One is Fun

As we were recovering from the big birthday party, we spent some quality time just playing with our big boy! 

First, we had his one year doctor's appointment. Barrett is in the 90th percentile in height and the 80th percentile in weight.  He's such a big boy!  (However, I can't seem to find clothes to FIT him!  The 12 month pants are too short, and the 18 month pants are way to big!  Those seem to be my 2 options.)  The doctor was impressed that Barrett was able to say more than just "mama" and "dada."  As you can see below, he doesn't have a huge vocabulary my any means, but he has mastered a few words.

 Then, we went to College Station to see Gamma and Poppy on our way to Houston.  For some reason, Barrett always decides to learn something new while we are there.  Gamma and Poppy have a ring stack toy that lights up and plays music.  While Barrett's never really shown much interest in this toy before (we have one at home too ... but it's not nearly as fancy!), he became obsessed with stacking the rings on the post.  He had never been able to do this before.  And since he's starting to repeat things we say, we thought it would be funny to teach him to say "boom" each time he stacked a ring.  Each time he stacked a ring he looked up at us and said, "beeaaaauuum" with a sparkle in his eye.  He was so proud of himself!

Daddy and Barrett at Gamma and Poppy's House

Next, we headed to Houston because I had a wedding shower for one of my sorority sisters.  Which meant we got to visit Aunt Lindsey AND see all of his Zeta Aunts!

 Playing With Aunt Lindsey at the Park

 Not So Sure About this Sliding Business

 Thought This Picture was Sweet

 Zeta Aunt Kellie!

Barrett is also learning so many new words and ways to communicate. 

 Somehow he learned to say "Where Did It Go" by putting his palms up and saying "go?"

Wondering where his pancake is ... He ate it.  

 

Here he is wondering what I'm doing while I was cooking dinner.  I looked down because I heard him saying "go?   go?"


He's also learning to say "please."

 Barrett's favorite toys still seem to be his books ...

... but he is also loving his new toys he got for his birthday!

His "GoGo"

He will scoot around the house on this fire engine while saying "go go go go."  He loves to move!

This is his other "GoGo." Whenever he notices one of these toys laying around the house he points at it and says "GoGo!"

Current Barrett-isms

Signing "more" EVERYTIME he wants food ... not just when he wants more food

"no NO" = no

"ma ma " = mommy

"da da " = daddy

"dOOOOOOO" = down

"yeeawww"/ "ya" = yeah

"baaaw" = ball

"caw caw caw" = car 

"goh goh goh" = go (especially when he sees a car driving down the street)

"ba ba ba ba" while waving to himself = bye bye

"go?" = where'd it go?

"pease" = please (while rubbing his whole chest and tummy"

"gogo" = I want to play with my walker

"esss" = yes

"beauum" = boom

"shez" = shoes

"shew" = bless you (I think ... he says this every time he hears a sneeze)