Just a HEAD's Up!

Sunday, December 9, 2012

BRODIE'S TWO!!!!!!!!!!

It's finally here, my little baby boy is not a baby anymore. He is a BIG 2 year old TODDLER. This month has been crazy and full of changes. At your 2 year appointment you weighed 33lb 2oz (93%ile), were 36in tall (89%ile), and and has a 19.5 in head (73%ile). He has come such a long way from that skinny kid who wasn't even on the charts for a good 6 months.

This month you moved in to a full blown toddler bed.With this change came a battle to get you to stay in your bed. It lasted 3 days but I'm happy to say you got over it and then slept soundly in your bed all night.

You are so strong that you can climb INTO Zoey's crib to hand her her pacifier or up onto the counter to grab a knife and attempt to cut open an apple. You are going to give me a heart attack before I turn 25 I swear!

You are really starting to express your opinions quite vocally. One night for dinner, you asked for, "Ketchup, ice cream, string cheese!" You also bring us multiple snacks first thing in the morning after you get up from the pantry.

Your mind is working so furiously, non stop. You are DEFINITELY dreaming (most likely have been for a while). Daddy went to check on your and you were sound asleep on your side, but clapping in your sleep and saying, "YAYYYYYYYYY!" You also demonstrated your first instance of pretend play. After going to the WAP one day you proceeded to peek around the kitchen door. Then, you looked at me and confidently pronounced, "Mama, lion in there! Scared!" You SHOWED me your scared face when you heard thunder for the first time. It was hilarious! This is such a fun (challenging) stage.

You got to meet smokey the bear for the first time and sit in a real helicopter and firetruck at the airport open house. You got to see the Lorikeets for the first time at the WAP, and since we were the very first people in the exhibit they flocked to us and landed on us even tho we didn't have any food! You were SO excited!

Today, we had a super fun stay at home day and you were GREAT! You got to run through balloons, play with instruments, blow bubbles, play in the water, climb and jump off things, take a bath with shaving cream, and of course eat cake and open presents. :) Your family birthday party is in 2 weeks.

This is going to be the end of your monthly update blog posts just because you are so busy and doing too much for me to keep up with. I love you and hope you have enjoyed reading your changes that you've made month after month. You are amazing!

Love,
Mom

Zoey's 4 month post

Zoey's growing right along and has hit her 4 month marker. At her 4 month appointment here were her stats:

14lb 12oz (76%ile)
26.25 inches long (96%ile)
16 inch head (38%ile)

She got to go on her first family swim, which she loved loved loved.

She also found her toes and loves eating them!

Oh, and she is rocking a natural mohawk which is freaking awesome. Everyone comments on her hair no matter who they are or where we are at.

She smiles up a storm and is beginning to get sassy with sticking out her tongue!

You are an amazing sleeper and I actually had to wake YOU up after 13 hours because my boobs were KILLING me and I needed you to nurse.

We are having so much fun with you! you are starting to play with your exercauser, jumparoo, and read books with anyone who will read them to you.

You are such a good baby and such a great completion to our crazy little family. :) I love you so so much little one!

Brodie's 23 month post

Brodie at 23 months!

Oh Brodie, you are ALL boy. I was not prepared for how fast this would happen but wow...it has. This month is chalk full of outdoor play and our road trip to San Francisco. You were amazing on the road trip, playing happily during our long drives and talking about what you saw out the window. You slept like a champ in the hotel rooms and ate with a big boy fork/spoon the whole time. We discovered that you can and will get car sick when we drive along the 1 and you are reading. Cleaning up your barf with water bottles and baby wipes because there is no civilization !for an hour was, how shall we say, interesting!

The rest of the month was spent getting filthy outside, getting clean again in the pool, and dancing like a fool. We also got to go to your cousin's birthday party. You quite enjoyed a cupcake and some watermelon on a hot summer day!

Ohhhhhh, and a not so fun behavioral thing you started was throwing tantrums over every little thing that didn't go your way. You are officially in what I will hereby call the "trying twos" and whew...not looking like they are going to let up anytime soon. I think that the reason that you are throwing tantrums is because you are SO smart you can't tell us exactly what you want. For example, you got out of bed for the first time at the end of this month and said "Mommy, Daddy where are you!? Diaper!" and then after he got changed he jumped up on the couch and said, "More milk, show, cuddle, blanket." You are making crazy leaps and bounds in communication now.

Lastly, you are still a piggie when it comes to food... look at you with 2 forks going to town on your breakfast at Denny's!

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Zoey Belle's 3 month post

Time continues to fly in the Head household. Mrs. Zoey Belle hit her 3 month marker on Monday already. I'm not sure how much she weighs or how long she is, but she's growing a TON! She's a sweetie pie and I'm loving having a girl. Here are some things that happened in the life of Zoey Belle this month.