8, 9, 10, 11 months!

If you recall, Massimo turned seven months in Austin, Texas. And he turned eight months in Key West. We had a blast with friends there for about a week, and Massimo’s eight month birthday made it that much more special.

For months nine through eleven, we were back home in Tallinn, but his eleven month birthday was in our new apartment! You can see the sofa is different, and our flash was out of batteries so we didn’t get many photos. Plus, as usual, Mo would not sit still! He started crawling well around nine months, standing with furniture and semi-cruising at ten months, and standing and squatting in the middle of the room with lots of furniture cruising at eleven months. The standing thing is now constant, and he’s walking better each day. We can tell he’s thinking about taking steps, which is new. We were beginning to wonder if he was going to be content with just crawling for the rest of his life. His new crawling thing is holding something in one hand and crawling using only one hand along with doing something crab-like with one leg. It’s quite entertaining, but I can’t find the video camera anywhere. Hopefully it’s not gone for good (though I wouldn’t completely mind getting the Flip HD).

Massimo’s language development has amazed us. He’s still not saying much more than dada and aitäh (thank you in Estonian) and emem (similar to mother in Estonian, but we never say ema, so I think he’s just indicating that he’s hungry or likes what he’s eating. And goygoy is still very popular and he always says that with a smile and a little giggle. But what amazes us is how much he understands. He understands “Where is…?” questions, as long as he knows the final word. The words he clearly knows (among others) are phone, Saki (his lovey), paci or pacifier, London Bear (a teddy bear Stefano bought in London), Opa (we have a photo of his grandfather in our bedroom), and banana. He also understands phrases like “backwards” and “behind you.” But maybe I should be saving these things for his 12 month birthday…

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