1 Month Later...

We had the first of Sean's two 1st Birthday Parties exactly a month ago. This was a combined party with Sierra. We hosted it at our house and had lots of wonderful family and friends come celebrate with us! Here are a few pictures...

I'll post pictures from his second party soon :)

Sean is ONE!!

Yesterday, our sweet little boy turned ONE!! We celebrated with a joint 1st Birthday Party for Sean and Sierra at our house. I'll post pictures of that as soon as I get them edited. For now, here is Sean's final monthly picture and his monthly round-up of what he's doing. At 12 months, Sean:

*sleeps from 7:30pm-7:00am

*naps for 1 1/2 hours in the morning and 1-1 1/2 hours in the afternoon

*is entirely on whole milk and drinks the majority of it from a sippy cup

*has added "papa", "hot", "whas dat?", "no no no no no" to his list of vocab

*is doing better at daycare and has grown attached to his teacher

*likes practicing with a fork and spoon

*is a seasoned walker

*pulls himself up on the dining room chairs and will climb ontop the dining room table if you let him

*loves playing with Ian's toys (especially his Mack truck and little matchbox cars) and SCREAMS bloody murder if Ian tries to take them away from him

*loves cell phones, tv remotes, cords and keys

*is into EVERYTHING

*signs "please", "more", "milk"

*loves being outside in the grass, dirt and rocks

Wears a size 18-24months in one-pieces, 12 months in bottoms and 18 months in tops. He has his 12months appointment on Friday so we'll have a more accurate weight then, but I'm pretty sure he's about 23 pounds.

Sean is 7 months old!

On December 30th (Charles' 26th Birthday!), Sean turned 7 months old. It's hard to believe that now we are moving closer to his first birthday and farther from his birth. At 7 months old, Sean is:

*army crawling and inch worming

*sleeping from 7pm-6:30am

*starting to take more solid foods (and by more, I mean like, 2 tablespoons a day. This is a big stress for me and we struggle with it everyday, but he is FINALLY getting better at it)

*able to get puffs from his tray to his mouth using his whole hand to grasp them

*still only has his two bottom teeth but I see at LEAST two more top teeth ready to come through any day

*taking a morning nap, an afternoon nap, and an occasional evening catnap

*getting better at riding in the car as long as we have a stash of toys to pass to him every time he drops one

*starting to drink from a sippy cup

*taking a bottle like a champ and drinking 8-9oz when he does

*experiencing big time stranger danger

*becoming very fond of Penny

*still obsessed with the Barenaked Ladies "Popcorn" song

*becoming more difficult to have at work with me

*wears mostly 12m clothing, a few 12-18 things as well

At 7 months, Sean is 19 pounds, give or take a couple ounces. Generally, that would be considered a pretty poor weight gain for a month (he was 18 pounds 11 ounces at 6 months), but the week after he was 6 months old, Ian, Sean and I got very sick. They had croup and I had the adult version of it, I guess? Sean dropped to 18 pounds 5 ounces because he was having such a hard time nursing (couldn't breathe through his nose) and was also throwing up when he was coughing so hard. It's ironic because when Ian was this exact age, he got sick, too, and lost weight. We'll see at his 9 month appointment if it dropped him in his growth chart.

6 months old!

I'm wayyy behind. I'll blame the holidays :)

On November 30th, Sean was 6 months old! A whole half year! How did that happen already?! At 6 months, Sean is:

* (once again) sleeping through the night

*sitting up on his own

*starting to army crawl

*laughing a LOT

*becoming afraid of strangers

* very distracted when nursing

*has TWO teeth

*eating a few pureed foods (but giving us a heck of a fight!)

*really starting to enjoy watching everything that Ian does

*loves the "ABC Song" and we have to sing it to him at every diaper change to keep him from wiggling too much

*still hates riding in the car unless we've timed it perfectly with nap time

*taking 2 long naps and occasionally a 3rd catnap

*wearing size 12 month clothing.

At his 6 month appointment, Sean was:

18 lbs 11oz

26 3/4 inches long

Ian's 2nd Birthday

We had Ian's 2nd Birthday Party on Saturday, November 7th. It was so much fun! We had family and friends come over for a tractor/farm themed lunch and cake. Ian got so many fun gifts and lots and lots of tractors! Here are a few pictures from the day:

2 Years Old!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Ian!!!

just born...

1 year old...

2 years old...

Pictures from his party to follow soon! We're still recovering from the long weekend. Charles was off work today so we could celebrate Ian's special day as a family!

Last dinner as a 1-year-old...

Last bath as a 1-year-old...

I can't believe my baby will be TWO tomorrow!!!

5 months old!

On October 30th, Sean was 5 months old! Weighing in at about 17 1/2 pounds, Sean is always smiling and laughing, is best known for his spiky hair, can roll very easily from belly to back and back to belly, can sit unassisted for short periods, just cut the tiniest little ridges of bottom teeth, has very good hand-mouth coordination, thoroughly enjoys watching his big brother play, eats his toes like they are candy, can put himself to sleep (most of the time!), still absolutely HATES riding in the car, and has the sweetest, most excited little personality!

4 months old!

Sean is 4 months old, where has the time gone?? At 4 months old, Sean is belly laughing, pushing up on his hands while laying on his belly, doing a whole lotta chatting aka cooing, drooling up a storm (cutting a tooth!?), having a 4-month wakeful period, still eating every 3 hours but staying awake longer during the day, enjoying tummy time much more, bringing toys to his mouth (or handfuls of my hair, blankets, burpcloths, really anything within reach!) and getting very close to rolling back to belly.

According to the scale at work, Sean is just shy of 16 pounds. We'll get a weight and height check for him next Monday at his 4 month appointment. Ian was 16 pounds 15 ounces at 4 months, so I think Sean will be pretty close.

Best new of this month... Sean is taking a bottle!!! We are using Playtex bottles with a latex nipple and that does the trick! I even left him home with Charles when working the Nicki's Grand Opening and he took it like a champ! Such a relief :)