So a year has passed that Khéna was born… it is amazing each time I think about it…

Khéna is an amazingly happy baby. He is always smiling, laughing or trying to make others laugh. He is walking but can’t get up without holding onto something yet. So often if he falls he just crawls right over to somewhere he can get up and then he walks again…

He says mama, dada and “thank you”… what cool first words… he also calls the cat “do do” because we always say “doux doux” (gentle gentle) when he pins the cat down.

Though we haven’t weighed him in 2-3 weeks, I think that his weight gain has stopped… hopefully he might even lose a few pounds… he wears size 2 or 3 but can only wear pyjama pants or jogging pants because his waist is just too big so he needs the stretch…

As far as teeth.. he had 6 for a few months now and just last week a seventh came out, so the other should not be in too long.

And eating… well, about 3 weeks ago he was just eating a few bites of puffed rice and would even gag on them… I would put things on his tray but he would just play with it and not put any in his mouth… then about 2 weeks ago something clicked and now he eats pretty much everything that we put infront of him… veggies, fruits, meats, crackers etc… and he loves to eat…

I was surprised by what the allergist said… to try any food, an allergy should present itself almost instantly if there is one… She also said that studies show that after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding their bodies won’t change. So trying peanuts, egg whites etc is the same whether the child is 7 months of 4 years old.

Anyway, like I said… he loves to eat… and is probably eating as well as any child that started months before and we love that again we didn’t have to deal with the hassle of purees and spoon feeding…

He nursed quite a bit but won’t drink anything out of a cup, straw or sippy… but he does reach the water machine buttons and pours some and then sips it out of the tray…

he also gets into everything also… opens the fridge, drawers, cabinets, doors and everthing else he can… he pulls things out, bangs on pots and pans, puts things in drawers, pulls more stuff out… he pulled down my computer desk a few weeks ago and my laptop crashed down and it broke two USB ports….

the other two were not as much like this… he is so strong too and his hands are really big and when he grabs something it is really hard to get it away from him…

So, yes.. a year has passed… What an amazing little kid we got…