Above picture taken in October of 2009. He was 5 months old :((
And here he is now! BUSY AS EVER!!Sweet, rough and tumble boy! You are getting so big! Here's what's going on with you right now:
- You are wearing 18-24 month clothes and some 12-18. You are in size 4 diaper and size 5 or 6 shoe.
- You weigh about 24 lbs and are about 31-32 inches..I think.
- You are ALL boy! It is so funny how your little personality has developed lately. You are obsessed with trucks, fire trucks, diggers and airplanes. Whenever you hear an airplane, you drop whatever you are doing and search the sky. When can be at a park with all sorts of fun stuff around us and you will just stop and stare up.
- You love to dance!!! And let me tell you, I hope you have better rhythm than me. Your favorites are Sesame street, our Baby Genius video with children's songs, and the music on the Wonder Pets. You just bounce up and down and spin around in a circle. Cracks me up!
- You are a great sleeper but lately you just can't seem to pick a consistent wake-up time. Some days it's 6 am, others 7. You still go to bed at 6:45 or 7 and if you go to bed later, you ALWAYS wake up earlier. You are sleeping about 12 hours at night and a great 2-3 hour nap during the day.
- You LOVE school. You go 2 days a week and at first you cried when we would go. Now, you lead me by hand down to your room and just walk away when we get there. You are sleeping about an hour at school on your nap mat.
- You hate to have your clothes changed or diaper changed. I think it is just because you have to stop what you are doing. You are very active!
- Oh my, you love Thomas the Train! Any blue train that we see..whether in a book or on TV is Thomas to you. We now have a t shirt, Pj's, videos, bath toys and books all about Thomas.
- You are still a decent eater, but very picky at times. I don't stress about it though. I know that you will eat when you are hungry. Your favorites this month are: grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, bananas, strawberries, apples, green beans, avocado, turkey hot dog, anything dipped in Ketchup, Ketchup by itself, ice cream, broccoli and cheese, toast and butter, bacon, pancakes, etc. And you love your milk!!
- You are definitely in the hit, pinch, bite stage. This is so hard for me because I knew it would come, but I've dreaded it. You really only pinch me, but this has stopped since the day I pinched you back. Yes I did!!! I pinched you back and you cried and haven't done it since. Hey, whatever works!
- You love to read books. Some times when I am getting ready in the morning and you get really quiet, I will go peak in on you in your room and you are in the floor just looking at your books and jabbering away.
- You are much smarter than I've given you credit for!! You rarely will point to body parts or things in books so I've been a bit concerned. But last night, you just proved to me that you will only do it when you want to. You pointed to: nose, ears, eyes, tongue, teeth, toes, fingers, head, hair, belly button and bottom. This week as we were reading your "First 100 words" book, you pointed to so many things. Off the top of my head: truck, airplane, boat, ball, boots, shoes, frog, butterfly, fish, elephant, etc. Sometimes you won't point but I'll see your eyes move to the object I mentioned.
- You absolutely torment the dogs. Mac is so annoyed by you and Wrigley just deals with it. Poor things!! Hopefully you will learn "gentle" soon!
- You say more words lately: ma, mamma, dada, daddy, da(dog), outside, ta(truck), ta(airplane), ta(digger)..you get the point. However, you have been saying things on command: tutu(turtle), byboo(diaper), poopoo(no translation needed). When I ask you if your diaper is wet, you grab yourself and nod yes or no! Too funny!
- Every morning you have gotten used to walking around for about 30 minutes before breakfast with your snack trap and cheerios. Bad habit and hard to break!
- You are so big at parks now!! I don't have to follow you up any of the big toys..and I love this!
Well, that's a lot of stuff but I want to remember it all!! Love you little pumpkin!! Can't believe you will be 1 1/2 years next month!!
