Kenneth's First Year

Milestones and Anecdotes

Is regularly taking one or two steps at a time 8/20/2001

Crawled down the stairs at "Uncle" Dave Grooters 8/19/2001

took about three steps from the Morris Chair to the love seat 8/17/2001

Found the blue Lego when I asked him 8/1/2001

Mimics us all the time, has many many "one time deal" words, that he has repeated after us once, but not again. ie. "Tigger"

said "cheese" at dinner 7/31/2001

HE CLAPPED!!! 7/31/2001

Says "home" when we say "Wee, Wee, Wee, Wee, All the way Home!" during "This Little Piggy" 7/30/2001 & If we say "Home," he holds his foot up for more piggy fun.

"reads" his books, he knows whats coming on the next page and beats us to it saying the word. (Opposites Book, "Light" & "Bye" also "Meet Little Tex" he says, "bye" 7/28/2001

Fell out of the high chair at Jake's 7/28/2001

First Fever (Roseola) 7/27/2001 (The rash appeard on 7/30/2001)

recognizes and names "ducks" of all kinds toy, real, pictures, etc. 7/27/2001

7/26/2001 Recognized and named "Pooh" when he saw him on a video tape at the grocery store.

7/23/2001 Climbed stairs at Carol & Charlie Atkin's During Playgroup.

Puts spheres into shape sorter with ease, and triangles with some care 7/13/2001

Has been saying "Kitty," "Car," & "Duck" 7/13/2001

Says "Bubbles," "Diaper," & "Doggy" 7/13/2001

another word string, "blue ball" 7/13/2001

Graduated to "walkers" class in Gymboree 7/12/2001

Says "Go" as you are putting him into his carseat, then asks for "bear" 7/12/2001

Asks for "Bear" when he's on the changing table 7/12/2001

Said "Baby" when he saw the Northern Toilet Tissue in the grocery store 7/10/2001

"Bowl" 7/9/2001

First Sentence "Bye Da" 7/9/2001

said "blue" 7/8/2001

Said "Book" 7/7/2001

Stood Alone for 9 full seconds 7/7/2001

Said "Bath" 7/7/2001

Said "Go" 7/1/2001

Used a spoon to feed himself 6/19/2001

Took a half step (with no hands) in the playpen. Witnessed by Mommy, Daddy & Ellie the babysitter 6/16/2001

Put Shape into Tupperware Shape Sorter (Circle) 6/6/2001

Also Says "Bye Bye", "Light", "Mama", "Dada"

Says "Baw" (Ball) 5/30/2001

Played Peek-A-Boo (Covered his eyes with his hands) in the check out at Babie's-R-Us 5/30/2001

tries to take the very top block off without knocking a tower over 5/28/2001

learned to drink from a straw (A limeade from Braum's) 5/27/2001

crawls after us if we leave the room 5/23/2001

Stood alone for about a heartbeat 5/22/2001

said "colors" when Lyle was talking about his book about colors 5/17/2001

puts his hands on his head when we ask him to 5//2001

points regularly 5/17/2001

put his hands on his head when Mommy & Daddy did it 5/16/2001

said "hair" 5/14/2001

turned the pages of his book while Mommy reads to him 5/13/2001

Uses the pincer grasp 5/9/01

Waves and says "Hai!" 5/5/2001

pointed to stars on Mommy's T-shirt 5/5/2001

Is almost pointing 4/30/2001

Asked for "NaNa" (Noni?) so we called her 4/29/2001

says Mama and Dada regularly 4/29/2001

Looks at Mommy, Daddy, Kitty & Light when asked 4/28/2001

Stood in Crib (at new position) 4/28/2001

around 4/20/2001 He started making bubb bubb bubb noises with his hand on his mouth

crawled about 4/18/2001

Pulled up to standing in crib 4/5/01 (we lowered the crib matress again and removed the bumper pad)

Is not crawling yet, but is improving his technique, alternates hands when scooting 4/4/2001

pulled to standing on back of love seat 4/2/2001

pulled to standing on orange foam block 4/1/01

Got into a seated position by himself 3/29/2001 (we lowered the crib matress)

We took the infant swing to the attic 3/27/2001 (he had not used it in a while)

First Bruise: bumped head on trunk in Mommy & Daddy's room 3/27/2001

First Word: Said "Bye Bye" (and waved) to Waitress at Kabob & Kurry 3/23/2001

Looks at the light when Noni asked, "Kenneth, where's the light?" 3/24/2001

waved bye bye to Noni and Tony 3/10/2001

First Bloody Nose (3/10/2001) From doing a nose dive while trying to crawl on the hardwood floor (ouch!)

Played Ball with Mommy 3/4/2001

Fed himself (broccoli) 2/27/2001

Recognizes his name 2/19/2001

Prunes 2/18/2001 These are the best yet!

Moved to the big bathtub 2/16/2001 (He LOVED it!)

Carrots (bleck!) 2/16/2001

Has mastered the "army crawl" 2/15/2001

First Tooth! 2/15/2001

Sat in a restaurant high chair (twice in one day! Friday's & Tequila's) 2/14/2001

held his own sippy cup 2/13/2001

Tried Applesauce (a big hit!) 2/13/2001

Tried Banana (not a big hit) 2/5/2001

Lifted hands to be picked up 1/23/2001

Pushed up to hands and knees 1/23/2001

First solids, rice cereal - 1/22/2001

rode in the regular shopping cart seat at Petsmart - 1/19/2001

began teething (we think!) - 1/16/2001

sits if we put him there - 1/13/2001

Looked down to see a toy as he dropped it - 1/11/2001

Did a mini push up - first week of Jan 2001

pushed himself backward several feet by sliding on floor - 1/5/2001

Leaned out to be held by Tony - 12/30/2000

Scooted around on blanket to face Daddy who was coming in from work, said "Hi!" - 12/26/2000

First Cold - 12/27/2000 - 1/3/2001

Took sip from Mommy's cup - 12/2000

Turned over from Front to Back - 12/17/2000

First Laugh, Mommy was bouncing him up and down on her lap - 11/18/2000 (Mommy &Daddy thought this was so funny too!)

picked up a toy in his play pen (blue telephone rattle) - 11/17/2000

Turned over From Back to Front - 11/14/2000

Reached for rattle with both hands, took it from Mommy - 11/10/2000

Holds Rattle (Polka Dot Rattle) - 11/7/2000

Arches back to "help" us pick him up - 11/4/2000

Reaches for and grasps Big Pal Al, with both hands (Toy) - 11/1/2000

First time out of the country (Mexico) - 10/30/2000

First Airplane Ride (To McAllen to visit Noni & Tony) - 10/28/2000

Purposefully bats at dangling toy (with left hand) - 10/26/2000

First Immunizations/First Tylenol 10/24/2000

First Street Car Ride - 10/21/2000

First vacation/road trip - To New Orleans for cousin Allison's wedding 10/21/2000

First time in a hotel - Shreveport, Louisiana - 10/19/2000

First time left with non-family sitters (Brian & Keri) (Daddy to emergency room) - 10/16/2000

First Owie (Mommy accidentally scratched his nose while keeping him from toppling) - 10/12/2000

Held head up 9/22/2000

First Movie - Space Cowboys - 9/22/2000

First Bottle - From Daddy - 9/20/2000

First Smile - At Daddy - 9/11/2000

Slept in Own Crib For The Night 9/8/2000

Belly Button Stump Fell Off - 9/3/2000

Slept All Night- From 9:30 PM to 5:00 AM - 9/2/2000 - 9/3/2000

First time left with sitter (Noni) (Mommy went to drugstore) - 8/28/2000

First time Out to Eat - El Chico - 8/27/2000

Came Home From Hospital 8/26/2000

Birth - 8/24/2000