I cannot believe Iz is almost 11 months!! It seems like he grew over night. Like all of a sudden he's a little boy and not a baby boy. And he is so darn smart. He's been waving for awhile now. Whenever he hears anything close to "bye-bye" or even when he sees cars go by outside. Now, though, he does so much more. He has (finally!) learned how to sign for more. He does it all the time now and even uses it to tell me when he wants food. The other morning I picked him up out of his bed and headed into the kitchen. Before I could even think about what to get him for breakfast he pointed to a box of his crackers and made the sign for more. They say that once they get the first sign down, the second is much easier/faster. I just have to decide what to teach him next. He just recently started to say "mo" when he signs for more. He also says "nah nah" whenever he hears someone say no. He tries to comb his own hair and puts the phone up to his ear if you say "hello hello!?" He loves talking into bowls and things that will make his voice echo back at him. He does so many awesome things. There is one thing,  however, that I will not be sad to see fade away. And that is his narcissism.

This boy loves nothing more than a picture of himself. If he's screaming bloody murder and I've tried everything you can think of, show him a picture of himself and he can't help but laugh. I'm not sure if he knows it's himself, but he barely acknowledges pictures of anyone else. We have a framed 8x10 picture of him sitting on a shelf and when we take it down for him to look at he pulls it close like he's hugging it and gives it kisses, giggling all the while. We have his picture as the background on our computers and he does the same thing to the monitor. He will point and laugh and try to kiss it, not caring that he only usually gets as far as bonking his little head. I made the mistake of looking through his photo album with him one day. Every time I closed it he would scream and bang on the cover. We looked at it more than a dozen times. As I said before, I will not be too sad to see him pass this phase.

Is your baby this way, or does he/she enjoy seeing other specific pictures?