Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
19 months and counting...
1. Physically, you are your daddy made over. You have not come across a climbable object that you have not at least tried to climb.
2. Most things you succeed in climbing and this makes Mommy a nervous wreck.
3. You had your first sleepover with Mimi and Poppy. They said they would have you back again. Apparently you did not misbehave too much.
4. You still absolutely LOVE animals. When they interact with you, you laugh hysterically!
5. Thank you and please are words you use quite readily. Mommy loves it!
6. Transportation vehicles are now your favorite toys: tractors, trucks, cars, airplanes, anything with wheels.
7. Your appetite has significantly diminished.
8. You are wearing a size 6 shoe, 18-24 months size shirts, and 12-18 months size shorts/pants.
9. At your 18 month well-check you were in the 50th percentile in height (32.25 inches) and just above the 25th percentile in weight at 25 pounds.
10. Cousin Kameron came to visit you at your house! You had not seen each other in over 3 months because of his bone marrow transplant.
11. He brought you your first (of many, for sure) Nerf gun. You laugh out loud when we shoot the balls at you then you run after and fetch them.
12. When we play outside, you love to be in all our neighbors yards and driveways instead of ours.
13. You are frequently using 2 word phrases and speak complete sentences of gibberish. You seem to know what you are saying.
14. You call Kaleb and Kameron "Bubbles" and "Puppy" respectively as Kaleb always blows you bubbles when he sees you and Kameron has the talking puppy app on his iPod.
15. Jake fell into the bathtub with you and scratched you down your side. This is the first kitty cat scratches you have suffered, surprisingly.
16. Your new favorite character is Mickey Mouse. You also still love Elmo.
17. The louder the music, the more vigorously you dance!
18. You still love the Itsy Bitsy Spider song. Now, you do you own hand motions and have started to sing along.
19. You use "no" appropriately at times and the way you say it sounds so cute. This will not be the case very soon.
2. Most things you succeed in climbing and this makes Mommy a nervous wreck.
3. You had your first sleepover with Mimi and Poppy. They said they would have you back again. Apparently you did not misbehave too much.
4. You still absolutely LOVE animals. When they interact with you, you laugh hysterically!
5. Thank you and please are words you use quite readily. Mommy loves it!
6. Transportation vehicles are now your favorite toys: tractors, trucks, cars, airplanes, anything with wheels.
7. Your appetite has significantly diminished.
8. You are wearing a size 6 shoe, 18-24 months size shirts, and 12-18 months size shorts/pants.
9. At your 18 month well-check you were in the 50th percentile in height (32.25 inches) and just above the 25th percentile in weight at 25 pounds.
10. Cousin Kameron came to visit you at your house! You had not seen each other in over 3 months because of his bone marrow transplant.
11. He brought you your first (of many, for sure) Nerf gun. You laugh out loud when we shoot the balls at you then you run after and fetch them.
12. When we play outside, you love to be in all our neighbors yards and driveways instead of ours.
13. You are frequently using 2 word phrases and speak complete sentences of gibberish. You seem to know what you are saying.
14. You call Kaleb and Kameron "Bubbles" and "Puppy" respectively as Kaleb always blows you bubbles when he sees you and Kameron has the talking puppy app on his iPod.
15. Jake fell into the bathtub with you and scratched you down your side. This is the first kitty cat scratches you have suffered, surprisingly.
16. Your new favorite character is Mickey Mouse. You also still love Elmo.
17. The louder the music, the more vigorously you dance!
18. You still love the Itsy Bitsy Spider song. Now, you do you own hand motions and have started to sing along.
19. You use "no" appropriately at times and the way you say it sounds so cute. This will not be the case very soon.
Happy 19 months of life, Doodle!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Silly Sleeper
Yes.
He is sleeping folded in half.
His legs are under his torso, toes to nose :)
Glad to see he inherited Mommy's flexibility!
Future UK cheerleader? Olympic diver? Toe nail biter?
Friday, August 5, 2011
What Are 3 Things...
We have started a new ritual in the Raker house. While reading in one of my magazines, I came across this tip. I don't remember exactly what it was a tip for (stress relief, happiness, sleep) but I do remember thinking it was an awesome idea. So much so that we've implemented it. While Daddy J and I are lying in bed we ask each other "What are 3 things that made you smile today?" Inevitably, when someone asks you this, you immediately smile. Guaranteed. As time goes on we will likely use this as a family conversation starter at dinner every evening. That brings a smile to my face. So, feel free to steal this fabulous idea. I did.
Here are some of the things we have mentioned since we began a few days ago:
- both of us have mentioned Doodle (formerly known as Baby J) at least once every night
- Daddy J brought me home dinner last night from work, WITH a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie
- Texting with Kameron, WHO CAME HOME HOME MONDAY
- listening to and watching our cats play with their new toy mice
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)