14 months!

Someone is SUPER excited to be 14 months and fever free!! We have been sick over here - for days...ugh. He was a mix of teething (cutting all 4 molars top and bottom!) and snotty, stuffy, and feverish. We took him to the doctor and they said a Fever Virus (which is I think what they say when they have zero clue what is wrong with your child) Makes sense right?

His strep test came back negative so that was good and ears looked great. Humph. Doesn't explain why he was SCREAMING yesterday - totally unhappy until we went to visit Grammy and Grandad and then he was distracted, but still didn't feel good. Poor little guy :( And to top it all off I am not feeling good - sore throat and stuffy, achy too so maybe I have what he has without the temp? Who knows...I just know I want everyone in our house to FEEL better!!


Huh?


Whatevs mom







So here is what 14 months looks like:

- 22 lbs at the sick visit this week
- probably 30-31 inches
-sleeping 7 pm - 7 am and 1, maybe 2 naps during the day. These are very random - usually about 1-2 hours total, usually on the lighter side.
-eats 3 meals and 2 snacks. Still kinda picky - loves cheese toast, pb sandwiches, chicken nugguts, puree food, cheese, puffs, gerber cereal bars, cheerios, bananas, and waffles. Still doesn't like green veggies or any other items for that matter (no potatoes, etc)

- size 4 diapers, 5 at night
- drinks sippy cups with water and milk through the day and we finally took away the evening bottle - he did great! Did fuss just doesnt drink that much of his milk but its getting better.

- Has a temper on him! He gets frustrated and cries out and gets angry/upset when you tell him "no touch" and move him away from said object. He will definitely test his boundaries. Can definitely be a little stinker :)

- loves books - story time is his favorite! still loves wheels and things that spin, is walking everywhere almost all the time!! Rarely crawls at home. He can say dog, wa wa for water, ball, mama, dada, he also calls the fan wawa.



helping me wash clothes :)



makes my heart happy that he loves book so much :)



He will still play in the pack n play for a little while if needed - like when getting ready, etc





he is obsessed with boogie wipes out of his drawer







He is such a joy to be around - I love his little personality and even though its exhausting when he is sick - that little smile when I go into get him in the morning just radiates all over me. Love that sweet sweet boy!

Here are a couple of videos - he loves book time and will sit semi patiently while we read almost 10-14 of his favorite books and some several times! Notice his legs moving - this is what he does when he is excited about a book - it is so cute! Excuse my voice :)



Big man walking!! (yes he is in a halloween outfit - its all I had at the time!)

Fall is in the Air!

How excited are you that FALL IS HERE!!!!!???? I AM!!!!!!!!!! :) Bring on the pumpkin spice lattes (already had 4!) cinnamon candles, ugg boots, yummy chili, and crisp weather!!!

I feel like I have been MIA on the blog front - sorry folks. Life just gets in the way! Lets see, we have been trying to get out of the house at least once every day...Logan just seems to get bored if we just hang around the house and now that he is trying to only nap once a day that makes it more difficult to keep him entertained. Speaking of naps that whole thing has me confused! We were right on track doing so well and of course that is when things change....always ;)

So I still put him down at 10 or 11 am and then again at 2-3 pm. But sometimes he sleeps and sometimes he plays. Even if he misses his morning nap he will only sleep 1 hour maybe an hour and a half which seems not a lot to go from 7 am - 7 pm with only 1 hour nap! I know every baby is different so maybe he doesn't require that much sleep during the day. But Mama is exhausted!!!

I started Bloom back (was Moms n More last year) which is a bible study at Fellowship Church for Mamas! It is Uh-Mazing....we were all so excited to go back and get inspired. We are reading "Parenting is Heart Work" and I think it will be fantastic. But, Logan was not too thrilled to be in the nursery for 2 hours. When I dropped him off it was INSANE as there are over 200 women and kiddos this year!!! There were 3 kids crying in his room so he immediately started crying when I handed him over the door. Poor little guy :( I had to help a friend get her child to his classroom because she just had surgery and he was in the same class as Logan. Logan didn't see me but I could see him from the window next to the door and it about broke my heart. He was very upset crying and crawling to try to find a teacher to hold him but all the teachers were busy holding other kids and getting people checked in....I had to vacate immediately before I had a breakdown! I know he will be okay but it really upset me that he was so upset and no one could comfort him :(

So when we picked them back up he was fine - playing thank goodness! But when we got home he was dying of thirst and gobbled up so much food it was crazy - he also downed a whole cup of milk and lots of water which he NEVER does so I thought maybe they didn't offer a snack and something to drink which I specifically told them he would need a snack/drink that I packed. It didn't look like any was gone from what I packed. Humph. I know it was the first day but it didn't leave me feeling confident about this nursery. I will obviously give it more time but luckily Trey is off some Tuesdays so he can watch him too.





Stinker :)




inspecting a piece of avocado...mushed it and licked it before making a face and that was it...



He laughs every time you get ice from the freezer!


MDO is going okay - we love them but he is having problems getting used to the drop off. In fact Thursday he started crying from the moment we walked into the room. He has never done that. I hugged him and handed over his bag and left sort of quickly but it was too much for him. I called to check in after an hour and he was in and out of crying fits. He basically didn't calm down until lunchtime when he got into his highchair and ate lunch. But they said it was on and off so they didn't see a need for me to come get him. He would play then almost realize I wasn't there or that he should be upset so he would cry again. I brought his two favorite books and those didn't even help he just pushed them away. But I guess what works at home doesn't work everywhere.



So he did eat ALL of his lunch - hooray! The first time there he has eaten more than a few bites! Then he played in his crib and fell asleep for 25 min. They said they always have to rub his back to get him to fall asleep which we never do at home but I think its because he is in a weird room with PEOPLE! He is in a dark quiet room at home so totally different situation. He was fine when I picked him up so that was good! Oh another thing to note is that one of the things he does for comfort is chew on my hair and lightly pinch my neck - both of which are not the most comfortable...so I try to distract but usually when I pick him up the teachers talk to me for a little while and he does it the whole time... interesting!



He was loving brushing these boogie wipes on the air grates. He did this for a long time :)





He cracks me up - he really tries to make us laugh and its so cute!! He is such a sweet little boy but does have a temper and will let you know when things aren't going his way. But I wouldn't have him any other way - I love spending my days with him watching him learn and grow - and one of my favorite things is when he pulls out a book and comes to sit in my lap for me to read it too him. Ahhhh melts my heart :)

Busy Busy!

We had a very busy day - it was Logan's professional picture day for his third and final session with Kristin! He did amazing - such a sweet boy and she said she got some great ones :)

Playing with his ball machine

Pushing Thomas the Train around - one of his favorites

He will still hang out in the pack n play which is a lifesaver!! I stick him in there several times a day for short periods of time while I get ready to go somewhere, clean up a quick mess, or some times he just wants to be in there with his toys - I think he feels safe and secure. Like his crib - he loves that too! Sometimes after nap its like he wants to get out of the crib but then again he loves it and will sit back down and play with his burp cloth for a little while. Too funny!

Such a little man - we went to a birthday party this weekend and I put shoes on him for the first time at a function - since he is walking more I figured it was a good time to do it. He looked so adorable and OLD!

We had so much fun at the party but I made a big ole mistake. He had his snacks and was getting hungry for lunch but we were leaving soon and I ate a few bites of cake and let him try some. I didn't think it was a big deal because he is not into food usually - he likes his favorites but then never gets upset when its taken away, etc. So I threw it away and the tears started forming. He sobbed and cried and wouldn't stop. Poor guy. I think he was tired too...but Lauren finally got him calmed - she made him laugh and that helped him forget that yummy cake that mean ole mommy threw away :)

Excited about dinner! For dinner he eats 1 tyson chicken nugget, cheese toast, and puree veggies

And this right here is his new sweeping the food off the tray move...not cool, not cool at all.

Channeling the spirits (someone please tell him its not Halloween yet...)

Such a stinker! :)

We had our 3rd week of MDO last week and poor thing realized I was leaving him :( I knew it would happen sooner or later but whoa. It broke my heart but I know he would be totally fine. He smiled at his teacher then wobbled back over to me and grabbed onto my leg which he never does. He is not a clingy child so as soon as I tried to pry him off he started crying. A teacher held him and tried to get toys involved and I left. When I went to pick him up they said it took him awhile to calm down which I was surprised. He finally did when they gave him his burp cloth but after the director came in to help soothe him. Good news is that he did eat lunch and slept 40 minutes! hooray - victory!

We start Bloom back (formally Moms n More) tomorrow and he will be in that nursery for 2 hours. Hopefully he will do great! :)