Micah Owen, you are 11 months old!
You are walking! You started the month working on your balance and getting stronger. You were able to stand and squat down a couple times and stand back up without falling. At the beginning of January you began taking tentative steps when we encouraged you. It started off with 2 or 3 and then you worked up to 5. Just a week ago you were doing closer to 10 steps and you are often getting up to walk around without our encouragement. Now you are trying to pick up speed and run, which is not ending well for you. Slow down buddy!
Micah you have become fascinated with throwing your toys down the stairs to watch them go down. At the end of the day the stairs are covered in toys and anything else you can find and put through or over the gate. At the end of the month you cut two more teeth and you are up to four teeth now!
This past month you celebrated your first Christmas. On Christmas Eve we had Grandpa over to eat breakfast outside. After breakfast, we took you and your brothers to the snow to go sledding. While you weren't big enough to sled, we did pull you around on the sled and you enjoyed that. But, once you were cold you were done with the snow. Christmas day was low key for you as you explored the boxes, wrapping paper, and your brother's toys.
The other big highlight this month for you was sharing a rental house for our annual New Years Trip with the Kaetzel's. Due to Covid, this was only the second time you've been in a home with people outside of Team O. We thought you might be more overwhelmed, but you loved the attention! You did not, however, like sleeping in a new location and were up more often than usual and needed more comfort from us.
Lately you have been enjoying our family walks at the beach and hikes in the mud. Mama or Papa usually wears you in the carrier on our backs and you are just as happy as can be. Though you are usually trying to lean to the side to see what your brothers are up to.
Here are photos from your 11 month of life!
