- This is Duncan and he is
almost 14 months old
but this is his one year update.
What's that noise?
Your phone is ringing.
Duncan's phone is ringing.
He's a very popular 13 month old.
(laughs)
(phone ringing)
Got some important phone calls to make?
- [Man] Hello friend.
Picture fun.
I heard, a beach, terrific!
- So, he's busy right now.
He's got a lot of work to do.
Basically I've been waiting for the perfect
time to film a one year update for Duncan.
And it just hasn't happened.
And today even, my hair is wet.
I just got out of the shower.
And I thought, I'm gonna have to do this
or else he's gonna be 14 by the time
I actually get this done, so.
Somehow, we ended up matching.
It wasn't on purpose, but that's just how we are.
He's kind of saying some words.
One of Duncan's favorite words is dog.
(baby babbles)
And to day dog he goes, "Woof, woof, woof!"
And he is our dog spotter.
He can find a dog anywhere.
In fact, he's even found dogs
when they were really lions,
and stuffed animals, and cats.
Huh?
(baby coos)
Yeah.
He says, mamma and he even has kind of
started saying mom on occasion.
I think it's sometimes--
- Woof woof.
You thinking about dogs?
(laughs)
Duncan loves dogs.
He loves them.
He's so happy when dogs are around.
He gets so excited, it's his main vocabulary.
(laughs)
He loves being outside.
He often will go towards a window
and point outside and go
"Out, out, out" and you can tell he really
wants to go out.
You say, "Do you want to go outside?"
And he goes, "Yeah."
Right?
You like outside?
Yeah, he likes outside.
We have a little swing that he likes to play on.
And Duncan loves to eat.
He'll eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
He'll eat macaroni and cheese.
He'll eat salmon.
He loves salmon.
He will also go through baby food so fast.
Like, it's unreal.
He'll eat like four pouches of baby food
kind of as a snack.
He'll definitely do that three meals a day.
We really are trying
to do more of the just normal food
that we would eat.
But sharing it with him.
Thank you.
He's really good
at handing me choking hazards.
He doesn't usually put little
things like this in his mouth.
But he'll find it, and hand it to me which is good.
'Cause, it does happen on occasion.
Obviously, as parents, we try to avoid it.
But, he's very good at finding little things.
And then giving them to mama.
Give to mama.
(laughs)
Good boy.
Yay!
What a good boy!
He loves to clap for himself when he does a good job.
And we clap for him too.
He's really good at holding a crayon or a pencil.
He actually holds it
in the way that you're supposed to to write.
Which is really amazing.
I don't know why he started doing that.
He did it on his own.
He'll even reposition the crayon
so it's in the proper position for writing.
He loves to play.
He plays all the time.
And he's especially interested in toys
like DUPOLOs, and throwing balls.
With the DUPLOs, I can't even believe it
because he can stack them, and take them apart.
And he plays with Bailey, and Jacob, and Parker.
Like as a peer.
I don't think the other kids
were like that when they were this young.
I just remember having to really teach them,
having to put them together and take them apart.
And Duncan just seemed to pick it up right away
and he just loves it.
And when he's playing with balls,
he'll laugh when people catch his throws.
He throws like really hard and really far.
(laughs)
It always surprises me.
He loves to put hats and glasses on.
But he has to be the one that does it.
So, like if I put a hat on his head,
he will have no part in it.
But he loves going around the house
and like finding hats or helmets,
and putting them on his head.
And it's so funny.
And he'll put on glasses.
It's like he loves dressing up
and playing a character already.
Because, (laughs), I don't know.
It's just so cute.
He just loves doing it.
He's a great little sleeper too.
He'll sleep generally from 7:30, 8:00 pm
until 6:00 am.
At 6:00 am he likes to get up
and eat right away.
He takes two naps a day.
He has a like, between, 9:30 and 11:00 nap time.
It depends on when he wakes up,
and how much activity he does.
So we do around that time nap time.
And then he'll do another like 3:00 nap time.
Generally the morning nap is longer
than the afternoon nap.
He's not walking yet, but he does stand on his own
without holding on to something,
which is really exciting.
So I think he'll be taking his first steps really soon.
The other three kids all did first steps at 13 months.
So Duncan's just about on that schedule but,
he's learning it a little bit slower I'd say.
So, overall, this first year
has been absolutely amazing.
Duncan, basically just makes us want
more babies every second of his life.
Because, he's a wonderful sweetheart of a child.
We absolutely adore him.
He's such a great addition with the other kids.
They love him so much.
He misses them when they're gone.
And they're devastated if he's not around.
And they miss him when he's napping.
And they fight over
who gets to sit next to him in the car.
Like, if anything, the biggest fights
we've had this year, are the kids wanting Duncan time.
It's so funny because, one of the hardest things now
with more kids, is that there aren't enough
babies for the bigger kids to cuddle with.
Duncan's little personality is already emerging so much.
He's such a fun, sweet little boy.
And we're looking forward to the years to come with him.
And he's such a, just wonderful addition to our family.
We are so grateful for Duncan.
(baby laughing)
- We are the point in the packing process
where we have to buy things at the store.
You ready to buy things at the store?
Let's go on a cart ride.
(baby cooing)
(distant upbeat music)