this is long overdue.... We were out of town for ten days when you turned 13 months old.
At 13 months you are looking and acting more like a little boy than a baby. You want to do things by yourself, with no help- you get frustrated sometimes when you can't do it...
You make your daddy and I laugh on a daily basis, you are so funny. We have decided that we hope that never changes, we love the silly boy that you are.
You are changing daily:
You can say so many words: mom, dad, shoe, sock, shirt, no, dog, banana, Elmo, hot, ball, more, & hat...
You are also signing several words: more, banana, leaf, milk, shoes, baby
You surprise us all the time with new words. It is hard to keep up.
You have slowed down on the teething front for a bit and you are sticking with 8(4 on top and 4 on bottom)
as it gets cooler I have relized that the pants I bought in 18 months are WAY too big, you still need 12 month pants, but you are moving into 18 month shirts and PJ's. You are wearing size 4-5 shoe depending on the brand. And size 4 diaper.
You got sick for the first time, running a fever of 103.5 scaring your momma, but it was only a virus. You were pretty pitiful for almost a week.
You are still a great sleeper and at this point I am 31 weeks prego and don't know what I'd do if you didn't sleep well... I don't know how people do it without good sleep. You wear me out.
You are now running and climbing and are go, go, go all the time. (I'm guessing this is why you sleep so well.) You also absolutely LOVE to dance, and have for a while. You will stop and break out some dance moves in the middle of playing, eating, climbing, well what ever you are doing if you hear music.
You flew on an airplane for the first time, and did GREAT! it was so easy. I was a little worried since I was flying with you alone, but it was a piece of cake!
We don't have any more trips scheduled until next spring, and then you will be a big brother.
We keep talking to you about babies(baby is one of your favorite words to sign) and you are very interested in them, but I am not sure how much you really understand. While in NC we visited many friends with new babies, and you were very gentle with them and didn't mind at all that i held them.
Mostly you wanted their bottles and paci's since you don't have them anymore. I am thinking this will be the only issue we have when Holden arrives. You will steal his paci and bottles- I am sure of it.
You are not such a great eater. It seems to not really interest you, which the doctor said was very normal, and that you are too busy to eat. He said as long as you are growing you are getting plenty. So I try my best not to worry about it, but I do.
You will be starting Moms Morning out this week. It's one morning a week, and I know I am going to miss you like crazy! But, I think it will be good for both of us. I know you will love it!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
A Rough Few Days
The past few days have hit me like a ton of bricks.... Owen had a fever for the first time ever, i watched it closely and once it spiked to 102.1 we headed off to the urgent care. It was Sunday and I first thought Owen was fussy and warm due to some back teeth that I believe are breaking through, but with a fever over 100.... no way! So on to the Urgent Care. We were told Owen has a virus and it could last up to 7 days. :( I know that he will get sick, and we are lucky that he hasn't been sick until now, but man I am one worn out mama!
Since he is not feeling well he is extremely clingy, wanted to be on top on me where ever I am, and sitting and or laying on me. This wouldn't usually be that awful, but at 28 weeks pregnant there isn't that much room, and he insist. So I allow, and by the end of the day I feel like I have been beaten up. Having a one year old lay on you at 28 weeks pregnant is not so comfortable. And makes for long days.
As of today, I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and believe in a few more days this will all be behind us, but until then, I guess I will be a human pillow as needed for my little one who is under the weather.
Tonight I go to orientation for the Moms Morning Out Program that Owen will begin in 2 weeks. I am excited for him, but I think I will miss him terribly while he is gone. He will go once a week, for 3 hours.. I know that it will be good for both of us to have a little space, and before Holden arrives in November it will be nice for one morning to catch up on my to-do list.
Elizabeth
Since he is not feeling well he is extremely clingy, wanted to be on top on me where ever I am, and sitting and or laying on me. This wouldn't usually be that awful, but at 28 weeks pregnant there isn't that much room, and he insist. So I allow, and by the end of the day I feel like I have been beaten up. Having a one year old lay on you at 28 weeks pregnant is not so comfortable. And makes for long days.
As of today, I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and believe in a few more days this will all be behind us, but until then, I guess I will be a human pillow as needed for my little one who is under the weather.
Tonight I go to orientation for the Moms Morning Out Program that Owen will begin in 2 weeks. I am excited for him, but I think I will miss him terribly while he is gone. He will go once a week, for 3 hours.. I know that it will be good for both of us to have a little space, and before Holden arrives in November it will be nice for one morning to catch up on my to-do list.
Elizabeth
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
ONE YEAR!
Holy Smokes! I can not believe I am writing this! Owen you turned ONE this past weekend. Your daddy and I are still trying to find out where the time went. We talk about this all the time. I guess time does fly when you are having fun! And boy are we having fun! We are having the times of life.
At ONE you:
*are walking and running all over the place. Climbing stairs is a favorite.
*weigh 20.5 lbs, and are 29.5 inches long
*you are wearing 12 months clothes
*size 3/4 shoe
* size 4 diaper
* are talking: you say; "who's dat?"(who's that?) to just about everybody we encounter in a day, even myself and your daddy. But if we ask you "who's that" you will answer dada or mama..(i love it!); you also say: no, mama, dada, and moe (more): You are talking up a storm, and the doctor told us you were far advance socially...
* you love to play with other children, and will bring toys to them, and talk to them when we are at playgroup. You babble all of the time when around other children... i wish i knew what was going on in that little mind of yours.
* you like to play chase- well you like mommy to chase you. you laugh and squeal the whole time. Sometimes i might just be walking around a room, and will take off running and laughing, of course then i have to go after you! Because you JUST love it!
* your sleep habits have become a chore. I have it down to a science though. If you get 2 good naps, in your crib then you sleep great at night(10 or more hours straight) And that's LOVELY! but if we skip a nap, or are out and about and you nap in the car/stroller you will be up at night at least once sometimes twice. It's great that I know I can count on a good nights sleep most days, but it also makes us stay in more that I would like. Sometimes its just not worth interrupting your nap schedule to get out and about. I do love that when we are at home you nap like a champ! You love to take your naps and almost never throw a fit. I always get in some good cuddle time before your naps too, which i love and wouldn't trade for anything!
* You have found a new love for books, we read to you when you were very little, but once you began moving you wanted nothing to do with sitting still and listening/looking at books with mama or daddy. But now, you bring me books from your stash to read, and you will sit and turn pages on your on while playing on the floor. You have found a new fondness for books and I LOVE it!
* You are eating mostly regular food, and sometimes some baby food. You really like the YoBaby yogurt with fruit and veggies mixed in, so we keep that handy. You have switched to whole milk, and have had no issues, and you drink it up. You are off bottles for the most part during the day, at night that is a different story. (you want that bottle when you are tired) You change your mind daily about what you will and won't eat, so we always try everything that we are eating and then see what you will and won't eat. You seem to really like noodles of any type; with sauce or with out it doesn't matter to you. You also like Yogurt, peanut butter, crackers, and fruit(mango, strawberries, grapes, pineapple, peaches, and applesauce)Vegetables, you are hit or miss, you liked them as baby food, but not so much now that we are giving you the real thing.
So, for your birthday you had several people fly in town to celebrate and about 30 of our family friends came to celebrate. We had a cook out at the park, and you played very hard, and loved every minute of it. You totally racked up on the toys, and I am still trying to find a place for everything, because at this moment toys are taking over our house. (i wouldn't have it any other way, but I am sure I can find some sort of organization :))
At ONE you:
*are walking and running all over the place. Climbing stairs is a favorite.
*weigh 20.5 lbs, and are 29.5 inches long
*you are wearing 12 months clothes
*size 3/4 shoe
* size 4 diaper
* are talking: you say; "who's dat?"(who's that?) to just about everybody we encounter in a day, even myself and your daddy. But if we ask you "who's that" you will answer dada or mama..(i love it!); you also say: no, mama, dada, and moe (more): You are talking up a storm, and the doctor told us you were far advance socially...
* you love to play with other children, and will bring toys to them, and talk to them when we are at playgroup. You babble all of the time when around other children... i wish i knew what was going on in that little mind of yours.
* you like to play chase- well you like mommy to chase you. you laugh and squeal the whole time. Sometimes i might just be walking around a room, and will take off running and laughing, of course then i have to go after you! Because you JUST love it!
* your sleep habits have become a chore. I have it down to a science though. If you get 2 good naps, in your crib then you sleep great at night(10 or more hours straight) And that's LOVELY! but if we skip a nap, or are out and about and you nap in the car/stroller you will be up at night at least once sometimes twice. It's great that I know I can count on a good nights sleep most days, but it also makes us stay in more that I would like. Sometimes its just not worth interrupting your nap schedule to get out and about. I do love that when we are at home you nap like a champ! You love to take your naps and almost never throw a fit. I always get in some good cuddle time before your naps too, which i love and wouldn't trade for anything!
* You have found a new love for books, we read to you when you were very little, but once you began moving you wanted nothing to do with sitting still and listening/looking at books with mama or daddy. But now, you bring me books from your stash to read, and you will sit and turn pages on your on while playing on the floor. You have found a new fondness for books and I LOVE it!
* You are eating mostly regular food, and sometimes some baby food. You really like the YoBaby yogurt with fruit and veggies mixed in, so we keep that handy. You have switched to whole milk, and have had no issues, and you drink it up. You are off bottles for the most part during the day, at night that is a different story. (you want that bottle when you are tired) You change your mind daily about what you will and won't eat, so we always try everything that we are eating and then see what you will and won't eat. You seem to really like noodles of any type; with sauce or with out it doesn't matter to you. You also like Yogurt, peanut butter, crackers, and fruit(mango, strawberries, grapes, pineapple, peaches, and applesauce)Vegetables, you are hit or miss, you liked them as baby food, but not so much now that we are giving you the real thing.
So, for your birthday you had several people fly in town to celebrate and about 30 of our family friends came to celebrate. We had a cook out at the park, and you played very hard, and loved every minute of it. You totally racked up on the toys, and I am still trying to find a place for everything, because at this moment toys are taking over our house. (i wouldn't have it any other way, but I am sure I can find some sort of organization :))
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
11 months!
Owen you will be ELEVEN months old tomorrow. I am still trying to figure out how the time went SO fast!
You are now walking, drinking whole milk out of a sippy, and climbing all over the place. You have grown up so quickly. Can you please SLOW down? Just a little?
You are such a busy little man, since you have been moving it tough to get you to sit down and eat ONE good meal. You don't care to much for your high chair unless we are letting you play with your food, and you only care to "play" with really messy things, otherwise you throw a fit at being strapped in. Luckily you only do this at home, and not at restaurants. :)
You weigh 19 pounds little one, that means if you want to turn your seat around when you turn one, you better get to eating- you have one pound to go, or you will be sitting backwards until your 15 month appointment.
On that note; when you are 15 months old you will become a BIG brother to a LITTLE BROTHER! That's right, you are going to have a little brother this coming fall! Mommy and Daddy are so excited for you to become a big brother, we no you are just going to love your little brother and set many GOOD examples for him to follow.
You are talking more and more each day. Words you like to say: DaDa(is your very favorite), MaMa(if you are tired or need some cuddles), No, Mo(more- you also sign this to us).
A few things you say that i think are just repeats for now: ni'ni'(night night- only after we say it) and ba ba(again after we ask if you want a bottle)
I am trying to break you of the bottle as we speak. You will take a sippy cup, and are drinking milk with no problems, UNTIL you are tired. You then only want a bottle, and I am keeping formula in your bottles, and milk only in sippy cups.... SO hopefully by your first birthday we will be done with all bottles. I have taken your pacifier away and you gave it up with no problems. I am so happy this went smoothly, because with another little one on the way I need you off pacifiers and bottles sooner than later, so you will have time to adjust before a little one is using those things.(we already say paci's and bottles are for babies... hoping you will "want" to be mommy's big boy)
We are leaving this week to head to Nashville to visit family and attend a wedding. We have decided to drive and stop half way a visit with friends. I am hoping that you do well in the car. We were just at the doctor yesterday because i was afraid you might have gotten your first ear infection, but luckily that was not the case. Instead the doctor believes your are cutting 4 more teeth.... FOUR... that whats they said... I can only feel one coming through on the bottom, when it pops through you will have 7 pearly whites... we will wait and see if three more are on their way?
Buddy boy you become more fun each day, we have been swimming in the big pool, in the little pool in in yard and you absolutely LOVE the water. You are fearless which scares me a little, but I am so happy you enjoy the pool. I look forward to many of summer spent there, making great memories.
Owen, your mommy and daddy love you more than words can say!
Next month we will be having a BIG celebration! JUST FOR YOU!
You are now walking, drinking whole milk out of a sippy, and climbing all over the place. You have grown up so quickly. Can you please SLOW down? Just a little?
You are such a busy little man, since you have been moving it tough to get you to sit down and eat ONE good meal. You don't care to much for your high chair unless we are letting you play with your food, and you only care to "play" with really messy things, otherwise you throw a fit at being strapped in. Luckily you only do this at home, and not at restaurants. :)
You weigh 19 pounds little one, that means if you want to turn your seat around when you turn one, you better get to eating- you have one pound to go, or you will be sitting backwards until your 15 month appointment.
On that note; when you are 15 months old you will become a BIG brother to a LITTLE BROTHER! That's right, you are going to have a little brother this coming fall! Mommy and Daddy are so excited for you to become a big brother, we no you are just going to love your little brother and set many GOOD examples for him to follow.
You are talking more and more each day. Words you like to say: DaDa(is your very favorite), MaMa(if you are tired or need some cuddles), No, Mo(more- you also sign this to us).
A few things you say that i think are just repeats for now: ni'ni'(night night- only after we say it) and ba ba(again after we ask if you want a bottle)
I am trying to break you of the bottle as we speak. You will take a sippy cup, and are drinking milk with no problems, UNTIL you are tired. You then only want a bottle, and I am keeping formula in your bottles, and milk only in sippy cups.... SO hopefully by your first birthday we will be done with all bottles. I have taken your pacifier away and you gave it up with no problems. I am so happy this went smoothly, because with another little one on the way I need you off pacifiers and bottles sooner than later, so you will have time to adjust before a little one is using those things.(we already say paci's and bottles are for babies... hoping you will "want" to be mommy's big boy)
We are leaving this week to head to Nashville to visit family and attend a wedding. We have decided to drive and stop half way a visit with friends. I am hoping that you do well in the car. We were just at the doctor yesterday because i was afraid you might have gotten your first ear infection, but luckily that was not the case. Instead the doctor believes your are cutting 4 more teeth.... FOUR... that whats they said... I can only feel one coming through on the bottom, when it pops through you will have 7 pearly whites... we will wait and see if three more are on their way?
Buddy boy you become more fun each day, we have been swimming in the big pool, in the little pool in in yard and you absolutely LOVE the water. You are fearless which scares me a little, but I am so happy you enjoy the pool. I look forward to many of summer spent there, making great memories.
Owen, your mommy and daddy love you more than words can say!
Next month we will be having a BIG celebration! JUST FOR YOU!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
taking steps!
Owen started taking steps by himself over a month ago, but nothing more than 2 or 3 steps before he gave in and plopped himself down and zoomed away...crawling just seemed more effecient and much faster.
But now he practices his walking all the time, and when he stumbles or looses his balance he stands back up to try again. Crawling is still his #1 mode of transportation, but I am sure not for long...
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