Memorable Daze: 13 months! (just 2.5 weeks late...)

So this is SUPER late, but I actually wrote 90% of it before and a couple days after he turned 13 months, I just never finished it. So now I'm finishing it, but only writing things he did at his 13 mo birthday. :)

What he's Learned and Funny Quirks:
Stuffed animals/blankets - he loves tucking a stuffed animal and/or blanket under each arm while he's sleeping, and lately when I go in to get him up from a nap or in the morning he'll pick out which one he wants to bring with him. Some times he keeps picking things up, and then when I pick him up out of the crib he'll point at anything left in the crib so he can have it too.

He's learned how to spin in circles and loves doing it!! When he first started he could only spin in one full circle before falling over or stopping, but now he can do 3-4 full circles without falling! He can also back up really well. It's so funny to watch.

He can point to my nose, eyes, and chin.

He loves reading books. He also loves climbing up into the chair in his room and reading books there by himself.

He loves his little pumpkins that he picked out at the pumpkin patch.

He got really confused when we taught him the signs for "milk" and "eat" and for awhile almost completely stopped doing "more" and "all done," but we're slowing getting them all straightened back out.

He's proving to be very slow to talk. While he does say "mama" and "dada" all the time, he rarely does it when we ask him to, and he doesn't say any other words yet. We thought he had a couple last month, but he's stopped saying them. We're not too worried about it, though we are excited for him to start talking.

How he Naps/Sleeps:
His naps have been pretty hit or miss lately - if he takes a morning nap he may not take an afternoon nap, even if I cut the morning nap short (like 30-45 mins)... which then means he only takes a 30-45 min nap all.day.long. So instead of fighting that we're transitioning to one nap a day. Our goal is to take the nap from 12:30-2:30/1-3ish, but we have to ease into it first so I may put him down as early as 11:30 depending on the day. It's getting better every day. :) This also moves his bedtime up to 7, so he sleeps a solid night from 7-7:30 usually.

How he Eats:
As of the day before he turned 13 months, West is officially, completely weaned!!! He was a champ about it all and handled the transition (which took place slowly over the course of 4 weeks, dropping a feeding per week) really well. At first he wasn't quite drinking enough milk, but now that he's officially weaned he's doing better - some days better than others, but most days he drinks 16-20 oz, in addition to always having about an ounce of cheese and some yogurt every day (the kid loves dairy!).

How he's Grown:
He weighs 19 lbs 14 oz and is 29 3/4 inches tall. Wearing 12 mo in most brands, but I have to roll the pants up around his waist so they fit better. ;) He got his first molar in on 9/25 and is working on 2 more [update: these actually came through on 10/16].

Here are some pics I took the day before he turned 13 months:

He still likes sitting in weird places. Add a salad spinner to the list of baskets, bowls, drawers...