11 months

Clapping

Xander is 11 months old!  He is such a joy.  He is always learning new things and he loves to imitate us.  He can now clap (a skill that I tried to teach him for two months and then James tried to teach him and he learned it in two days), wave, point at things, dance to music, cruise around furniture, cluck his tongue, and say "dog."  He probably says "dog" 50 times a day.  And every time I say "yaay!" he claps his hands and looks so proud of himself.  Sometimes when James or I make a funny noise or gesture, he will look at us really hard, and then try to do it himself. 

Trying to reach Casper under the gate and laughing hysterically the whole time

He loves to splash in the tub, watch the washing machine (the door is see through and right at his level), pull the toilet paper off the roll, look out the window, pull things off shelves, and play with Casper and Casper's water bowl.  We don't let him do all these things, but sometimes he gets to the water or toilet paper before I can stop him.  He's quick!  

He will eat almost everything we put in front of him - the boy loves to eat!  If James or I are eating and Xander is not, he will whine and fuss until we give him food.  The only food I know of that he doesn't like is tomatoes.  And he hasn't had them too many times so he may learn to like them yet.  But he scarfs down meat, olives, pickles, all kinds of fruit, veggies, rice cakes, bread, cheese, pretty much everything.  

Next month he will be 1!  It's hard to believe, the time has passed so quickly.