ode to eanie

Ian is a year old. How did this happen? There is no slowing down this growing up process, despite my concerted efforts. He seems to be hastening the process by meeting milestones much faster than Max did. He has a completely different personality than Max, yet shares one important scoville trait: he is a HUGE tease. He balances Max's fears with his fearlessness and is the perfect addition to our family.

One year stats:

height: 31 3/4 inches (93%)
weight: 21 lbs 7 oz (26%)
head: 18 1/4 (47%)

Special skills: Walking, running, talking, climbing, dancing, teasing, taking off poopy diapers, opening child locks, biting, nodding yes and no, and more.

Nicknames (include but are not limited to): eanie, baby, "E", baby "E", eanie bean, beanie wean, beanie, bubba chubs, E.B., bambino chino, gubs, chubs,

Interests:

playing with Max

taking a bath with max

unloading the dishwasher

riding his truck

His first word(s): "whats that?" (same as max, i suppose curiosity is in our blood...). He also loves to push his cars and say "vroom...vroom". Other words he has used (not with phonetic perfection, but definitely audible) are "yeah", "ma-ma", "ball", "bath", "book", "this", "what's this?". A few weeks ago I looked at him and said "Eanie, do you want a banana?" "Yeah", he quickly replied while nodding his head up and down. He's basically a genius. Takes after his mom.