For the first year of Daniel's life, Crystal kept a journal of items that happened, weight, height and such. We found it while going through our closet this evening and sat down to read it. It was surreal looking back on the first year of his life. Daniel thought it was really cool. At one point he read the fact that he "discovered his feet" and replied, "What?! Where did I think my feet were? Was I some kind of loser back then or what? Everyone has feet. Gawd!". I laughed so hard I was in tears.
I decided to share a bit of the information here for my friends and family to see. These are just a few details from each day's entry.
So, here's a quick run down of our little man's first year. There's also some photos from this time period over on Flickr.
December 4, 1999
Birthday. Weighs 7lbs 2oz and 20" long.
(10 days) December 14, 1999
Weighs 7lbs 3oz.
(4 weeks) January 4, 2000
Weighs 8lbs 12oz.
(6 weeks) January 19, 2000
Weighs 9lbs 12oz. Daniel rolls on side and make sounds. Giggles and smiles.
(8 weeks ) February 2, 2000
Lays on blanket and watches TV. Seems to enjoy swing much more.
(10 weeks) February 15, 2000
Tries really hard to crawl on stomach. Steven is more relaxed around Daniel and plays with him more.
(11 weeks) February 20, 2000
Weighs 11lbs 14oz and 14" long. Daniel was laying on his belly and rolled onto his back. Super excited!
(15 weeks) March 22, 2000
Daniel discovered his feet today. They are in his mouth a lot. He plays with his toys more. I started him on cereal this week. He only wakes up once a night now.
(18 weeks) April 16, 2000
Daniel keeps his toys in his mouth. Trying really hard to crawl. We bought him a walker.
(20 weeks) April 29, 2000
Steven's entry: Daniel has figured out who I am. When I come home he smiles and shakes when he sees me. When I leave in the morning he wakes up and smiles at me. When I get home from work he chews on the bill of my cap. Daniel is so beautiful. I love him so much!
(22 weeks) May 15, 2000
Daniel is getting his first tooth. It is on the bottom. He is also doing water aerobics with me in Tony & Helen's indoor pool.
(6 months) Jun 1, 2000
Weighs 15lbs 15oz. Second tooth is in. One on top and one on bottom. Starting to crawl and he can get anywhere he wants. He loves to swim. I am starting to wean him off breast feeding. He is on half breast milk and half formula.
(7 months) July 9, 2000
Daniel can crawl and pull up onto furniture. He is trying to feed himself. He can say "momma".
(8 months) August 4, 2000
Weighs 18lbs. He is saying "daddy" now and has two front teeth.
(8 months) August 22, 2000
Daniel has six teeth now. He has also learned to spit and makes toot sounds on everything with his lips. We put the full-size bed and queen-size bed both in our bedroom and pushed them together. He bounces from one side to the other. Daniel crawls up to the window and shakes the blinds. When I come behind him and say "what are you doing?" he giggles uncontrollably.
(9 months) October 3, 2000
Daniel can stand on his own. He watches Teletubbies. By watching them he has learned to wave and say "bye-bye". He jabbers all day long.
(10 months) October 23, 2000
Daniel took two steps today! He was trying to reach for his big bouncy ball and took two steps forward. He was as shocked as I was.
(11 months) November 17, 2000
Daniel has been walking for two weeks now. He is eating table food now.
(1 year) January 21, 2001
Weighs 21lbs. Daniel started daycare for the first time. He eats like a pig and runs all over the place. He is very independent and likes to roam around on his own. He even wants to throw away his own diapers...and sippy cups, and toys, and everything else.
