11 months old

I cannot believe what once was my little newborn baby will be a ONE YEAR OLD is less than 1 month! Max is the most wonderful baby! He has really started to copy everything we do when it comes to playing with his toys. He puts his rings on his stacker, he pushes his shapes through his shape sorter with assistance from us, he points at things he wants or sees that interest him and makes an "ooohhh" sound, he understands just about anything we say to him and responds to it by looking or going to do it (for instance; "Max, find the tennis ball and throw it Rex.", Max searches around for a tennis ball and then goes and finds Rex to give it to him or "Max do you want to play basketball?" , Max gets into his big toy bag in his room to get the basketball hoop out and shoot baskets.), he likes to walk over to his car and get on to be pushed around the house for a ride (he beeps his horn and gets off by himself), he likes to play with a plastic zebra and giraffe and make roar sounds with them.  Max is walking very well. He does a side crab shuffle alot of the time. He still loves to be outside most of all. He now prefers to go on the tire swing, sit on the big boy swing with mommy or daddy, and slide down the slide with daddy when we go for our walks to the park; no more baby swing for him! He loves to talk on the phone for real or pretend using mommy's cell phone or his own hand. He listens to music in his room to fall asleep for his naps. He had his first fever and vomiting over Labor Day weekend. He was just not himself all weekend and just laid his sweet baby head on mommy's shoulder for most of the day Monday. He then proceeded to throw up all over my shoulder. I am at home with him today for our first sick day together. I am enjoying our time together alone although I wish he were feeling better than he does. Pictures coming soon! Gotta go get my sweet boy; I hear his little voice coming from upstairs!