We can hardly believe this nice weather! It gives us a chance to ride the scooter,
throw around a ball (or two),
and eat popsicles!
Was the groundhog WRONG? Did Spring come EARLY?
Showing posts with label 14 Months. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 14 Months. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Happy Together
One of the things I enjoy most as a mother is seeing my two boys play together. My heart melts when I hear Jackson say "I love my brother". And the tears well up when I see Samuel blowing Jackson kisses. Yes, they fight. But more often than not nowadays, they play. Happily. Together.
A bike ride on a winter's day.
Getting the hair cut together.
Jackson sharing his yogurt.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
I Love Your Smile
Oh how times flies. The days go faster than they ever seem to in the moment. My sweet Samuel is ALREADY 14 months old.
This little guy has the best personality. He is so silly.
And at the same time he is SO stubborn. He likes to do things his way in his time.
His word list is:
Mama
Dada
Nana
Jackson (his most FAVORITE word)
all done
bye bye
night night
He talks a lot, but I can't understand him. Though he does use a lot of inflection and you can tell the emotion behind what he is saying.
Samuel got his first ear infection on January 16. The Dr prescribed him amoxicillan...and he ended up with a rash, too. Poor little guy. Luckily, it didn't take long to clear up.
His favorite food is my homemade upside down shepherds pie with peas.
He only eats table food that he can pick up himself. He loves oranges, waffles and muffins. He isn't so keen on cookies and cheese. He drinks a very diluted apple or pear juice out of a straw cup twice a day (LOVE the playtex straw trainer cup). And he still nurses four times a day (though sometimes it might only be a one-sided nurse).
Samuel likes to walk behind his push toy. But I think it'll be another couple of months before he starts walking. When he gets the hang of something, he is very hesitant to try something new or change if it isn't necessary. He does cruise a lot, and he is a very good climber (yes, up the stairs...).
The smile on his face when he first sees Jackson in the morning or after a nap is priceless. He loves watching Thomas and playing with cars, trucks, and trains. He blows kisses and claps. He enjoys working puzzles and isn't half bad at fitting the shapes where they are supposed to go.
Sammy smiles with his whole face, and all bad things disappear when you look into his baby blues. I love this little bundle more than I ever imagined I could.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Maestro
Now introducing...Samuel, the conductor*.
*Yes, he now conducts when he hears music. Unprompted.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Back Home Again
After 5 weeks of being in America, I have finally found a few minutes to post a much needed blog!
I am so happy to be home! Lots of exciting things have happened in the past month:
Jackson has started exclusively walking. Almost the day we got home from Florida (July 1), he gave up crawling and has been walking (no wait...running) ever since.
Teeth numbers 9 and 10 have made their appearance and I am sure judging from the amount of drool coming out of Jackson's mouth that numbers 11 and 12 are not far behind.
Jackson has learned a lot of new words. The current list is:
Mama
Dada
Nana
Hawa (Holly)
Dut (Duck)
Shoe
Achoo
Ocean
Hello
What's this/that
Who is it
Juice
Clock
And he fake snores (thank you Bapa). Some of his other staples are winking (with both eyes) and blowing kisses.
Jackson adjusted well upon arriving to the USA. He had jetlag for 2 nights (playing for 2 hours in the middle of the night before falling back to sleep) and then we were back in the normal routine.
We had a belated first birthday celebration for Jackson with my family. We went to Chuckie Cheese for pizza, rides and games.
And then came home for cake and ice cream.
Speaking of food, Jackson has mainly been eating adult food! It is much easier to get him fed. And, man, is he an eater! He'll eat nearly anything you give him. He loves fish, potatoes, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, pizza, carrots and peas, corn, applesauce, yogurt, turkey hot dogs and waffles with syrup. He has also figured out how to use his snack tub. I'll put wheat puffs, Goldfish, and yogurt melts in there and he just carries it around and pulls them out when he wants them. Brilliant!
Jackson also got his first professional haircut. We had to use a lollipop near the end to keep him distracted, but he didn't seem to mind. He did such a good job and Mindy did a wonderful job on his crazy hair!
I bought a baby bike seat for the back of my bike (it's easier to bike here due to the flatness). I bought Jackson a helmet as well. As you may or may not know, Jackson DOES NOT like hats of any kind. Never has... but he has to have a helmet for this. So we tried one on in the store. He hated it.
A couple of days later, we pulled the helmet out at home and put it on him. He loved it! He paraded around with his helmet just smiling. He kept it on for about an hour!
We finally got the bike seat put on the bike (by we I mean my dad and Mr Charlie) and off we went. FUN!
Our family took a vacation to Florida. We went to Disney World and then Daytona Beach. Despite the heat and my dad getting sick, we had a blast!
It's a Small World was by far Jackson's favorite ride. He "oohed" and pointed his way through it. Twice. And clapped at the end.
He also liked all of the 3-D movies. Even though he wouldn't keep his glasses on, he sat through them and looked and was totally into it! Epcot was the best park for a baby in my opinion. He could go on most of the rides there. And most of the rides were in the air conditioning.
At Daytona we spent every day at the beach and the pool. Surprisingly, the ocean wasn't a big hit with the little man.
As long as he wasn't near the ocean water, he was fine. He loved exploring in the sand.
But I think he much preferred the pool.
In other news, we are expecting our second baby! Jackson will make a great big brother!
The new baby is due December 22 (which currently makes me 17 weeks pregnant, although the picture is my 16 week bump).
I have met my doctor and really like him. Hopefully we will be able to find out the gender in the near future. Any guesses?
The pregnancy is going well. It is amazing how different this one is to Jackson. I mean some things are the same - I didn't have any morning sickness with this one either. But with Jackson I had gorgeous full hair and blemish free skin. Now my hair is falling out and my skin won't stop breaking out (including those pesky little skin tags). Everywhere. I felt both babies kick around the same time. I forgot how wonderful baby kicks are! I craved cheeseburgers with Jackson. With this one, I seem to be drawn to yogurt and fruit. YUMMY!
Most of all though, I am feeling a little guilty about not documenting this one as well. I suppose during my first pregnancy it is all I had to think about. But now I focus a lot of my time on Jackson and the pregnancy just... well... happens! The curse for the second child, I guess!
I am still nursing Jackson twice (sometimes three times) a day. I want to let him wean himself. I have a don't offer don't remind policy and if he wants it he lets me know. I have read that toddlers generally will wean themselves during the second trimester of their mom's pregnancy because the consistency of the breast milk goes to that of colostrum. And also supposedly the taste changes due to the hormones. But Jackson doesn't seem to mind. I can just see me tandem feeding a 20 month old and a new baby. I love breastfeeding Jackson, but I wouldn't mind having my breasts to myself for a bit before starting it all over again. I guess we'll play it by ear!
More exciting news: my sister got engaged!
Noel is a great guy and I am so happy for her. Uncle Noel is one of Jackson's favorite people (just below cousin Myles). Their wedding will take place next June and I am the matron of honor. That gives me approx 6 months to lose all of the baby weight (plus the Jackson baby weight I never lost). I will need a plan, motivation and lots of encouragement.
All in all, things are going really well for us here. I am happier than I have been in a long long time. I can't wait until David gets here on the 3rd of August. We miss him a lot!
I am so happy to be home! Lots of exciting things have happened in the past month:
Jackson has started exclusively walking. Almost the day we got home from Florida (July 1), he gave up crawling and has been walking (no wait...running) ever since.
Teeth numbers 9 and 10 have made their appearance and I am sure judging from the amount of drool coming out of Jackson's mouth that numbers 11 and 12 are not far behind.
Jackson has learned a lot of new words. The current list is:
Mama
Dada
Nana
Hawa (Holly)
Dut (Duck)
Shoe
Achoo
Ocean
Hello
What's this/that
Who is it
Juice
Clock
And he fake snores (thank you Bapa). Some of his other staples are winking (with both eyes) and blowing kisses.
Jackson adjusted well upon arriving to the USA. He had jetlag for 2 nights (playing for 2 hours in the middle of the night before falling back to sleep) and then we were back in the normal routine.
We had a belated first birthday celebration for Jackson with my family. We went to Chuckie Cheese for pizza, rides and games.
And then came home for cake and ice cream.
Speaking of food, Jackson has mainly been eating adult food! It is much easier to get him fed. And, man, is he an eater! He'll eat nearly anything you give him. He loves fish, potatoes, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, pizza, carrots and peas, corn, applesauce, yogurt, turkey hot dogs and waffles with syrup. He has also figured out how to use his snack tub. I'll put wheat puffs, Goldfish, and yogurt melts in there and he just carries it around and pulls them out when he wants them. Brilliant!
Jackson also got his first professional haircut. We had to use a lollipop near the end to keep him distracted, but he didn't seem to mind. He did such a good job and Mindy did a wonderful job on his crazy hair!
I bought a baby bike seat for the back of my bike (it's easier to bike here due to the flatness). I bought Jackson a helmet as well. As you may or may not know, Jackson DOES NOT like hats of any kind. Never has... but he has to have a helmet for this. So we tried one on in the store. He hated it.
A couple of days later, we pulled the helmet out at home and put it on him. He loved it! He paraded around with his helmet just smiling. He kept it on for about an hour!
We finally got the bike seat put on the bike (by we I mean my dad and Mr Charlie) and off we went. FUN!
Our family took a vacation to Florida. We went to Disney World and then Daytona Beach. Despite the heat and my dad getting sick, we had a blast!
It's a Small World was by far Jackson's favorite ride. He "oohed" and pointed his way through it. Twice. And clapped at the end.
He also liked all of the 3-D movies. Even though he wouldn't keep his glasses on, he sat through them and looked and was totally into it! Epcot was the best park for a baby in my opinion. He could go on most of the rides there. And most of the rides were in the air conditioning.
At Daytona we spent every day at the beach and the pool. Surprisingly, the ocean wasn't a big hit with the little man.
As long as he wasn't near the ocean water, he was fine. He loved exploring in the sand.
But I think he much preferred the pool.
In other news, we are expecting our second baby! Jackson will make a great big brother!
The new baby is due December 22 (which currently makes me 17 weeks pregnant, although the picture is my 16 week bump).
I have met my doctor and really like him. Hopefully we will be able to find out the gender in the near future. Any guesses?
The pregnancy is going well. It is amazing how different this one is to Jackson. I mean some things are the same - I didn't have any morning sickness with this one either. But with Jackson I had gorgeous full hair and blemish free skin. Now my hair is falling out and my skin won't stop breaking out (including those pesky little skin tags). Everywhere. I felt both babies kick around the same time. I forgot how wonderful baby kicks are! I craved cheeseburgers with Jackson. With this one, I seem to be drawn to yogurt and fruit. YUMMY!
Most of all though, I am feeling a little guilty about not documenting this one as well. I suppose during my first pregnancy it is all I had to think about. But now I focus a lot of my time on Jackson and the pregnancy just... well... happens! The curse for the second child, I guess!
I am still nursing Jackson twice (sometimes three times) a day. I want to let him wean himself. I have a don't offer don't remind policy and if he wants it he lets me know. I have read that toddlers generally will wean themselves during the second trimester of their mom's pregnancy because the consistency of the breast milk goes to that of colostrum. And also supposedly the taste changes due to the hormones. But Jackson doesn't seem to mind. I can just see me tandem feeding a 20 month old and a new baby. I love breastfeeding Jackson, but I wouldn't mind having my breasts to myself for a bit before starting it all over again. I guess we'll play it by ear!
More exciting news: my sister got engaged!
Noel is a great guy and I am so happy for her. Uncle Noel is one of Jackson's favorite people (just below cousin Myles). Their wedding will take place next June and I am the matron of honor. That gives me approx 6 months to lose all of the baby weight (plus the Jackson baby weight I never lost). I will need a plan, motivation and lots of encouragement.
All in all, things are going really well for us here. I am happier than I have been in a long long time. I can't wait until David gets here on the 3rd of August. We miss him a lot!
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