February Monthly Update

It's obvious the weather has been better, because I have so many more photos to post for the past month. We've been outside working, playing, and going on more fun adventures.

Cooper baby is officially 1 1/2 years old. 

He had his first real illness this month. It started as a high fever, and 2 doctor visits later, we found it was a double ear infection and pneumonia. At the same time he was working on a bottom molar, and 4 top teeth. That was the saddest he has been since birth! I'm happy to say we are beyond it now and he had a good check up with the doctor on Friday.

Height: 32" - 40.9%
Weight: 20lbs 12oz - 1.9%
Head: 48cm - 56.5%
Words: Mama, Dada, bye bye, no, Duke, donut, more, please, thank you, Bri, bubba, uh oh
Favorite foods: most meats, yogurt, pretty much anything except Cool Ranch Doritos
# of teeth: 11 all the way in, 1 partially in, 2 poking through the gum
Sleep pattern: usually 8-9pm to 7-8am, but since he's been sick he's awake once a night

Griffin lies beside me as I type this. He is keeping his dad's spot warm. Drew is in Rochester with Mimi, as she prepares for hopefully her last surgery tomorrow. I don't mind. I enjoy this extra time with him. I probably sound really repetitive, but Griffin gets more mature every day and is really growing up. For the most part, he is like an extra set of eyes and hands to help with Cooper. I really appreciate that.

To summarize some of his favorites: color is blue, number is "thirty sixty", food is cheeseburgers, toy is Legos, and animal is Cotton/Howie/Rocky. 

February photos:

sick little baby

someone is really taking to the horses

breathing treatment mask

completed my first 10k

Cotton turned 1 year old!

hunting in his blood

it's like Where's Waldo? but Where's Drew & Cooper?

there they are!

A little of everything....

There hasn't been a lot of excitement around our house lately. No major trips, events,  or news of any kind. We have stayed busy though, running here and there. Since it's been a while since I've posted I thought I would recap. 

love our buddy Zorro

Our local PAT (Parents as Teachers) coordinator has made a few visits to our house to check on Griffin's development as he grows up. She always gives us good ideas/tips for teaching him things, and we have learned a lot from her. We were happy to see him pass his 18 month screening with flying colors. Of course, his lowest scoring category was his speech but it was not low enough to be concerned, especially since he seems to understand everything we say. 

Last Saturday, we enjoyed the annual Groundhog breakfast in town, getting haircuts, and a trip to the pottery studio to make something special for someone special who doesn't know it yet. Sunday, we went to Eric & Jordan's for a fun superbowl party and good food.

getting good with forks/spoons, either hand!

This week we attended our first PAT play date. My elementary gymnasium looked like a shoe box compared to what I remembered. It was full of kids (baby to preschool age) running, laughing, and playing at all the fun stations/games. Griffin really enjoyed it and was amazed at all the commotion. If we continue to attend those periodically, I'm positive it will make him a lot more social and ready to go to school when he is older. 

the eye-gouge, take that!

right before the hair pull.... he's a sour patch kid, sour then sweet

And a video to show our little worker bee......and thankfully, Drew's laptop didn't suffer any major damage. 

18 Months Old

Officially 1 1/2 years old now! Griffin is doing so many cool things. We are always talking about how fun he is and how neat it is to see him become a little man. We are also realizing our sweet little boy is coming into the toddler era and thinks he is quite independent. Therefore, fit throwing has definitely started. How do you reason with a child that isn't old enough to reason with yet? 

Tricks/traits to note:

• carrying items (such as a wrench from his workbench) in his jeans pockets and very adorably checking often to make sure it's still there
• 2 new teeth coming in--#9 & #10
• enjoys brushing said teeth each night after bath time
• adding several words to his vocabulary (Bubba aka Duke, ball, yes with head nod, night night, banana)
• continues to clean up any mess he sees with paper towels or kleenex if that's all he can get to
• can open our doors that require pulling, but hasn't figured out the push yet
• "where is it? hands" when looking for an item, bent arms at the elbow with palms face up
• still LOVES his father....almost inseparable but I'm finally able to put him to sleep at night again
• running full speed
• sitting on the potty and associates the word with the actual chair but no business done in it yet
• eating just about anything in most forms, however, still having an issue with tomatoes=no pizza, spaghetti, sloppy joes, etc.
• recently learned all about laundry and helps me carry clothes from one hamper to the dirty basket in the laundry room
• beginning to refuse the sippy cup at times and prefers the straw top or just a regular cup instead

Weight: 25.5 lbs - 44th percentile

Height: 33 1/2 in - 81st percentile

Head: 49 1/4 cm - 85th percentile

Diaper size: Size 4

Clothing: 12 or 18 month

can't resist pulling the sticker off

here you go Mom.....

but if you come toward me I will smile and slap it back on

And since it's been a while since I've posted any videos, I'll dump a bunch here.....

Working on the jump shot

Daddy makes it easy

let's run laps.....