McKay - 11 Months

A few things about McKay:

• He LOVES to walk (or run) around the house holding on to Mommy or Daddy's hands. He has excellent balance but just needs the confidence to walk on his own. Probably this month...
• He likes to stand alone (this was more at the beginning of the month) and gets a grin on his face that says 'Woah! Look at me!' and wobbles until he falls over on you. Then back up again. He gets such a kick out of that 'game'
• He loves music. Anytime he hears music he starts bobbing his head back and forth, no matter what the source is, including walking down the street in San Francisco last weekend. He will start the music on some of his toys and watch to see if Jordan and I are dancing with him. He usually stops squirming in church when we start to sing a hymn.
  
• McKay loves to be outside. He gets SO excited when I take him out to the grass, especially since he has been sick and has had to stay in. He loves to go for walks and to look at flowers with me... though he still isn't sure what to do with them!
• He wants to eat anything we are eating. He grabs your arm and brings your hand, with the food in it, to his mouth. He is actually pretty strong!
• McKay has started reaching for things. If there is anything close to the edge of the kitchen table or desk (like a stack of newspapers) he will pull it off to the floor. The other day he pulled my water bottle off the desk. Lucky for me, it wasn't full! He is also getting good at seeing where we have put his pacifier and reaching to get it.
  
• He is a very social little guy and wants to see what people around him are doing. He'll usually grin at them if they give him any attention at all. Or if they ignore him he still grins for a minute.
• He has started calling 'Aa' when he wants me. Usually this is when he is waking up or is looking for me around the house.
  
• He has a new fascination with the stereo. Probably because now it is low enough he can reach it. If it is accessible, he will be turning knobs as fast as he can, watching you to see if you see what he is doing, because he knows he isn't supposed to touch it.
  
• Whenever the fridge, the bathroom, the front door, or the pantry doors are open (basically anywhere we don't let him go as he pleases) he bolts to the door as fast as he can. It is funny to watch him start to make his way over until he sees you watching him or starting to head over to it and then he turns on turbo speed.
• McKay loves to clap his hands, give kisses, and wave 'bye bye'.
  
• He loves to explore and touch everything, especially if it makes a noise. He has some toys he knows make noise but hasn't figured out how to get them started so he just hits them as hard has he can until they make noise. This also goes for his little space heater.
  
• McKay always has a grin for you, especially when he wakes up from his naps. He is an easygoing happy little guy.
• McKay likes to have conversations with us consisting of aaas. High aaas then low aaas. He'll keep going as long as you will. He also likes to clap his hands or hit the table, first Dad or Mom then McKay, back and forth. We usually tire of this game much sooner than Mr. McKay will!
• Just in the last week or so he has started doing high fives and giving you five. Another new and very fun game!
• McKay is pretty funny when I vacuum. He crawls from room to room as fast as he can, usually he doesn't stay in the room I am in but he'll peek around the corner at me. Once in a while he'll sit and watch the vacuum for a minute and then he is off again.

We love our sweet little boy and are so thankful to have him in our family.