Wordless Wednesday

9 & 2 halves

I can't believe how fast Dean's teeth are starting to come in. Last weekend I noticed he was getting his first bottom molar (he was a grouch, it was not hard to notice!) and so after about 3 days the 2nd half made it through and I thought we were done for a while. Not so! This weekend when my parents were here I was showing them his new tooth, and my mom said "there is another one on top". So I felt around in his mouth, and not only does he have a full bottom molar, but half of each of the top ones. Explains alot!

Words, Words, Words

Dean has not always been the biggest talker. He has been on the early side for all his physical milestones, but I feel like we've been waiting forever for WORDS! A couple of weeks ago he started to say "ball" (well ba, but it was definitely ball) and everything was ball, so that was pretty exciting. Then this weekend we had a minor word explosion. We have an owl decoration for halloween and he asked "what's that" so I said "owl" and so did he! Then my parents came to visit & brought a green apple and D said "ba" and I said "apple" and SO DID HE! Clear as day! (Now all of his little green balls are "apple" but that's OK) He will also say some other things like "hippo" and something like "alligator" when we are looking at the animals around his changing table, but they don't "stick". Regardless, I'm thrilled!

Wordless Wednesday

14 months!

My sweet baby boy (not such a baby, but he still has his baby chub) is 14 months old today. It also happens that I came back to work a year ago today after my maternity leave, and it makes me sad. That being said my 14 month old is up to all kinds of things!

• He says ball (to almost everything circular, and to all kinds of balls). It took me forever to pull him away from the ball bin at the sports store on Saturday.
• He also says bye-bye and sometimes owl, and he tries to say lots of other things, I just don't always understand.
• He loves to eat whatever I'm eating including Thai food, guacamole, and honey mustard.
• He dances whenever music comes on (is anything cuter?)
• He wears mostly 18 month clothes with the occasional 24 month thrown in.
• He wears size 5 shoes.
• He loves to climb, he figured out how to climb over the ottoman we use to keep him in the living room just the other day.
• He's fascinated by opening & closing doors.
• He wears size 4 diapers.
• He drinks soy or rice milk from a cup during the day but still has a meltdown if he doesn't get to nurse at night (so he does)
• He's currently getting 3 molars, the one on the bottom left is almost in, the two on the top are just starting.
• He LOVES cups with straws, and always wants mine!

Wordless Wednesday

Eating with big boy dishes he got for his birthday!

Start early

Last week, as we always do, D and I went to the grocery store after work. Typically by the time we get done with the shopping I am quite tired, so (provided neither of us is yelling) I occasionally stop at the Starbucks, conveniently located in our store. On this particular day I got an iced tea (it was delicious!) and Dean decided that he needed some Starbucks too (he just wanted mine, actually). The very sweet barista said, "I can get him a little water, if you'd like." as he started to yell. Once the cup (with straw) was in his grasp he didn't let go for about an hour after we got home. I have to say that the lids they get can withstand a lot!