itself is challenging for mommy and daddy. We can't imagine how it will be when he does start walking! Watch out!
He is getting to be more clingy and likes to cuddle with us sometimes. We relish those moments because they usually don't last very long. He wants to stay active exploring and crawling around. He is also very "vocal", either just enjoying the different sounds he makes, or when he laughs aloud, but also when he wants to be heard. So throwing a tantrum is not accepted by us and we are trying to teach him that that is not how you get what you want. Instead we try to teach him to sign for it. (For example: if he wants more food and starts yelling, we tell him "No, not like that", "Do you want more?" then we do the sign for MORE. He started getting it and would do that instead. Even though he would do a clap intead of the actual sign. Good enough.)
We had family visit from Texas this month: Andy's sister Lizzy, her husband and 5 year old daughter. Jeriah had a blast, especially with his cousin Olivia. They got to see a lot of Washington and some of Oregon. There is so much to see and do, but it was too cold and we couldn't do too much outdoor sightseeing. Regardless, it is a beautiful place to see.
Jeriah got some presents from his Aunty Lizzy, one being chinese blocks. It contains a picture of an object, the name of it in English, the Chinese Character and the pronouciation of it. Andy and I love these and started playing with them too! To go along with it we bought him a book called My First Words, with picutes and the English and Chinese word for it. (These are all seen in the pictures below). Speaking of which, we are officially in the Chinese Congregation! We are loving it and can't wait until we get more fluent. That would be funny if Jeriah's first word was in Chinese and we didn't even know it!
Playing with a friend
Playing Peek- a -Boo with daddy's hat
Cuddling with mommy while both sick
"Baby it's cold outside!"
He started raising his hand when he would see someone raise their hand at the meeting.
Starting to stand without support!
Side note: we no longer have Romeo. We decided it was time for a new family to care for him. Due to our simplifying our lives, we felt that we could not care for him like we once could. It meant our time (which we have less of since we are studying more and spending less time at home due to the Chinese congregation) and of course we couldn't afford him anymore either. We miss him but know that he is with a loving family that cares for him as we did. We also felt that the sooner the better before Jeriah gets too attached.
Goodbye Romeo...
