November...

Peanut enjoying a walk

I need to get better at this, else I'll forget what has happened in his life! Ugh! Ok, Peanut! He's climbing and getting into everything, and teething (I think) like MAD! He can shimmy up his crib to open the door, so I had to move it.  He's saying some 2 word phrases, better then the one he was saying at his 2 year appointment (need help). So he'll say stuff like 'go down' for the slide, 'get down' to the cats, 'hi mom' to me :) And he's sometimes putting 'a' or 'the' in front of nouns, like the other day he said 'Oh no! The ball!' when it bounced away. We're working on getting him to respond consistently (to us at least) questions like 'how are you?' 'how old are you?' and the like. He still doesn't say his name, so that's a no go. We're also working on some physical things like jumping and hitting a baseball in a somewhat correct way. He's getting superb with silverwear, I've started putting a little milk in when he eats cereal, and it's a bit messy but not too bad.

7 weeks to 24 months

His birthday went ok... he was grouchy the day of, and his second party it was really windy up on Rib Mountain. We trudged on through though and had what fun we could! I tried to do less, but I still have a hard time with parties. Social situations are ick! And then to have him wake up in such a bad mood >< But the month was great in general, we had fun playing with his cousin, eating lots of treats, trying to do something extra special each day. Lot's of walks to the parks or long bike rides with daddy, lot's of fun in general.

ZOMG LEAVES!

Right now he's messing around with his blocks, he's got his train on the ipad cycling through while hitting buttons on the zebra... personally after waking up at 7 this morning with him after being up for an hour or two last night, he can do whatever he wants while I take a break to blog :) It's better then zoning out in front of the tv at least I think. Which actually we kept to a minimum today, a Thomas episode this morning, then half of sesame street after his nap. Waaay better then I thought it'd be when he woke up so early (yes, it still would have been too early without daylight savings time ending).

K's wedding

We went to the park today, still loads of fun in mittens and a hat. Plus with no one there, we had lots of fun exploring the tennis court and soccer fields. Food wins today too, I promised Boi pancakes, but then we had sesame chicken and spinach muffins for lunch. Grandma and Grandpa came to visit, they were going to install the frame for the chalkboard, but they forgot the compressor. I still fed them though ;) Whole wheat muffins, spinach in them, bananas in them, cottage cheese and another muffin for dinner, protein check. Plus I think I'm going to juice a few apples for us as a snack soon.

Now he's laying on the floor trying to say Piglet to the doll of him. Wait... and now Piglet is a train. Figures ;) He was a monkey for Halloween. It was a win to everyone along the way. The first half was really good, we went around the block, we kept missing the ambulance handing out candy though. Which is really unfortunate as he's gotten interested in safety vehicles lately. But then we decided to go a second block... and we started seeing older kids in scary costumes at that point. He was pretty terrified. We walked safely around the first one (the guy behind the mask was clearly very apologetic about scaring him, which was funny mix) but then a bit later some scary kids ran up behind him to get candy at a house we had just gotten, and turning around and right in his face... we carried him for most of the way home at that point. He was getting tired and very nervous about another scary surprise. The guy at the next house was nice, he was just standing outside and we said we were waiting a bit to put some space in between us so maybe he'd calm down, and we just stood around talking a bit.

Harvest Fest 2012 -2013

Hmmm, what else... his favorite foods right now are peanut butter, cakes/cookies/treats, 'elmo' (cereal), cottage cheese, and any kind of muffin I make. He's very touch and go on everything, one day he'll happily eat all his vegetables, the next day he puts his nose up to string cheese. So I try once a week to make vegetable and fruit muffins. Those are always a win, and for a day or two he's gets stuff he doesn't normally eat. His favorite vegetables are peas though. Figures, those are sweet. Canned though...

1 year and 2 year chair pictures

We just played a kissing game :) Kissing through the mesh on the back of my chair, and then normal, he had fun. And now he's moved on to counting. Still won't say 1, but he'll say 2-10. That's another thing we work on daily, focusing on the number 1.

And after another intermission of playing catch and blowing bubbles, I'm back! He's decided to turn on Sonic, he'll play it a little bit, his first video game <3 aside from iPad apps that is.

1 year and 2 year pumpkin pictures

So I'm looking at the ASQ 30 form, which I'm sure we'll need to fill out in April for his appointment. It's stuff they want to know if he can do at 30 months. Looks like some toughies will be 3 or 4 word sentences.. (he babbles sentences that sounds like "it's a ball!" but I think it's just coincodence sometimes when he does it, just using familiar sounds with a word he knows. But maybe in the next few months it'll sound more authentic.  Then they want to know if he will tell if you a picture of a dog is doing something, like barking, or a picture of a girl is running, or whatever. That we can easily work on. He'll hopefully have a few verbs down by then at least. Moving onto gross motor... he's still not doing a full 2 foot jump, he can pretend he is, but not both feet at the same time. And they'll want to know if he can stand on one foot, now that's something I can turn into a game :D Hmmm moving on... problem solving, will your child repeat two numbers back in order, like eight two. I can see that one evolving, but not the last one, have your child draw a simple picture and tell you what they drew o.O all he draws is lines. Sigh, ok, this one he's trying to do, putting on a jacket by himself. Just not very good at it. Also pulling up his pants from knees to waist... though it would help if he didn't have a diaper.

It's just good to know what some of the expectations will be in 5 months time. Too bad 'turns on tv and pulls chair right in front of it and stares' isn't one of them!!! And wow, this has taken an hour and a half, what with all the playing breaks. I guess maybe I'll remember to try again Tuesday? Maybe get a nice video up here then too, and fill in some more blanks.