Kemper turns 11 months old!

We are T minus 1 month from our baby boy turning ONE YEARS OLD!! This truly has flown by, even faster than Peyton's first year.  Its hard to believe that its already been 11 months. Our sweet Kemper continues to be such a blessing to our entire family.  He is sweet, sensitive, determined, and unafraid of physical challenges.  Here's what he's been up to the last month.

Sleeping:
Besides a few nights here and there where Kemper woke up to be soothed back to sleep due to teething, he continues to be a great sleeper.  His usual is bed around 7:30 or 8:00 and he sleeps between 11 and 12 hours straight.  He still sleeps with his white noise, in a sleep sac, and with his pacifier.  He prefers to put himself to sleep rather than being cuddled or rocked to sleep, which makes it very easy for us!  We toyed this month with cutting his naps down to 1 per day (as we thought he was showing signs he was ready), but we quickly realized that he indeed was not ready for this change.  So, that being said he is still napping twice per day for an hour and a half to two hours each nap.  He usually does ok to skip his first nap if we really need to be out and about doing something, but certainly much prefers to be napping twice per day.

Eating:
Kemper is our little picky eater.  Some days he eats great, and others he could take or leave food, including his bottle.  We are still transitioning to sippy cups, which he is doing better with, but we are not yet ready to ditch the bottle entirely.  I was just saying this morning though that I think I'll push the sippy cup even more, as I don't really think he would miss the bottle at all.  He's eating anything and everything, but really likes pickles, tofu, green beans, peas, squeezy fruit packets, and carrots.  His bottle is usually about 6oz, 3 times per day. 

Clothing:
Kemper is currently wearing 18 month clothing.

Doctor Visits:
Kemper came down with pink eye in both his eyes at the end of this month.  And of course it happened on a holiday (Peyton also got pink eye on a holiday).  John took him to the walk in clinic and got drops and he was much better after just a day.  Even with all the goop in his eyes and them watering all over the place, he was as happy as can be.

Milestones/likes/habits:

• Started saying "mama", "all done (sign language and sometimes verbally too)", "uh-oh."
• Started waving bye-bye
• clicks his tongue
• favorite toy is his golf ball
• really liked to play with (and un-tie) all the ties on his crib bumper
• wants to eat and play with anything his sister has
• loves the bath (and can't get him to stop standing up in the bath)
• Doesn't mind having water poured over his face while washing in the bath (total opposite of his sister in the matter)
• putting everything in his mouth
• starting to stand on his own for about 10 seconds without holding onto anything
• cruising around furniture
• trying really hard to get him into books (we try to read to him once a day), but his attention span with this is about 2 minutes if that.
• getting nearly impossible to get him dressed and change his diaper on the changing table and he is rolling over and squirming everywhere.
• still loves his uncle Todd
• This month, we are planning on taking away his pacifier all together during the day and only allowing him to have it while sleeping.