Stats for the Books

His first birthday is on Saturday, but Lincoln had his first year well visit with his pediatrician today. Here are the stats for the history books:

Height: 30 1/2 inches/75th %ile
Weight: 23 lbs 7 oz/ 50th %ile
Head Circumference: 48 cm/ 90th %ile

His weight dropped on the charts (percentile-wise) a little but that is normal. We're so glad he's a healthy growin' boy.

What Lincoln does now...

1. Waves bye
2. Almost walks independently
3. Can stand independently for a few seconds
4. Loves to push his "Cars" car/walker with the music on
5. Found him this morning playing with a bath toy in the toilet and having a blast
6. Says "mama" and "dada" and has a lot of cute jargon
7. Loves to flip light switches
8. Loves to pull out books, CDs, DVD's, toilet paper out of the roll, pots and pans out of the cabinets, etc.
9. Can use crayons to color on paper
10. Points and leans to things he wants
11. Understands "more" and a few other simple words
12. Enjoys graham crackers, watermelon, yogurt, bananas, NOODLES, string cheese, pretzels, or anything that might represent the shape of a noodle...
13. Sleeps 10 1/2-11 hours at night, with two 1 1/2 naps during the day
14. Uses a high pitched voice when around babies and has learned to be "softer" with them
15. Laughs and even gives courtesy laughs
16. Has started to "show off" a little bit when people come to our home
17. However, he has a lot of stranger anxiety right now and with babysitters. He has cried for a while the last few times when being babysat. He has been very clingy to me (the mom:)) which is flattering, but a little tiring!

 18. He has brought us so much joy and we are so glad he has joined our family!

I, Annalisa, started going back to work last week at a local middle school. I actually work with a few of the same kids I worked with last year that have moved up from the neighboring elementary school. A couple of the kids seem to have grown quite a bit. It is really fun and I love being in the educational setting. I think it is also good for Lincoln to be without me for at least a few hours at a time and learn to be ok!