Wow!  I cannot believe that Clarke is 11 months old.  He is so much fun.  A handful, but so much fun.  I can't post a picture this month because we still have not replaced our camera.  I'll be sure to get one before his birthday next month.  Here is Clarke's latest bag o' tricks:

• Walking/Running everywhere
• Going into rooms and shutting the door
• He likes to chase balls around.  The further he has to run to get them, the better.
• He likes to be turned upside down
• He has 7 teeth (I think that's the same as last month)
• He has been moved up to the "Walking Class" in Sunday School
• He is starting to point to things
• Still no words, just da-da-da-da and some squeeling
• I keep a cabinet in the kitchen with Tupperware open for him to play in...he really likes that and he can climb in it.
• He likes music and will start clapping when he hears a song that he likes
• He likes to turn the water on in the bathtub
• He likes to put things into and take things out of baskets...he is in Heaven on laundry day.
• Lately, he's been putting things on his head-bowls, rags, clothes, you name it.

We're not going to have a full blown birthday party this year...just family.  I think I'll wait to pull out all the stops when he actually knows what is going on and can enjoy it.  On that note, does anyone know where I can find a cake pan that looks like a giant cup cake.  I saw one at Hobby Lobby but it was $35.  I think that is too much.

We have made some changes this week.  We dropped Clarke to 1 nap a day.  He took to that new schedule just fine.  We just eat lunch a little early and then he sleeps for 3-4 hours.  I do not mind, at all when he sleeps for 4 hours :).  We are also working on giving him a sippy cup of formula.  Hopefully that will help with the transition to milk next month.  Speaking of milk, it is going to be like getting a raise when we switch from formula to milk.  That ought to be fun! 

That's all for now.  We are doing some traveling in the next few weeks.  Maybe we'll get our tax return and I can buy our new camera so I'll have a way to get some pictures while we are driving/flying all over Tarnation!

Whew! Another month has come and gone. We have slowed down a little bit around here, but we still seem really busy, somehow. This picture isn't the best quality because our camera broke yesterday and we had to take this one with Daniel's phone. Here's the latest list of accomplishments:

• has 6 teeth
• shakes his head "no"
• eats a ton
• does NOT like limes (we gave him one to see what kind of face he would make, and he screamed and cried)
• walks (it is still easier for him to crawl, so he usually chooses that, but he can and does walk)
• he loves to be chased
• he likes to play with kids a little older than he is
• he laughs so hard when he sees people throwing things
  

Clarke is keeping us on our toes. Yesterday, he knocked over a whole glass of red Crystal Light. I'm still trying to get that stain out. He moves so quickly, that I cannot possibly baby proof everything.
Last weekend we had dinner with one of Daniel's co-workers' family. They have three kids, 9, 7 and 2 years old. Clarke thought they were so much fun to play with. The big kids were throwing paper airplanes around and Clarke laughed so hard that he had tears coming out of his eyes. It was so funny.

Now that Clarke can walk, maybe we get start to work on saying some actual words.