BIG STRIDES

Thane also enjoys the water – a lot!  He can hardly contain his excitement when playing in water, and usually those of us daring enough to stand nearby end much more wet than he.

Unfortunately, Thane got a particularly nasty flu bug toward the end of the summer, and he ended up in the hospital overnight.  Other than the seemingly endless bloodsticks that he endured during our visit, he was a trooper and handled the entire experience much better than his mom did!

By the time his first birthday rolled around a month or so later, Thane was back to his normal, chipper self.  He seemed to enjoy his birthday, except that he kept trying to open the door to leave the house!

Thane also got his first haircut this year.  At 14 months, he was quite a bit younger than Annabel when she had her “hairscut,” but he was definitely due for a trim as you can see from the photos below.

 Before:

After: 

Thane’s biggest triumph this year, by far, is that he learned to walk.  Despite the cautious predictions of his therapist, he seems to be walking perfectly normally and is quite proud of this latest achievement.   I predict that it won’t be long before we wish he were still immobile!