One Year

• Finn loves stacking things. Anything he can get his hands on becomes a tower. It is fairly impressive how much he can stack. He often gets 6 blocks on top of each other. He likes trying to stack my spice bottles (the plastic ones) and is thrilled when we get it above his head when he is standing up.

• Finn has learned how to blow raspberries on bellies. He thinks it is very funny.
• Finn is learning how to give kisses. This consists of him opening his mouth very wide and pressing his slobbery lips onto your mouth.
• Finn has quite a sophisticated palate. This week alone, he has enjoyed a greek frittata, spicy pea and squash curry, and lemony potatoes with capers.
• Finn has really taken to using the spoon. You can load it with food and hand it to him. He will either eat it, grab it with his hands and eat it, or catapult it across the room.
• He likes combining foods too. For instance, if he is eating toast and you give him a spoon full of applesauce, he will put a piece of toast on top of the applesauce and eat it. This sounds lovely, but he has also happily combines anything and everything he is given and some of the combos are very strange.
• He has taken to dairy, finally enjoying yogurt and cheese.
• Finn loves lift-the-flap books.
• He is really getting into cars and trucks.
• Lily is Finn's idol. He loves to follow her around and imitate what she does. He is also always getting out her toys and offering them to her.
• Finn loves sticks, dirt, mud, leaves, anything he can get his hands on outdoors.
• Finn is not enjoying back wraps anymore, but loves to go for piggy back rides. He is happy to be in front wraps.
• Finn is babbling a lot and coming up with new sounds all the time. No words yet, but I am convinced he is trying to say "dog" sometimes.
• Finn likes to help in household tasks. He likes to grab the broom and sweep. He likes to put clothes into the dryer as I hand them to him from the washer.
• Finn loves produce as toys. Potatoes out of the pantry can be rolled, thrown, gnawed on, and placed into unsuspecting shoes.
• Finn has a very silly sense of humor and is always looking for a laugh or just plain cracking himself up.