Monday, March 4, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Time Flies...
...when you're having fun! Whoa, its been too long. We've done alot since our last post in which you were barely 14 months and in a couple of days will be 17 months. I had my 10 year high school reunion just after Thanksgiving... yet again time flies when you're having fun! We had the holiday season which we enjoyed celebrating Christ's birth with family and friends. Then came New Year's and a January full of fun activities like storytime and tot time at the gym. February has been no exception to the fun and busyness.
Your personality is fun and you make us laugh with your "serious" looks. Your vocabulary has started to take off. You understand pretty much whatever we say to you and the words you can now say seem to be growing by the week. I will attempt to list them for looking back's sake, but I'm bound to miss some. Here goes an update since the last time I listed them: cup, night night, blanket, bite, this, hot, zipper, truck, key, foot, cheese, Elmo, eye, Amen, snack, belly button, off, shirt, pants, shoe, sock, vitamin, up, down, Nanny (Granny), Haydyn, Pa (Grandpa), Graham, please, thank you, watch, sticker, wipe, wash, flower, duck, dog, cat, coat, hat, diaper, brush, banana, milk, and phone. The number of animal sounds/motions you know is increasing, too. You can do a cat (your favorite), dog, cow, sheep, frog, bear, duck, horse, monkey, turtle, bird, fish, lion, and elephant. You recognize a cat, dog, elephant, zebra, lion, duck, monkey, and squirrel right away. When we are singing ABCs to you, you will often say A, B. Same with counting, if we say 1 you will say 2. It's the cutest 2 in the world! You're a smart cookie if I do say so myself.
Music, singing, and dancing are some of your favorites. That is why we love going to storytime at the library. You crack me up with your dancing and moves. Your favorite songs right now are Row, Row, Row your Boat, Hokey Pokey, Wheels on the Bus, Little Red Wagon, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Blast Off.
Sleeping is still going good overall. You officially dropped the morning nap over Christmas, just a few days shy of 15 months. You were just taking longer and longer to go to sleep, if at all, for your your morning nap. If you would fall asleep it was probably for a longer time therefore making it hard for you to get another nap in or you would be super tired at bedtime if you didn't take a second nap. It has seemed to work well and you normally sleep atleast 2 hours at each nap, going down somewhere around 1. Every now and then you will wake up earlier or later but you are happier if you get 2 good hours. At night you sleep 7:30-8 until 7 or so. For a couple of weeks now you have gotten up earlier but we are hoping that changes soon when the time changes and it get darker later in the morning. While at Aunt Danielle's for Christmas you had a rough couple of nights that we would all like to forget and never do again but other than that you are a great night sleeper! You simply like your crib and we are okay with that.
You're still a little peanut, as evidenced by the fact that a lady at the library just a couple of weeks ago asked me if you were a year old. She thought you were moving exceptionally well then I told her you were 16 months, her reaction was funny. Little did she know you've been at this for a while. You are still smaller than most other kids your age. At your 15 month appointment you were .3 percentile, weighing in at 17 lbs. 3 oz and measuring 28.75 in long (4th percentile). Head circumference was 17.25 in (3rd percentile). We went to a feeding specialist appointment just before Christmas. We got tips on how to get you to eat better and for us to maximize the calories we can get in you. One day you were flat out refusing whatever I gave you to eat for lunch and I was at a loss of what to do so I popped in a DVD that cousins Heather and George gave you for Christmas. Our lives haven't been the same since. You opened your mouth for every bite while staring at the singing "babies". Except for a few times here and there, especially when you had a fever for 5 days (highest was 105.4!) it has helped us get food in you. You still aren't excited about eating, but we see progress and we will take it. Right now they have told us to concentrate on getting a set number of calories in you so we start each meal with purees and then give chewables afterward. We go again in a few weeks and obviously hope to see an increase in your weight gain!
What we've been up to in pictures since I've been so wordy!
Your personality is fun and you make us laugh with your "serious" looks. Your vocabulary has started to take off. You understand pretty much whatever we say to you and the words you can now say seem to be growing by the week. I will attempt to list them for looking back's sake, but I'm bound to miss some. Here goes an update since the last time I listed them: cup, night night, blanket, bite, this, hot, zipper, truck, key, foot, cheese, Elmo, eye, Amen, snack, belly button, off, shirt, pants, shoe, sock, vitamin, up, down, Nanny (Granny), Haydyn, Pa (Grandpa), Graham, please, thank you, watch, sticker, wipe, wash, flower, duck, dog, cat, coat, hat, diaper, brush, banana, milk, and phone. The number of animal sounds/motions you know is increasing, too. You can do a cat (your favorite), dog, cow, sheep, frog, bear, duck, horse, monkey, turtle, bird, fish, lion, and elephant. You recognize a cat, dog, elephant, zebra, lion, duck, monkey, and squirrel right away. When we are singing ABCs to you, you will often say A, B. Same with counting, if we say 1 you will say 2. It's the cutest 2 in the world! You're a smart cookie if I do say so myself.
Music, singing, and dancing are some of your favorites. That is why we love going to storytime at the library. You crack me up with your dancing and moves. Your favorite songs right now are Row, Row, Row your Boat, Hokey Pokey, Wheels on the Bus, Little Red Wagon, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Blast Off.
Sleeping is still going good overall. You officially dropped the morning nap over Christmas, just a few days shy of 15 months. You were just taking longer and longer to go to sleep, if at all, for your your morning nap. If you would fall asleep it was probably for a longer time therefore making it hard for you to get another nap in or you would be super tired at bedtime if you didn't take a second nap. It has seemed to work well and you normally sleep atleast 2 hours at each nap, going down somewhere around 1. Every now and then you will wake up earlier or later but you are happier if you get 2 good hours. At night you sleep 7:30-8 until 7 or so. For a couple of weeks now you have gotten up earlier but we are hoping that changes soon when the time changes and it get darker later in the morning. While at Aunt Danielle's for Christmas you had a rough couple of nights that we would all like to forget and never do again but other than that you are a great night sleeper! You simply like your crib and we are okay with that.
You're still a little peanut, as evidenced by the fact that a lady at the library just a couple of weeks ago asked me if you were a year old. She thought you were moving exceptionally well then I told her you were 16 months, her reaction was funny. Little did she know you've been at this for a while. You are still smaller than most other kids your age. At your 15 month appointment you were .3 percentile, weighing in at 17 lbs. 3 oz and measuring 28.75 in long (4th percentile). Head circumference was 17.25 in (3rd percentile). We went to a feeding specialist appointment just before Christmas. We got tips on how to get you to eat better and for us to maximize the calories we can get in you. One day you were flat out refusing whatever I gave you to eat for lunch and I was at a loss of what to do so I popped in a DVD that cousins Heather and George gave you for Christmas. Our lives haven't been the same since. You opened your mouth for every bite while staring at the singing "babies". Except for a few times here and there, especially when you had a fever for 5 days (highest was 105.4!) it has helped us get food in you. You still aren't excited about eating, but we see progress and we will take it. Right now they have told us to concentrate on getting a set number of calories in you so we start each meal with purees and then give chewables afterward. We go again in a few weeks and obviously hope to see an increase in your weight gain!
What we've been up to in pictures since I've been so wordy!
Girlfriends from back in the day.
THS Class of 2002
Jump!
Catching up on the morning kitty news over breakfast. And, despite the bib, it was your 2nd Christmas!
Helping Daddy with the leaves.
Our Christmas card picture.
Sweet face
Cold face!
"Why is this coat so big?"
"And why is this shirt so big?"
Helping me clean.
Go horsey, go!
Rocking your baby. You hum the song I hum to you each night before putting you down. It melts my heart.
Apparently baby wanted to ride too.
You love to put your hands under the water when it's bathtime. You even roll up your sleeves!
Love, love, love you and your sweet grin!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
Update time
Well I have to keep updating even though I'm not doing the specific monthly updates regularly anymore. You are growing and growing. You blow us away by all the things we say and you understand and also by the things that you "say". You are so much fun at this age and stage.
You understand: Adelaide, bath, ball, shoe, sock, car, bow, dog, puppy, baby, clap, splash, put your hands up and down, graham cracker, give me a high five, dance, peek-a-boo put it in your mouth, sit down, kick it, throw it, time for your nap, milk, good job, no, dance, kiss, fish, cup, give it to me, hey, cheerios, push the button, book, squirrel, cat, Daddy, Lily, and Mommy. I'm sure there are others but those are the ones that quickly came to my mind.
You "say": ball, baby, puppy, cracker, no, fish, all done, peek-a-boo, hey, bye bye, book, bow, squirrel, more, Daddy, Lily, Mama. Again, I'm sure there are others. You've been able to sign more and all done for a while now.
Your eating has just recently, in the past few days, gotten better. We went to the doctor at 13 months and you had not gained a single ounce since your 12 month appointment despite eating 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day. Because of this the doctor referred to to a feeding specialist. We are scheduled to go there mid-Dec. so there's still time for you to get better and eat more normally before then. These past few days have been such a relief and I can definitely see a difference, but let's hope it sticks. We started to give you Miralax in water each evening and that seems to help things move along so I think you are overall feeling better too. Hopefully there will be continued good news.
Breaking news! You have teeth... plural! I first noticed your bottom right front tooth on Oct. 5. It was barely breaking through but I could feel it. You had a high fever after your afternoon nap and a bit later I noticed the tooth. It was a bit too high for teething so it was just a coincidence. Within a month you had the top right front and bottom left front ones too! Now the top left front one is almost through. I've heard that when they finally start coming they seem to come quickly. You have been a trooper while getting these teeth. I've only noticed a couple of times where they seem to bother you and so far it hasn't affected your sleeping (knock on wood). It needs to be said again, thank you for being such a good sleeper.
Speaking of sleeping, you normally are down around 8 and wake up around 7. The time change last week threw you off and I wasn't the least bit surprised. You have slowly worked youself back to sleeping later and not getting up at 6:05 like you did that first day, whew. For naps, well you aren't totally sure what you want to do. I think we are somewhat in the stage of 1 nap isn't enough and 2 is sometimes too much. Some times you take a longer morning nap (still 2.5 hours after you wake up) and then you aren't sleepy for the afternoon nap or it would be so late that I just hold you off for an early bedtime. That makes planning days hard to do but we are working with it. The time change actually helped this and you seem to be better with 2 naps. Your second nap normally comes about 3.5 hours after you wake up from your first one. That gives us some good outing time or just time to hang out and play. When you wake up from that second nap we play, take a walk, make dinner, and wait for Daddy to come home.
Your sweet personality is becoming more and more evident. You seem to be shy around others but more lively around us at home. When you are in a new environment you are so observant and quiet. I like those times though because you hold on to me a little tighter :-) It's fun to see you finally warm up to new things and see the excitement they bring you. You are kind to other kids, many times offering them the toy you are playing with if they walk up to you. If your toy is taken away you often just stand there with a perplexed look on your face but very seldom do you get upset. Who knows if this will change though. I want you to stand up for yourself, but I also like your gentle spirit. You are also quite hilarious. One funny thing you do is whisper when you are talking to us or just talking in general. It's so cute and we all get good laughs. Your antics never fail to make us laugh. I think you know you are being funny because you make yourself laugh as well. Seems like we are in for some fun and laughter in the years to come and I can't wait!
You are a bigger blessing that your Daddy and I could have possibly imagined. We are blessed indeed!
Silly girl... seriously you crack us up!
Speaking of sleeping, you normally are down around 8 and wake up around 7. The time change last week threw you off and I wasn't the least bit surprised. You have slowly worked youself back to sleeping later and not getting up at 6:05 like you did that first day, whew. For naps, well you aren't totally sure what you want to do. I think we are somewhat in the stage of 1 nap isn't enough and 2 is sometimes too much. Some times you take a longer morning nap (still 2.5 hours after you wake up) and then you aren't sleepy for the afternoon nap or it would be so late that I just hold you off for an early bedtime. That makes planning days hard to do but we are working with it. The time change actually helped this and you seem to be better with 2 naps. Your second nap normally comes about 3.5 hours after you wake up from your first one. That gives us some good outing time or just time to hang out and play. When you wake up from that second nap we play, take a walk, make dinner, and wait for Daddy to come home.
Your sweet personality is becoming more and more evident. You seem to be shy around others but more lively around us at home. When you are in a new environment you are so observant and quiet. I like those times though because you hold on to me a little tighter :-) It's fun to see you finally warm up to new things and see the excitement they bring you. You are kind to other kids, many times offering them the toy you are playing with if they walk up to you. If your toy is taken away you often just stand there with a perplexed look on your face but very seldom do you get upset. Who knows if this will change though. I want you to stand up for yourself, but I also like your gentle spirit. You are also quite hilarious. One funny thing you do is whisper when you are talking to us or just talking in general. It's so cute and we all get good laughs. Your antics never fail to make us laugh. I think you know you are being funny because you make yourself laugh as well. Seems like we are in for some fun and laughter in the years to come and I can't wait!
You are a bigger blessing that your Daddy and I could have possibly imagined. We are blessed indeed!
Sorry for this silly picture, but you can see a tooth.
Your Daddy thinks you look too much like a big girl here. I agree.
Honestly, that face could not be more precious. Gosh, we love you!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
My Marathon Man
Alliteration... haha... takes me back to Mrs. Cannady's 9th grade English class. Wow, starting with a tangent.
Ok, back to the point. Brandon FINISHED the Raleigh City of Oaks Marathon! It has been something that he has trained hard for since March. Through the hot summer (meaning early, early Saturday morning runs before the heat), crazy work weeks, and overall exhaustion he trained... and trained... and trained some more. I could not be more proud of him.
It's something, really, to watch someone work so hard to complete something and then seeing them finally doing that which they set out to accomplish. He was ready, boy was he ready! After those many months of preparing mentally and physically he was up to the task. The race started at 7am from the NC State Belltower (couldn't have been a better place). He left home around 5:45 that morning. A feat alone if you're asking me. Anyway, he started at 7 and ran and ran and ran until he crossed that beloved finish line (again at the belltower) at 11:39. A mere 4 hours and 39 minutes later, only to have travelled 26.2 miles on foot. On foot people!
I met him a couple of times out on the course at miles 14 and 20. At 14 he seemed like it was nothing. At 20 he seemed more tired and he said his legs were hurting. Then I rushed home to grab Adelaide (huge thank you to Amber for coming over during her nap) and get back out to the finish line.
The end was all a buzz with cheering people everywhere and so much excitement. It was really neat because I knew that all those people were there to cheer on their special someone, but yet they were cheering on everyone else's special someone too. We made it out there with a few minutes to spare and then he came running by. Tired of course, but going hard nonetheless. He crossed the finish line with his arms spread out like he was flying... a perfect ending! He was immediately given his medal and a shiny wrap thing to help keep him warm. Then came the hugs, congrats, and kisses. He got to see the "Go Daddy Go" shirt I made for Adelaide. It was emotional for us... more so that I thought it would be. That first family hug will stick with me for a long time to come. Anyway, after stretching and walking a bit he ate some pizza and we headed home. Praise the Lord, he did it!
Love it!
Mile 14
Mile 20 (14 is going the other way)
Water break and meeting up with Travis. He is a marathon runner and met up with Brandon at Mile 20 to bring him home! What an encouraging friend.
FINISH LINE
He's on the way!
So proud of you!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Quack Quack
Meet the cutest duck you ever will see
This Halloween was a little more exciting that last year. Remember this? Just 5 weeks old last Halloween.
My Mama got Adelaide this cute duck costume and we thought it was perfect. We went Trick-or-Treating with Trey, Amber, and Graham around our neighborhood. Us parents enjoyed showing off our little ones and then snacking on the candy later. We figured we would enjoy the candy now because in a couple of years I'm sure that won't be acceptable ;-)
The duck and cow
Look at this cuteness!
Fun with Daddy!
Ok, Ok, I'm almost done with the pictures.
Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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