one year

The fastest year in the history of the Earth has just happened.  Seriously, this year flew.  I cannot believe my baby turned one year old last week.  We've had the most amazing year with our little family.  My son has a brother.  My other son has a brother.  I have the two most amazing children ever.  We love this little baby so much, and we thank God for him AND his birth parents every day.

My little man at one year old:

Length / Weight: We were at the doctor for his well visit today.  He is 30 inches, 23 lbs, 15 oz, and a head of 48 cm.  Everything is hovering around the 50th percentile still, with a small jump ahead in his length. 

Eating:  We have made the switch to whole milk now.  I was so sad to see formula go, because that's one step closer to not being a baby anymore.  I would gladly spend all that money on formula to keep him a baby, but at the same time, I'll be glad for the savings. :)  He's eating all foods except peanuts now, and loves to eat!

 

Sleeping: He was doing great sleeping, until we went on vacation a couple weeks ago.  He won't sleep well in other places, and two weeks of that ruined his schedule at home.  :(  He's also been sick with a fever (but we don't know why) and that has thrown things off too.  I so hope he'll figure it out soon and go back to his awesome sleeping.

 

Teeth: Tooth three and four popped through this month!  He now has two on top, and two on bottom. 

Wearing:   Size 4 diapers, 18 month clothes, and we finally found some shoes to fit him and those are size 5.  (!) 

 

Miscellaneous:  We have a walker!  A week and a half before his birthday, he gave up crawling for good and will only walk now.  Hence the need to find shoes ASAP - walking outside on bumpy terrain is hard on bare feet!  He had a great birthday, with ALL of his cousins there - from both sides of the family!  he was a master with his cake and I'm pretty sure he blew blue snot for a few days with as much frosting as went up his knows.  The traditional "aunt bath" where his aunts give the birthday kid a bath after they demolish cake was not a success.  He cried so hard he threw up in the tub - he's the first to do that.  Ha!

 

He had his well visit today.  He got put back on zantac for reflux to hopefully clear up some puking issues we have had - we're so hoping it's a medical thing that can be helped, rather than a behavioral thing!  He also got put on Zyrtec for allergies.  He's been coughing really hard for a few months and we're trying that to see if that helps.  There is asthma in his medical history, so hopefully the coughing isn't a sign of that...  We were also told to watch for words.  He is saying "voom voom" when playing with cars, but that's the only thing on purpose.  the doctor said he should be saying mama and dada and ball and words like that, but he's not worried *yet* because of his history of ear infections.  I told B-man he could help us with teaching him those words, and he took me very seriously - he wouldn't give his brother a ball until he said ball tonight! LOL!

We just got back from 2 weeks of vacation - when I get pictures done, I'll write about the trip. :)

Here's our little man at one year!