1 Year Check-Up

My little boy had his one year check up yesterday. I know its a few weeks late, but hey that's the doctors office schedule for ya!

Before the apt, while waiting for the doctor, Drew had to explore the exam room. No problem, until he realized the door had a doorknob that he could open. Its the same doorknob they have at daycare, where he can enter the back office area where he's not suppost to be. Its the long knob that has to be pushed down to open the door, yup that one.

So, once Drew realized that he could stand on his tip, tip toes he could escape. There was no way of keeping that boy in the exam room until the doctor arrived. Once the door opened, he wanted to strut his stuff up and down the hall way (in nothing but a diaper might I add). He was talking, walking (trying to walk really fast) and smiling at all the nurses at the nurses station. It was pretty cute, but also trying to keep in out of the way of others was a challenge.

But, once the doctor came in there were no more attempts for the door. Drew had a great check-up, the doctor says he's developing wonderfully in all areas. He is finally back on the charts with his height and weight (he was so tall and the weight corresponded with the height that he was off the charts for a couple of check-ups). Drew is in the 98th percentile for his height at 31 3/4 inches. He is at the 90th percentile with his weight at 27.5lbs. I have a tall, solid little boy. Nothing wrong with that!!

Then it was time for the shots. He had to get 3 and 2 were the ones that hurt once the injection went in (the chicken pox and MMR shots). He was not a happy camper, but once he was dressed and out of the exam room, he was feeling better. The next check up will be in August for his 15 month apt (I know, a few weeks late on that one too), but I hope to report a clean bill of health then too!!

Lego Dumptruck

Drew received a massive lego mega block dump truck on his birthday. When it was unwrapped, his eyes just lit up. Once the party was done and it was time to play with all the toys, he loved discovering this new toy (of course along with everything else too).

A few days ago, Drew discovered a new use for this awesome truck. You know, besides being able to push it around while making truck sounds, caring his blocks (and other toys) or make a huge mess when he dumps out the toys from the back part of the truck. Yes, he thinks is a sit-on, push toy. Yup, my son discovered this the other day when the back of the dump truck was lifted.

It was a quite evening at in our household, Drew was playing with his toys, we were all sitting in the living room periodically playing with him while he made his rounds to everyone then he stopped at his truck to play. I happened to look over at him at one point and noticed him swinging his leg over the middle of the truck, sitting and trying to push himself across the room. I was just amazed! Then started laughing and got Jeff and my FIL's attention to look at what Mr. Wise Guy was doing!

When he got his fill in of adventure on this new discovered toy, it was time to move onto the next thing. Man oh man, he's got an imagination!!

Follow My Leed Kid

Drew is a "trouble" maker at day care. Its the innocent kind of trouble, the kind were you smile and shake your head and wonder where the heck did he learn that?

He loves to steal pacifier's from the babies. Now, keep in mind, Drew doesn't use one...hasn't since he was 3 months old. He has one he plays with once-in-awhile at home, but that's about it. He will either take them right from the younger kids mouths while reaching into the cribs or just from the cribs themselves. Its one of those things that just makes you shake your head.

The other thing, he doesn't like the infant room at day care any longer. Its all about the Toddler room (or going into the office area where he's not suppost to be going in). He bolts into the Toddler room as soon as I take off his coat in the morning and head for the big kid toys.

Since Drew is now one of the oldest kids in the infant room (he is scheduled to move into the Toddler room at 15 months, or sooner if they can work on the timing of his nap), he has an influence on the younger kids and that he does. There is a little boy named Rusty who is the next kid in line behind Drew. Rusty has learned to crawl and follow Drew around, especially into the office space where he's not suppost to go (when the door is left open for a split second, those two are right there). Also, Rusty has taken on a liking of stealing pacifiers from the babies. I wonder where he learned that one from?

I told day care that Drew is passing the reigns along to the next kid for when he moves into the "big kid" room, since Rusty does what Drew does!!

Wordless Weds - Grandpa Love

Steaming Hot in May

It was H-O-T this past weekend. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have warm weather over snow any day, but Mother Nature didn't even give us a chance to go from winter to summer.

Last week we had cold and rainy days then all of a sudden we had hot humid weather. There definitely was no in between.

Poor little Drew is just like his daddy, becomes irritated and nothing can make him happy in this kind of weather. It was so stuffy in the house, we had to go outside for some relief, but it was just as bad outside (so the AC's will be going in this week).

On Saturday, we spent sometime outside in the morning, but we headed to the mall for some errands and it was good so Drew could cool down. On Sunday though, we had to give the little guy two baths to help him cool down. So, for the summer we are coming up with plans to have fun outside and out of the house so we aren't stuck in the house on hot, hot days. We will have a sprinkler pad to play in, go to some museums, and play outside in the early or late of the day.

Its hard to imagine we are planning these things the first week in May!

12 and counting

So, my son is 12 months and two weeks old. Or he's 12 1/2 months old. Sometimes I say he just turned one. I feel a little odd when people ask how old he is now-a-days (especially like yesterday when someone asked if he was two years old and I replied, no he just turned one).


Do I continue with the month by month counting, but that seems a little odd (sorry to those who go by that after 12 months). But when he's 13, 14, 15 months old, do I say he turned one in April?

Its strange how clothes continue to count in months, 12, 18 & 24 months along with toys. I find my self counting to myself trying to figure out when Drew would turn these many months to pin point the correct age category for his toys (forget clothes, he's already close to moving out of some of his 18 months clothes into 24 month ones, pictured here in 24 months PJ's).


So, I'm in this predicament. I don't want to have to keep counting in my head on how many months he is turning since we hit the one year mark, but is that what everyone knows? Would I have to say when he turns 15 months old in July to have the person asking understand that he turned ONE three months ago? Or can I just say, he turned one in April or he'll be a year and a half in October? What would you do/have done?