17 sweet sweet months

you are the BEST. I will say it time and time again, you are SO ahead of your time. You try solo hard to keep up with your sister. Your face lightens up when she enters the room. You wake up from sleep the SECOND you hear her voice. You want WHATEVER she has. You love trying on her dress up shoes (hahahha). You pull of your diapers yourself, you LOVE playing with the hose outside and watering down patches till she's waterlogged. You have quite the vocabulary, you can say: mommy, daddy, dog, iscle (popsicle) , no, pool, ball, car, more. you follow directions solo well. I call you a brainiac, I PROMISE you are destined for greatness in this world.

15 sweet sweet months

You're becoming such a big boy. Full of smiles and babbling up a storm. You are getting quite the vocabulary. You can say daddy, mommy, dog, ball, (attempt) balloon, night night, hi, and bye. 

You have such a temper on you. Throwing MAJOR fits when things don't go your way. You HATE getting in your car seat, diaper changes, cleaning your face, getting things taken away from you. 

You LOVE suckers, patches, sister, playing ball, holding one end of a jump rope and running through the house with sister, riding the jeep in the backyard with debs, Popsicles, fruit snacks, yogurt, milk, mommy milk, cuddles, NOT sleeping through the night, screaming bloody murder at 02:30 EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for mommy, standing on the block wall in the backyard, going down slides, going up stairs, building blocks, reding books, the song slippery fish & twinkle twinkle little star. 

These past few moths have flown by and your achievements have grown so much. I love watching you grow and love your world. Can't wait to see what's in store for you 

14 months old

These past few months have been crazy busy with the holidays so I haven't been able to update the blog like intended. You are starting to say more words. Dog, night/night, boo, momma. Not sure how much you weigh but you are still in size 5 diapers and wearing 12-18 or 18/24 months clothes. You still hate getting in your car seat and napping. You wake up in the middle of the night several times, I usually get you about 2-3:30 am and let you snuggle until the morning time when devil deb comes in and wakes us all up. You love playing with patches and following your sister around the house. You adore the outdoors, cry whenever I shut the door. You hate diaper changes, pull off your diaper. You are a good eater, but hate baby food. No chance you will ever eat a food pouch. Your favorite thing is mac n cheese, hot dogs, fruit snacks and suckers (when deb goes poop) . You also love frozen go gurts. You love books, your favorite toy is pretend mop & broom. When you get something taken away from you, you freak out and arch your back while kicking and screaming. You LOVE TO CLIMB on everything, throw your shoes off all the time. You are still breastfed mostly for naps and sleep.  You give kisses and wave hi & bye. Your hair is blonde your eyes are green/blue. You are such a joy & breath of fresh air. Except when you're sleepy 

FIRST WORD

On December 17th, 2014 you said your first word. At almost 14 months your first word wasn't mom, wasn't dad... It was........ DOG!!!!! You are absolutely smitten with patches. You love waking up and opening her cage, jumping all over her, pulling her tail, tugging at her ears. But most of all you love to hug on her and laugh with her. She takes it like a big sister though, never nips at you or barks at you, just lets you sit there and torture her. You have also started to "blink" when  mommy says eyes, point to your nose when asked where your nose is, you wave bye-bye. You crawl on EVERYTHING!!! Your latest thing is getting on the toilet and standing in it to get to the bathroom sink so you can play with the water. Yes, at 13.5 months you are using the toilet, proving yourself on the counter and turning the sink water on to play .. Crazy right? You are always keeping me on my toes, reminding me that boys really are hell on wheels!!! 

11 sweet sweet months

Holy gaucamole my son, you are almost a year old!!! You have mastered the walking game down to a tee!!! You even try to run, which scares the hell outta mom. You try so so hard to catch up to sister and do everything she does. You STILL ARENT SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! Yup that's right, 11 months old and not sleeping through the night. I will say you are getting better. I don't know if it's the essential oils or you are just better at self soothing but there have been a few 9-5 and mostly 9-3 am. And I'm such a sucker that I actually miss you and sometimes am guilty of waking you up for snuggle sessions. Because well, you're the best snuggle buddy I have ever had. You are still breastfed, wearing mostly 18-24 months& 2T clothes. Size 5 diapers, lots of blowouts. You love to climb everything!! Daddy and I find you in all kinds of places, inside of boxes, inside of shelves, on top of desks, in the dog crate, you every go up the ladder on our swingset outside and scare the hell pitta mommy. 

You are all boy, bruises EVERYWHERE, though I will admit about 50% of them are brought on by Deb. You and dj still nap with me in the afternoon, I soak it all in because I know these days are short and oh so sweet. Soon you won't want to nap with me and be held all day. For now I will take all the cuddles I can get. You started Gymboree classes, you love an obstacle & all the song and dance there. I will admit though that you are kinda lost without sister in class. You are timid and shy, not smiley and loud. It's interesting to watch your change in demeanor when she is not around. You can see how much you love her, you just sparkle around her. Every morning she wakes up earlier than you and we bring her into bed. Deb & I watch cartoons until you wake up, all giggly the second you see her face. 

I remember the day I found out you would be a boy, I was scared. Scared you & her wouldn't get along. Scared that I wouldn't love you as much as her. But I will admit I was soooooo wrong. You have brought this family such joy and content. You really complete us all. Mom won't lie she also wasn't excited about dressing a boy, but someone I have managed to love it. These past eleven month have been pure joy with you. You are so easy going and relaxed. Such a breath of fresh air. I love you to the moon and back Eli Donald Alexander 

Steps steps steps

You starting taking independent steps today. This is a picture of you and sister pushing a grocery cart outside. At only 9.5 sweet months you're already on your way to walking .. Love you to piece Eli Donald Alexander 

9 sweet sweet months

Yup, you are 9 months old already and so full of life.. Easily temperamental when you are sleepy or tired but overall such a happy happy man. You are always smiling and going with the flow. You always take all your sister bullying with little To no tears. You have mad the two children transition a lot smoother because of your demeanor. You love to walk with a walker. The other day you crawled into the living room and put yourself in the trampoline and started jumping all by yourself. Can't say I know many 9 month olds getting into that much trouble all on their own. 

You have started to take your first steps, still have t quite mastered it yet but you are oh SO close. Your hair is blonde, your eyes are changing to a more greenish color. You are still 24 pounds and 31" tall. You just had an ear infection over the 4th of July and man were you a BEAR. Your temperature went as high as 104 rectally and I had a small panic attack. Your sister never ran fevers on me when she was sick. I was so worried you might have a seizure that you slept in bed so restless and uneasy all night with me and daddy. 

You still remain to be a crappy night sleeper. I have created a total monster . You fall asleep around 9 and wake up about 1-2 in the morning. If I let you cry it out you can go as long as an hour before you give up and fall back asleep. I feel so awful letting you cry for that long. It hurst my gut to see you sad and just wanting some snuggles so of course I cave most of the time. 

You enjoy the outdoors and any you you can get your hands on that Deborah won't steal from you. You LOVE to eat anything mom dad & sister are eating. You also love drinking water straight from a cup. You're not that into sippy cups or bottles. You are still breastfed. You wear size 4&5 diapers and are in 18/24 months clothes. 

You are a total lady killer. You smile most of the time and shut down hard and fast when you're sleepy. You are so opposite of deb, so mellow and relaxed, easygoing and attentive. Your grandma Mary says you have "an old soul" it's like you have been on earth and lived a long life before. You seem to have an ease about everything, like it's been conquered by you in some past life. I often think about how much my mother would have eaten you up, how much love you could have shown her and given to her. I wish she could have met you and you the same. Although you have lots of grandparents I am certain she would have been your favorite if she were around. You bring our family such a calm & go with the flow emotion. I am so grateful to call you mine and watch you grow. Happy 9 months sweet boy!!!