David @ 14 Months

He looks so self-satisfied doesn’t he? “Now I’ve got him! That’s what Jack gets for making me scream all the time!”

David is our little howler monkey. He loves to holler just to enjoy the sound of his own voice and he is a champion climber. He’s begun trying to climb the bookcases. I caught him up on  the piano the other day. He had pulled a box over there to help get onto the bench and then up onto the keyboard. I’ve been really focusing on teaching him how to get down from places safely and he’s doing very well with that at least.

We’re finally at the point where David can play outside without having to follow him around and make sure he doesn’t put a handful of dirt in his mouth or keep him from falling and skinning his knees on the concrete. He loves the slide and being outside in general. He doesn’t understand why he can’t just go out anytime he wants and regularly has what we like to call “floppy fits” about the issue.

He’s decidedly entered the floppy fit stage. They all do it at this age I guess and I feel sorry for him. They know what they want, and can successfully communicate it sometimes, but often they can’t communicate well enough and have no idea why they can’t have it or why Mommy and Daddy don’t understand what they are asking for. He throws his head back while simultaneously becoming limp to keep you from holding onto him so I’m just focused on trying to keep him from busting his head every time he does it.

He’s still into cars big time, and likes to get one out and fly it around in the air while saying “zooooooommmmmmm” and twirling around. Of course, then he gets dizzy and falls down – so funny.