this kid

crawls across the floor dragging whatever book he would like you to read next and plunks it down in your lap

when you don't immediately begin reading said book, he proceeds to emphatically grunt and hit you in the face with the book (yes we are working on the fact that hitting is not appropriate behavior)

he does the above over and over for what is, on occasion, hours at a time (with milk breaks, of course; in which case he likes to have the book we are interrupting right up close to him atop my chest)
the other day, for example, I had to divert attention elsewhere after reading every book that he has (40 books total) a minimum of 5 times each.. serious  (i wanted a reader, but this kid is unreal..)

now gives high fives on a regular basis!

does a quiet but definite buh-buk for chicken after I cluck a few times!

new and notable

In less than 1 month Owen will be a year old.  Everyday is a new development.  Here are some of the new(ish) quirks and curiosities:

feeds himself with a spoon (long, messy, arduous) and will not accept help

drinks out of a straw

talks constantly (all babble except for mom, mama, dad and mum-mum for food)

makes the milk sign for nursing
has taken to having milk with his finger foods (ie. one bite of apple, one sip of nursie; ie. apple bits all over mama's chest)

claps his hands

dances to music by waving his right hand up and down
knows some body parts (current fav is eye, ie. poking mom in the eye)

is obsessed with taking caps/ lids off and putting them back on 

also obsessed with taking bathtub plug out and putting it back in 

stands up on his own (but quickly sits back down once he realizes he is not holding onto anything)

points at everything in sight; constantly asking/ demanding definitions from mom and dad

puts stacking rings back on the post, instead of just dumping off

stacks his wooden blocks back up, instead of just knocking down

puts circle into shape sorter (other shapes not so much)

can point out all of his stuffed animals 

points to subjects in books when asked 

will go find books when mom quotes lines from them

LOVES to give his food to the dog (the only time she will give him the time of day)

LOVES to crawl around outside in the dirt and grass and pull up weeds, flowers, etc (as a result has his first set of scrappy knees)