New Tricks

It's been pretty quiet in the Dugas household so I've been a little slow in my blogs entries. I'm working on putting together Will's first year blog book which has been taking up a lot of my time. I have been working on it for a month now and it is almost ready to be printed. Yeah! However, ever since Will turned 1, he has been on the fast track to toddlerhood. He has learned so much in the past couple of weeks it is amazing. It seems like almost everyday he is doing something new. I took him to his 12 month appointment last week and he is 29 1/2 inches tall and weighs 23 lbs 6.5 ounces. Here are some highlights from the past couple of weeks:

- Will finally started to clap! Yes..most babies have already mastered this but Will was holding out on us. Now he will clap if we clap with him and he gets so excited when he does it.


- Will is a walking everywhere. He rarely crawls and even if he falls, he gets himself back on his feet and continues on his way. His favorite thing to do is chase Lucy around the house even though he will never catch her. Every once in a while she will sit still for a minute and allow Will to pet her. He is suprisingly gentle with her and just rubs her hair. If he is standing, he will bend down and try to look Lucy in the eyes...it is too cute.


- Will's favorite new game is to climb the stairs. When we start following him up the stairs..he looks back at us and smiles and then puts it into high gear. It's too funny..he thinks we are chasing him. He is able to crawl down the stairs too. After a couple weeks of showing him how to turn around and go backwards, he finally started doing it on his own.

- He carries everything up by his ear. I'm not sure why but whenever he picks up the remotes or bottle of shampoo, he always carries it on his shoulder by his ear. I wonder if he thinks it is like a phone?






- He will no longer eat if I try to feed him. He will turn his head as soon as I bring the spoon to his mouth. However, if I put the same food on his tray, he will gladly pick it up and feed himself. I guess he is starting to exert his independence. He also likes to hold onto his fork when he eats even trys to use it. He can't quite seem to get the food on the fork himself, but when I help him out he seems to know exactly what to do with the fork once there is food on it.