12 months.

     On Sunday the 16 our baby turned 12 months old. I guess he's not really a baby anymore, more of a toddler with all the walking and "talking" he's doing!

     Spencer is getting to be so much fun to interact with! He likes to play alternative pee-a-boo and will jabber at you for hours if you'll listen. He likes to pretend talk on the phone (anything with buttons is a phone), he will eat anything and everything he can get his hands on (including chicken poop, unfortunately) the kid is a bottomless pit and I just can't keep him full!!

     He is STILL a terrible sleeper. He goes to bed between 8-9pm and is almost always awake by midnight. On rare occasion that he's not, he is for sure awake by 3am. We've tried everything the get him to sleep longer increments but to no avail. Sometimes we can go pat his back to get him back to sleep but usually not. Then he ends up in bed with me and can sleep until 8am! You'd think I'd be somewhat well rested but I am still exhausted! Maybe by his 2nd birthday he'll learn to sleep.

     Spencer really loves to play with shoes, he is always dragging someones shoe through the house. The boy LOVES LOVES LOVES to be outside and doesn't care one bit how cold it is, if he is naked, if its snowing, etc. If a door opens, he makes a break for it every time and then cries when it gets shut before he gets there. He likes to look out the window and I'm sure daydream about being out there! I look forward to the day when he doesn't want to put everything in his mouth so that I can enjoy taking him outside. ;)

     Opa is his favorite person. We can all stand in a circle around him and call him to try to get him to come to us and he will pick Opa every time, even if he stands far away and doesn't even call for Spence. They also like to go get the eggs together every day at lunch time. Spencer loves wearing his boots out there and carrying in an egg, he hasn't dropped one yet!

     He is definitely a momma's boy and I don't mind one bit! He is FINALLY starting to let me cuddle him from time to time. He still loves going for walks and I think he misses going for runs as much as I do! We love this boy and can't imagine life without him! We can't wait till we have our own space for him to destroy (hint: we made an offer on a house!) and to fill with pictures of him!

      And just for fun, guess who dressed the baby this day?!

The Elk Slayer.

     After getting lucky enough to shoot his first deer, Nate got double lucky and shot his first elk this year too! Again, I would mess up the stories and the details but here are the pictures and maybe on day I can convince him to write how it all went down...

     It took 2 days to get the elk off the mountain and Nate did tell me he was glad to be done hunting for the year!