OK, so don't judge me, but it's nearly impossible to get this kid to sit still for a picture -- thus, the letting him stand on the chair w/ the sign in the background (and a set of hands close to catch him). He is a monkey of all sorts, trying to climb
everything these days. He loves going to school; carrying the den garbage can around, dumping it, then putting all the paper back in (drives Daddy crazy); throwing Easton's toys/balls for him to fetch; reading or "E-I-E-I-O"-ing as he calls all his books that; learning new words and signs :: newest is "duck" which he'll do if he hears the word "duck," sees a duck on the TV/computer or hears quacking (found a "duck song" on youtube that we had to watch 3 times because he loved it) -- very cool to know he can link all 3 senses to one sign that he does -- such a smarty pants! He loves animals -- he even got to pet a rooster at school last week! He got to see the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup!!!! He is goofy and thrives on getting us to laugh -- loves to "draw" on our bellies with the stuffed blue crayon :-) He can drink from a straw, too (although a little messy, so we're stickin' with the sippy when possible.
Prepping for a forward somersault...or a bear walk? Tuck the chin to the chest, James!
His new star for the wall at school...I only had big pictures, so I didn't get as many on for this room as I had in the infant room.
I took James for his 15 month dr. appointment today. He checks out really well with his development -- dr. said no worries of autism (whew); he has more then "a couple" words, so he's good with language development; he was practically running laps around the room (and she's seen him in action at school since her daughter is in the class next door) and he throws balls for Easton, so his gross motor skills are very good, maybe even a little ahead, and his fine motor skills are good (feeding himself, drinking all from sippy, holding a crayon/marker, etc). The only thing he's not super duper at is keeping calories in him to gain weight! Doh! He weighed in at 19lb 4oz today and was 28.5 inches tall with a 46.5cm circumference noggin (at his 12 month he was 19lb 11oz, but got his ear infection about a month ago and dropped weight; I thought the nurse measured him wrong at that appt too for height as it was 29.25in -- this one we did twice and I think we got it closer to right this time - very difficult w/ kicking and screaming and rolling kid)...so he has 'failure to thrive' which sounds horrible, but she said there's probably no underlying issues with him, he's just
really really active and burns all his calories off quickly (and he'd rather play than eat, so he gets up from the table at school during lunch and says "all done" and brushes off his plate at dinner time, even though he'd probably still eat more). We're gonna help him get some extra calories and lots of nutrients by giving him Pediasure or Kid Essentials 1x/day and see how that works. Will get him a weight check in 6-8 weeks and hope that he grows some!
Prepping for a forward somersault...or a bear walk? Tuck the chin to the chest, James!
His new star for the wall at school...I only had big pictures, so I didn't get as many on for this room as I had in the infant room.
I took James for his 15 month dr. appointment today. He checks out really well with his development -- dr. said no worries of autism (whew); he has more then "a couple" words, so he's good with language development; he was practically running laps around the room (and she's seen him in action at school since her daughter is in the class next door) and he throws balls for Easton, so his gross motor skills are very good, maybe even a little ahead, and his fine motor skills are good (feeding himself, drinking all from sippy, holding a crayon/marker, etc). The only thing he's not super duper at is keeping calories in him to gain weight! Doh! He weighed in at 19lb 4oz today and was 28.5 inches tall with a 46.5cm circumference noggin (at his 12 month he was 19lb 11oz, but got his ear infection about a month ago and dropped weight; I thought the nurse measured him wrong at that appt too for height as it was 29.25in -- this one we did twice and I think we got it closer to right this time - very difficult w/ kicking and screaming and rolling kid)...so he has 'failure to thrive' which sounds horrible, but she said there's probably no underlying issues with him, he's just really really active and burns all his calories off quickly (and he'd rather play than eat, so he gets up from the table at school during lunch and says "all done" and brushes off his plate at dinner time, even though he'd probably still eat more). We're gonna help him get some extra calories and lots of nutrients by giving him Pediasure or Kid Essentials 1x/day and see how that works. Will get him a weight check in 6-8 weeks and hope that he grows some! 
