Friday, September 27, 2013

Beanie's "12 Month Checkup"...

Xavier went in last week for his 12 month checkup. We purposely waited  until he was 15 months old for vaccine purposes.






We scheduled it for 6 pm so that we could both attend but this turned out to be a big mistake. By the time Beanie was seen by the doctor it was after 6:30. That means it was dinner time and almost bedtime. It proved to be a difficult appointment.

He weighed in at 30 lbs. He has gained only 3 pounds in 7 months but he is still in the 99th percentile. He was 31 inches tall and his head circumference was 20 inches. He is a healthy boy :)

She asked us several milestone questions all of which he was doing fine with.

Next he got the chicken pox shot :( This is the first time he has ever cried during shots! He was already tired and so the shot just pushed him over the edge.

Luckily, he didn't get a fever after shots this go around. He was back to normal after a nice dinner and somes sleep :)

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Summer Nights

Recently, it has finally started to cool off in the evenings so we have been able to get outside. Here are some pics of us taking walks, playing in the pool and, Xavier's favorite, the park!

Schwimmin'


On a walk...up on the bridge!

He was OBSESSED with watching the cars


He drinks the pool water :-/

Baby Slide!



So big!


Daddy is such a good sport :)



He quickly figured out how to break the rules ;)



This is his favorite facial expression right now haha

Explorin'!


Swinging!




He graduated to the "big slide"

<3


Wedgie!

So precious!
I caught a couple cute videos too :)



Monday, September 23, 2013

Updates on Beanie Baby :)

Here are a few updates on Beanie Baby :)



He is currently running everywhere. He is the definition of mobile! He also went through a "walking backward" phase. He backed up everywhere he went...especially into chairs and walls.

It is pretty clear the he is understanding pretty much everything we say to him. He answers with nodding and shaking his head. He is very good at following directions and his newest "trick" is putting his dirty clothes in his hamper.

We recently got him a chair that is just his size. He LOVES it. He snuggles up in it, jumps out of it, pushes it over, and basically uses it as a prop.



He is still obsessed with his playroom and his car. He literally spends hours playing back there. It is perfect because we can see him from the family room and we visit each other every once and a while. He plays SO good by himself.

He is saying words that sound like actual words. Examples are thank you, one, two, yay, go, red and yellow. He is much more vocal now. Even if he doesn't use words, he uses sounds to play with his toys. It is adorable.

His favorite word is "Uh-oh" and he says it 500 times a day! While watching his cartoons, he answers the characters questions. He is starting to understand the norms of conversation.

He has a new attitude and some hilarious facial expressions to go with it. He is becoming a more of a kid and less of a baby.

He is obsessed with Midnight and plays with her whenever he gets the chance.



When we make his dinner, he watches us make food and gets VERY impatient. He hasn't figured out yet that the stove, oven and microwave take time.

Hamburger and Spaghetti Sauce...yum!

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Baby Dot's Doctor Appointments :)

On Thursday, Dust met us at the doctor for another Baby Dot appointment. We were super excited because it was the first time we were going to hear the heart beat!


He loved this chair!


When we got put into the room, we had to wait for quite a while. Keeping Xavier preoccupied and out of trouble was...difficult.





After he explored every inch of the room, the doctor arrived. She again brought up the C-Section which we didn't dwell on. Next, she took out the tool that finds the heartbeat. We listened and listened but she couldn't find it :( She said because I was just over 11 weeks, it could have been a few days too early to detect.

We were upset but quickly had a change of heart because we scheduled the first sonogram for just three days later on the following Monday!

So, Monday after school/work, we met at the Imaging center and were seen immediately. The woman who did the sonogram was a pro and it took her no time to get all the measurements that she needed from the imaging. The baby's heartbeat was 154. Also, she got the cutest little pictures of our baby :)






He/she was waving at us and "jumping" the whole time. It was precious :) We are so excited!

I am officially 12 weeks pregnant...we've got a ways to go!