13 Months!

Hey Everyone,

Tonight is going to be mostly a picture post, but just so you know, all is well. No real huge breakthroughs this week, but plenty of sweet, adorable, and of course frustrating moments.

12-Month Check-up

Hey guys,

We finally scheduled and made it to Adam's 12-month check-up. Everything seems good. He's in the 70th percentile pretty much across the board and at 30 inches long, he only has two more inches before Mom and Dad have to go find him the next car seat up. The poor thing did have to get stuck four times though: three vaccines and one iron test (which turned out fine).

Other than all of that, he's doing well. We're weaning him back to his bed after allowing him to sleep with us while he was sick....which is less than fun. Also, he's been switched mainly over to whole milk. I debated for a while over whether or not to try and stand by feeding him some alternative, like almond milk, but, as the doctor confirmed, for the time being, whole milk has a lot that he needs that the others just don't have, particularly the fats for his brain development. Oh well, it'll be cheaper than formula either way and as long as he's healthy and it's the right  thing for him, why should I be upset?

Let's see...last but not least, he is trying to stand some more and seems somewhat more aware as he plays. He's even starting to enjoy pushing his little cars all over the living room.

Sorry, no pictures tonight, but you can rest assured that he's as cute as ever and would give you the goofiest, sweetest smile right now if he could.

Love you guys,
Cheers!

You Only Turn One Once: Part 2

The best laid plans man, the best laid plans. I was all set up to upload these pictures and have them all posted for you last Thursday, but come Wednesday, the whole family came under a sick spell. First it was Adam, then the rest of the house followed suit and are still fighting the thing off. Luckily, when we took him to the doctor (The MUSC Pediatrics After Hours Care in North Charleston is great by the way), our doc assured us that it seemed to just be a viral upper respiratory tract infection and shouldn't need any antibiotics. Of course, he also assured us we probably had another week until the thing was completely done...so we'll all be getting over it for another good while.

As far as the birthday party, many huge THANK YOUs to everyone who helped get everything ready and everyone who was able to come out and be there to celebrate with us. Sure, he won't remember it, but Thomas and I always will, and with his guestbook, his cards, his gifts, and the pictures, that's a ton of residual love he's going to feel throughout his life. He's a lucky kid to have all of y'all. Oh, and if you couldn't come, we love you too and know you were there in spirit.

I'm still a bit under the weather, so I'll be just a few more sentences, but, as you can see, the theme was Dr. Seuss. We made themed foods, decorations, and he had two great cakes made by his Meme. The cake he had I made, and you can read more about it here if you're into vegan desserts (we're not vegan, for the most part anyway, but I didn't want to risk him having a reaction to something at his party/on his birthday). He loved his gifts, all of the attention, and really just being mobil enough to crawl around and see everyone.

If you want to know more, shoot me a comment, I'm just pooped right now, but I'll get it next time. Also, if you want me to print out a message from you to stick into the guestbook if you couldn't come, let me know down there too. (Oh and I'll try to pool some more pics together before next time too.)

Cheers everyone and Much Love!