13 months: Walkin' and Talkin'

On your mark.  Get set. GO! Vrrrrm, Vrrrrmmm.....Annnnnnd, He's Off!  Our little man started walking the day he turned 13 months old.  He started taking a step or two to get from one object to another about a month ago. He even surprised us with about 5 straight steps to my mother on his 1st birthday, but not much else until Februrary 16th.  I'm not sure if there is something in the brain that just "clicks" or if he just didn't have the confidence to try it on his own until then, but once he started taking a few steps (when there was nothing close to him to get to), he became a pro in less than a day's time.  He is now walking everywhere and crawls only when he trips and needs to find the nearest object to pull himself up on to take off again.  He hasn't figured out how to stand up on his own without the help of a stabilizing object, but he's working on it.

Zach has started talking much more this month.  He prefers to verbalize noises that animals or trucks make over real words, and I think it is just hillarious.  When asked what "Abby dog says?" He replies "Woof, Woof." He also say's meow, Vrrrrmmm (for truck), ball, bottle (although I can proudly say we put those away for good two days ago), bubbles,cheese, Abby (sounds more like Adda), Momma, and Dada.  He points at everything and says "Wassdat."  or "dat" I'm not so sure that he is actually asking about what the object is, but we humor him and repeat over and over the name of the thing he is pointing at (usually a ceiling fan or light switch).

He is being transitioned into the toddler room at daycare this month, so they have started him on one nap a day. I'm not too thrilled about the one nap thing, I don't think he's ready yet, but I love that the toddler room is going to be more stimulating for his growing brain. They do arts and crafts every day, have circle time, reading time, and music time. 

Zach still has four teeth (3 on the bottom, and one on the top).  I keep thinking that a few more are going to pop through any day, but it has been a month since we've had any teeth action.  Maybe we'll see a change in month 14!