William, Month Twelve

Happy Birthday, Baby William!

William spent his last month as an infant enjoying his music class, library story time, indoor playgrounds, and the Early Childhood Education room at Kidspace. 

Hanging out at Kidspace

 

Family picture at Peekaboo Playland

But his new favorite activity is going to "baby gym," the same Tot Time at Pacific Park Community Center where I once took Beatrice and Arthur.

 

 

Still not quite ready for crayons:

 

Eventually he always goes back to eating them

Feeling pretty proud of himself after climbing into this chair:

 

And then, using it to reach Beatrice and Arthur's toy castle:

He still only says one consistent word - "Daddy" - but he can point to lots of pictures in his baby word book, including "duck," "dog," and "baby."  I'm looking forward to hearing more from him soon.

Even with all the excitement of Christmas, everyone took some time this month to celebrate William turning one.

William spent his birthday in Austin with Mamo, Suzan, Naresh, Mina, James, Julie, Maureen, Paul, Rosemary, and Louis.  They got him his own special cake and he unwrapped presents.

And this Sunday we're having a little party in the park for William and his friends.

The party invitation:

And some outtakes from his birthday photo shoot:

Happy Birthday, William! I've had so much fun getting to know you over the last year!  We love you more every day!