12 months!

What he's learned:
It's so awesome to see him understand things we say.  For instance, when we say "Let's go downstairs/outside" - he'll go stand in front of the steps; "Let's go brush your teeth" - he'll head towards the bathroom, "Do you want to read a book?" - he'll go pick one out.

He says "ubba" for "up," "meh meh" when he wants something (and he's usually pointing emphatically at whatever it is, too).  We really think he said the word "book" the other day - he was pointing to something in his room when we were in the living room and said something just like "book" and then grabbed a book and brought it to us!

He can now run, dance, blow kisses, and he loves throwing balls.  He's not so good at playing actual "catch" yet, as he often just walks it up to us and hands it to us when we ask him to throw it to us, but we're working on it.

He is such a climber!  He can scale the ottoman, couch, and chair in his room, to name a few.  And he's figured out how to use pillows and what not to give himself a little boost.  Oh, and he can officially climb into the tub all by himself.  He likes to keep us on our toes, that's for sure.  ;)

In addition to climbing, he has the strangest fascination with sitting in odd places.  He's always emptying out various baskets/drawers around the house and sitting in them, as you can see here.

He has loved watching his first year slideshow as I've been working on it.  Whenever he hears the music he comes and sits in my lap and watches so intently.  He usually laughs or looks at us and smiles at the video clips.

I covered a lot of his other favorites in this post here.

How he's grown:
His 7th tooth made its first appearance a few days before his first birthday.

At his 1 yr check-up he weighed in at 19 lbs 9 oz, which put him at the 25th percentile, and he was just shy of 30" long, putting him at about the 50th percentile.  He's moving up on the charts which is SUCH a relief!!!  Developmentally, he screened at the level of a 16 mo old.  He received 4 shots (3 scheduled vaccinations and also his first flu shot) - one in each arm and leg.  He didn't cry at all for the first 3 but he let us have it when he got the 4th one (we had to wait a few mins because of a mix up).

A couple things that concerned the doctor were that he still has a heart murmur (she first discovered it at his 9 mo appt) and he's more bow-legged than what would be considered normal.  She wants us to see a pediatric cardiologist and orthopedic specialist just to make sure everything is ok with both.  We'll keep you posted.