Milestones at 1 Year

This little boy is growing up too fast! It seems like he hits a new milestone every day. And we're just busy trying to keep up with him! This past week, Porter ate with a fork (mostly) by himself. I would stick a piece of fruit on the end of the fork, set it on his tray, then he'd pick it up and put it in his mouth. It was a huge event. I got it on video . . . then accidentally erased the memory card without saving the video. Aaargh!

Then this past weekend, Porter learned how to climb stairs. I'm sure many babies develop this skill much sooner, but since we don't have any stairs at our house (except for the concrete steps leading up to our 3rd floor condo--which we're not too keen on letting Porter climb), he doesn't really have many opportunities to practice. Luckily, Grandma & Grandpa Nye have soft, carpeted stairs and Porter was able to climb and climb this weekend for as long as he wanted! 

Porter can't quite walk by himself yet (another milestone for another day), but he L-O-V-E-S to walk around with anyone who will hold out a hand. 

I can't believe how fast he's growing! Here are his stats from his 1-year check up:

Weight: 27 lb, 13 oz

Heigh: 33.2 inches

On both height & weight he's above the 95th percentile. But on head circumference (19 in.) he's at the 90th percentile. Brian said they tried to put our 3-year-old nephew's football helmet on Porter, but Porter's head was too big and they couldn't get it on! I just figure his larger-than-average brain has got to go somewhere . . . so of course his head's gonna be huge! =)

Oh, and one more milestone I almost forgot . . . he can now pull his own pants off when he's left alone in the crib (and when the pants are several sizes too large)! Isn't our baby so talented?!