"Never mind that perfectly good (Elmo) chair...I think I will sit on top of all my toys and books, in the basket! " 
15 years ago
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
This Looks Like a Great Place to Sit!
"Never mind that perfectly good (Elmo) chair...I think I will sit on top of all my toys and books, in the basket! " 15 Month Update
Yesterday, Nathan had his 15 month well check and this is how he measured up:
Weight: 26.08 lbs
Height: 33 in
He grew quite a bit since his 12 month check up, and gained a couple pounds too! He is in the 75% for weight, and 95% for height. Needless to say, Jonathon is ecstatic about how tall he is...as he has always wanted my brother's height to somehow trickle down to his kids. :)
Dr. Abbott was VERY impressed with how vocal Nathan is, and not only that but how much he can say. She kept saying, or asking rather, if we were sure he isn't an 18 month old or even a 2 year old. He just chats away. He attempts to say everything you ask him to, and does a pretty good job at mimicking it. He has started saying two word phrases...such as "thank you" (after I say it, and he is prompted) and "I pooped". Yes, "I pooped". If you ask him if he pooped, he will tug on his diaper and say "I pooped". Its is quite adorable and you can bet that we ask him if he pooped many times a day just to hear him say "I pooped". :)
She was very impressed at how social he is and asked if he was in daycare. Nope, just a social guy! :) He is so social, that he has now started to headbutt all kids that he comes in contact with. We have a Mommy and Me class on Mondays, and last Monday, he would go up to the kids and head butt them. He does this a lot with Audrey as well. I asked Dr. Abbott if this was normal or if my child really was going to be in the back of the class eating the Elmer's Glue, and she said that it was perfectly normal and he means no harm in doing it. In fact it was more of an affection thing, rather than harmful. Plus she said, he is a boy and they do things like that "just because they can". Much like...gagging himself...which Nathan has begun doing as well. He will beg for a spoon (a baby spoon) and he will deliberately gag himself...just to gag. He finds it quite entertaining, much to my dismay.
He received 3 shots yesterday, and did pretty well with him, though the last one he jerked his leg and now he is a little sore in that leg. He cried quite a bit, but immediately stopped with Jonathon pulled out his car keys, which happen to be Nathan's FAVORITE toy! I swear this child is going to be in the Indy 500 someday. He LOVES cars....not toy cars, but REAL ones. With REAL keys, and REAL steering wheels, and REAL horns, and REAL tires, and REAL hazard lights, etc...:)
It was a good trip to the Doctor, and I am always so glad that Dr. Abbott is Nathan's doc. She is great with him, and with us parents too!
Weight: 26.08 lbs
Height: 33 in
He grew quite a bit since his 12 month check up, and gained a couple pounds too! He is in the 75% for weight, and 95% for height. Needless to say, Jonathon is ecstatic about how tall he is...as he has always wanted my brother's height to somehow trickle down to his kids. :)
Dr. Abbott was VERY impressed with how vocal Nathan is, and not only that but how much he can say. She kept saying, or asking rather, if we were sure he isn't an 18 month old or even a 2 year old. He just chats away. He attempts to say everything you ask him to, and does a pretty good job at mimicking it. He has started saying two word phrases...such as "thank you" (after I say it, and he is prompted) and "I pooped". Yes, "I pooped". If you ask him if he pooped, he will tug on his diaper and say "I pooped". Its is quite adorable and you can bet that we ask him if he pooped many times a day just to hear him say "I pooped". :)
She was very impressed at how social he is and asked if he was in daycare. Nope, just a social guy! :) He is so social, that he has now started to headbutt all kids that he comes in contact with. We have a Mommy and Me class on Mondays, and last Monday, he would go up to the kids and head butt them. He does this a lot with Audrey as well. I asked Dr. Abbott if this was normal or if my child really was going to be in the back of the class eating the Elmer's Glue, and she said that it was perfectly normal and he means no harm in doing it. In fact it was more of an affection thing, rather than harmful. Plus she said, he is a boy and they do things like that "just because they can". Much like...gagging himself...which Nathan has begun doing as well. He will beg for a spoon (a baby spoon) and he will deliberately gag himself...just to gag. He finds it quite entertaining, much to my dismay.
He received 3 shots yesterday, and did pretty well with him, though the last one he jerked his leg and now he is a little sore in that leg. He cried quite a bit, but immediately stopped with Jonathon pulled out his car keys, which happen to be Nathan's FAVORITE toy! I swear this child is going to be in the Indy 500 someday. He LOVES cars....not toy cars, but REAL ones. With REAL keys, and REAL steering wheels, and REAL horns, and REAL tires, and REAL hazard lights, etc...:)
It was a good trip to the Doctor, and I am always so glad that Dr. Abbott is Nathan's doc. She is great with him, and with us parents too!
SOOOO Sleepy
Last weekend Nathan went and spent some time with Nan and Paps, and they just plain tuckered him out. When I went to pick him up, all he wanted to do was lay his head on my shoulder. I got him in the car, strapped in, and he wanted his "choc-mo". We pulled out of their driveway, and when I looked back at him, this is what I found (above). He had fallen asleep while drinking his sippy cup, and the cup was caving in! It was very cute!!! He proceeded to take a 3 hour nap!!!!Saturday, November 17, 2007
Photo Shoot
So...last Wednesday, we had family pictures. Boy oh boy was that a disaster! Goodness sakes, have any of you tried to wrangle a 15 month old to stand in one spot, on a backdrop, and try to entice him to make his cutest faces and giggles so that some strange lady can make lots of flashes go off in his eyes? Yeah...me either, since Nathan wasn't having ANY of it! All he wanted to do was eat "cookies" and play with the car keys while saying "car car" and "bye bye" and climb the stairs to find the car already!
Needless to say, Donna DID get some very cute shots! Go here to see :
http://www.wolfordphotography.com/
1. Click on the "Clients" tab.
2. Click on where it says "Click here to view proofs and order online".
3. Scroll down to "Ice".
4. The password is "Nathan" (if it asks you for one).
It takes a couple of seconds to load...then watch the show!
Also, she now has it set up that you can register for an account (its free), and you can order the photos that you want, in the sizes that you want (for those great grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and acquaintances that would like to have pictures of our tiny little family hanging on your wall) online! You know, IF you would like to do that! ;)
Let me know what you think! :)
(One more thing...because I know I will be asked: You will notice on each photo it has a the Wolford watermark, no that will not be on the photos that you order, if you order any. She does this to prevent people from just copying the images themselves, and it protects her copyright.) :)
Needless to say, Donna DID get some very cute shots! Go here to see :
http://www.wolfordphotography.com/
1. Click on the "Clients" tab.
2. Click on where it says "Click here to view proofs and order online".
3. Scroll down to "Ice".
4. The password is "Nathan" (if it asks you for one).
It takes a couple of seconds to load...then watch the show!
Also, she now has it set up that you can register for an account (its free), and you can order the photos that you want, in the sizes that you want (for those great grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and acquaintances that would like to have pictures of our tiny little family hanging on your wall) online! You know, IF you would like to do that! ;)
Let me know what you think! :)
(One more thing...because I know I will be asked: You will notice on each photo it has a the Wolford watermark, no that will not be on the photos that you order, if you order any. She does this to prevent people from just copying the images themselves, and it protects her copyright.) :)
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Rock-A-Bye Baby...No More
So...for the last year or so (ever since Nathan has been on a "set" schedule...meaning 2 naps a day and bedtime at 8 or 8:30), we have had a nighttime ritual of taking a bath, getting Jim-Jams on, and then we rock him while he drinks a bottle. When his bottle was finished he would hand it over and grunt for his "bink". We then would lie him in bed with Mr. Bear, and walk out. We wouldn't hear anything from him until the sun came up. Well, last week...that all changed...
I believe I had a meeting to go to, so Jonathon put him to bed last Tuesday night. When I got home I asked if he went down okay and Jonathon told me that he didn't want to be rocked, so he just put him in his bed with his bottle and that was it. I thought surely it was just a fluke and that Nathan just wasn't tired...I denied that the "rocking" days were over. I sooo, didn't want to believe it. That was my favorite thing to do...hold him and rock him. It was the only time he really let us cuddle him. Normally he grabs a hug or a kiss real quick, so he can be on his way up the stairs or chasing a cat or something.
Alas, our Boy is growing up! The next night, he didn't want to be rocked either...and hasn't since the last night I did it, over a week ago. It is quite sad really. He is growing up. Pretty soon he is going to beg me to drop him off three blocks away from school! He wont want to be seen with me in public!
On the brighter side...even though his Rock-A-Bye days are over, he has become more cuddly during the day and right after his naps. Also, he does give "loves" whenever requested...which I really TRY to keep to a minimum of 9,586,828,532 times a day. I wouldnt want him to be TOO lovey! ;)
I believe I had a meeting to go to, so Jonathon put him to bed last Tuesday night. When I got home I asked if he went down okay and Jonathon told me that he didn't want to be rocked, so he just put him in his bed with his bottle and that was it. I thought surely it was just a fluke and that Nathan just wasn't tired...I denied that the "rocking" days were over. I sooo, didn't want to believe it. That was my favorite thing to do...hold him and rock him. It was the only time he really let us cuddle him. Normally he grabs a hug or a kiss real quick, so he can be on his way up the stairs or chasing a cat or something.
Alas, our Boy is growing up! The next night, he didn't want to be rocked either...and hasn't since the last night I did it, over a week ago. It is quite sad really. He is growing up. Pretty soon he is going to beg me to drop him off three blocks away from school! He wont want to be seen with me in public!
On the brighter side...even though his Rock-A-Bye days are over, he has become more cuddly during the day and right after his naps. Also, he does give "loves" whenever requested...which I really TRY to keep to a minimum of 9,586,828,532 times a day. I wouldnt want him to be TOO lovey! ;)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Adjustments
Whoever thought of the whole Day Light Savings Time (Fall Back! Spring Forward!) obviously did not have a 14 month old!
Friday, November 02, 2007
Back In The Day...
Nan and Paps bought Nathan this hat while they were on vacation to Florida a couple of weeks ago. He so reminds me of my Grandfather (my Dad's dad). He used to work on the railroad in Wyoming, and until his dying day, he would wear a hat very similar to this.Of course Jonathon would say that this is a golfer's hat... ;) Regardless, it is dang cute!
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Good Times!
Just another drawer that Nathan has discovered. Oh how he LOVES to take ALL of the clean, folded, neatly organized dish towels out and "reorganize" them for me. :)
Henry's Ark
Just outside of Louisville, there is this place called Henry's Ark. It is basically a very large "petting zoo", but the animals that are there to be "petted" are camels, yaks, deer, goats, llamas, ostriches, peacocks, ducks, rabbits, mules, reindeer, zebras, etc...basically animals that you wouldn't expect to find in Louisville, KY...or in North America for that matter (okay, yes...obviously ducks, goats, mules, and rabbits are not rare and you would find them anywhere...but a zebra? or a camel? You get the picture). I took Nathan to Henry's Ark a couple of weeks ago with Keaton. It was a real cold day, and we did not go prepared...meaning, we didn't have any food to feed the animals...we will next time though :) This place is completely FREE, and thrives on donations only. It is a great place to bring kids and a lot of the animals are allowed to just wander (as you can see above). They are VERY tame and well mannered. It is a really cool place to visit! I mean, how many times in your life have you gotten to PET a zebra or camel? Not many.On to the REAL story...did Nathan enjoy it? Yes, he liked it...until the mule/donkey (whatever it was...I obviously need to go back to school and learn my animals) nibbled at his little fingers! It appeared as though the mule/donkey was just lightly nibbling with his lips at Nathan's fingers, but apparently not, since Nathan started crying and there were teeth marks on his finger (way to go MOM! ;)). Anyways, no skin was broken and he stopped crying as soon as his Sucker-of-a-Mom (ahem, that's me!) let him out of his stroller. I think back on it now, and the Little Stinker was playing me! MAYBE that mule/donkey didn't nip at his finger at all...maybe it was a ploy to get out of his stroller and run FREE? ;) How quickly they learn!
Regardless, there are many more pictures of our Henry's Ark Adventure over at: http://www.dropshots.com/rachbree
ENJOY!
Monday, October 08, 2007
Definately His Mother's Son...
When I was a toddler...so I am told...I would do this thing where I would scrunch up my nose, show my teeth and breathe in and out real loud. My Mom always brings this up when she sees another child doing that: "Rach, you used to do that all the time." So it brings me GREAT pleasure that Nathan has started doing the same thing...I get the feeling that MOST kids do this at some point in their Toddlerhood, and that the trick is not special to me...however...it is still dang cute, and I like to think that Nathan got SOMETHING from me, even if it is a funny face. ;)The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
On a trailer ride to the pumpkin patch.
Here it is!!! Our pumpkin!
Over the weekend we went to Huber's to let Nathan pick a pumpkin. I think we all would have had an even more enjoyable time if it weren't 94degrees outside! Alas, it was fun...we met up with Keaton Walker and his parents and let the boys run around the pumpkin patch, pet a horse and eat ice cream! It will definitely be a tradition...
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