King of the Castle! : June 2012

Sunday, June 24, 2012

15 Months Stats and More Jamesonisms!

We had Jameson's 15 month appointment on June 18. He was a ham in the waiting room and was talking up a storm to Dr. Boe...poor thing had no idea what was coming :(. J Man came in at 25lbs. 3oz. (60%); 32 inches (75%) and his head is 18.5 inches (50%). He was moving all over when we tried to measure, so I think he may even be longer than that! We also had to get 2 shots - Dtap and Hib. This was probably the worst set of shots to date (and I had to go alone yet again!). He usually stops crying as soon as I pick him up, but he cried all the way to the car and then all the way home. He has been a little more irritable this past week as well, which is strange. And, he has had a few weird outbursts like he is in pain - sometimes flopping around like a fish out of water (bringing tears to his Mother and Gma Debbie's eyes!). I am hoping there is no correlation and we can attribute that to gas or something, but we are keeping a close eye on it!!

I realized I forgot a few things (shocking!). And, a couple new things that happened within a few days of hitting 15 months.

I mentioned that Jameson says no all of the time. Well, now we get "oh no" a lot. It's so cute, but he sounds so pitiful sometimes when he says it, so it always pulls at my heart even if he isn't upset! He is also really stuck on uh-oh again and he fully understands what it means now. My reply to him is always, "uh-oh what?" because I sometimes do not know what he is uh-ohing about and it can be a bit scary with an adventurous little toddler!
His hand-eye coordination is pretty impressive. He is pretty good at throwing a ball. Sometimes he releases it a bit too soon and it goes behind him instead of forward, but he is pretty good at hitting his mark when he wants to. You have to be careful with his rocket arm sometimes! He can also put things together that you would think he would need help with at this age.
I hope I have said this before because he has been doing this since well before he turned one, but he loves to put stuff in stuff. That sounds intelligent, I know. But, it's the best way to describe it. He likes to put shapes in the corresponding hole in his bucket/Pooh Bear car. He likes to put rocks in his huggie (yes, we give him huggies because he goes crazy if Darin or I have one). He likes to put things in his hats when we take walks. He is really good about putting puzzle pieces close to where they belong...he usually needs a little help with which way the shape goes, but he knows where they go.
Ray taught Jameson to "walk silly". This was something he did when Braden was little and it is way too cute. Ray also taught him to make funny faces...especially when he is in his high chair. So, if you ask him to do either of these things, he will gladly do it and giggle all the while! Video of making silly faces: http://youtu.be/hCE7sIvoAIQ
He is so good at kicking a ball. He has been doing it for a couple of months, but now if you ask him to kick it, he will walk right up to it and kick it and then follow it and keep kicking. Soccer in the near future?!
He likes to fall backwards for fun. He also thinks it is hilarious to walk backwards into things. Strange, but humorous!
He also loves to throw pillows down in random spots and flop down on them. It's real fun when he does that on the hard wood...my heart stops every time, but he usually just laughs!
Darin started saying and gesturing "come on" and Jameson will do it now. It is so funny.
Jameson dances all of the time now. He dances to commercials, music, my singing, anything. I adore the toddler dancing skills. The best is when he dances to our grandfather clock...he will stop whatever he is doing when it chimes each hour.
He is obsessed with our neighbor's boat. Whenever we take walks, he has to run up to it or walk by it 100 times and point, saying BOOOOAT.
All 4 molars are coming through and it's been a blast. Poor baby.
Poor kid also got a viral infection that set up camp mostly in his throat. He had a few days of 100-high 102 fever. But, he was a champ and was back to himself after a few days.
Jameson will now lay down and say "nigh-nigh". Adorable.
He likes to do "squats" with me. Hilarious.
When I (or anyone now) am sitting on the floor and he wants me to stand up, he will come over to me and grab my shirt and pull it up like a big bully. It cracks me up.
He tried ketchup and olives for the 1st time. The reaction was about the same to both - hilarious. But, he actually really seemed to like both! He would just dip his fry in the ketchup and lick the ketchup but not eat the fy.
I said it before, but Jameson devours corn on the cob - he can eat an entire piece and then begs for more from us!
Jameson can now can say "all better" and "ahh beep beep" - haha. He was talking his language one night and Darin thought it sounded like he said ahh beep beep, so he said it and Jameson started repeating it. Darin also taught him to say "how now brown cow" and it brings a smile to all of our faces when Jameson says it because he has such a big smile when he says it!
He also says Moo, Neigh and Baaa when he sees one of those animals anywhere now - books, on TV, stuffed animals. It's so neat to see that. He also says Ahhhhlllll when he sees an Alligator or hears the Alligator song at Gma Debbie and Ray's (actually he says it before the alligator song even comes on because he knows it's next on the CD). And now, every time he sees Roshi, he squeals KEEE TEEEE in excitement.
Scary, but Jameson knows how to hit the home button on my iPhone and he knows how to scroll and find the pictures. Scary stuff.
I will stop now, so I have stuff to report in 2 weeks :).

I had to do 15 month pics with the bear. Now, Jameson is big
enough to show the bear who is boss.

C'mon bear, let's go!

Awww, melts my heart.

Tried to get him to lay down with the bear,
but he wouldn't let go of Scout!

Loves to throw a pillow and plop down wherever he sees fit.

Walk silly!!

Make a funny face!

Chowing down on some corn!

Excuse me, I am trying to eat!

Not too shabby!

Olives, ha!

Trying ketchup...took a minute or two, but
he loved it!

Poor sicky bean at the doctor :(. Sweet little face.

At least I got in lots of good snuggles!

Jameson's boo boo as he was saying.

Figured the boy deserved a cookie (or 2) after those shots!

This toy's intended use was to hold sippy cups, no?!

Monday, June 4, 2012

15 Months!!

I'm SO big!!

Wow, has it really been 3 months since my little man turned 1?! Yikes. What an amazingly fun age. I know I have said that before, but he really is so much fun right now. Onto the details!

I will report your height and weight after your 15 month appt. on the 18th (little late!). I am pretty sure you had a growth spurt...you had a few nights of 14 hours of sleep and I swear you looked longer after that!!
You get so concerned when someone is not in the room. For example, if Dad is gone or upstairs, you will yell DaDa over and over. Or when Dad gives you a bath, you call for me sometimes! Same with Rowan...you are always asking for Ro Ro.
And, when you want someone, you usually don't quietly ask, you usually yell their names! RAY, DADA, MAMA, BAHBOH/MAAMAW (Grandma)., HOYYY (Hoyt). It's hilarious.
You are getting pretty good at eating with a fork/spoon. You do really well with ice cream and spoons and mac-n-cheese and forks!
But, you also have decided that your bowls make better hats than dishes, so you usually need a good bath after dinner!! It's especially awesome when the bowl is filled with ice cream.
We can now add pizza to the list of foods you love! You devour it - you ate like 5 whole pieces of Stolfa's last night! Still a huge fruit hound. You love corn too and tried corn on the cob and did great!
Some new words were added to the list:

baby (you loved face-timing with Liz and Will and now every time you see my phone, you say "baybee?!"),
Cake - you have this one down pat!
Bubbles
Rock...this one is more like "wock"
Let's go!
Corn
Hot dog! This is what you call Mickey Mouse :).
Elmo - it's more like Melmo
Bird - you love Angry Birds! You have never played the game, but love the AB paraphernalia.
Tree - sounds more like Tee.
Babple - apple. Not sure where the B comes from!
Referencing from above. You were on a kick where Grandma was Bahbo and now it is more like MaaMaw.

And, oh my have you learned what No means! You say no all of the time now - I try not to laugh, but it is so darn cute. You say no no to Hoyt a lot! You also shake your head when saying it.
You communicate extremely well even without a huge vocabulary. I have said it before, but I will say it again. I am so impressed with how well you understand things. We can ask you to do something and you do it (i.e., can you hand Mommy your water). You definitely understand...but that certainly doesn't mean you listen :). You also repeat words very well.
You signed "more" the other day and said "moh"! I was so proud! And, you sign "all done" quite a bit now.
You grab books and then will walk backwards into our laps and sit down, waiting for us to read to you or for you to turn the pages as we read. It's so adorable. You also do this will my phone when you want to play "mals" (animals) and other Fisher Price apps that I have for you. You already know how to scroll on my phone...yikes!
You LOVE your Boom Pa Pa Kindermusik book and get so excited when you see it. You say Boom pa and it's awesome! You also say "head" when you pick up the Head Shoulder Knees and Toes book! You also love Brown Bear, Panda Bear, Yummy Yucky, and the Baby Einsteins First Words book....mostly because you think it's funny when you point to the lizard on the back and Daddy and I make a lizard face and then when you point to the Einstein logo and we make our Einstein face (you'll have to ask when you get older!!). And, (I know, this is a lot of info!) you get so excited when you see 10 Little Monkeys and you say "No Mo Mummo", which I take to mean No More Monkeys (jumping on the bed!).
Gma Kim has been doing this with you, Drake and Rowan for awhile, but when we do snack time, we ask you to go sit on your blanket and you do! We fill your cup with "treats" and you will sit and watch cartoons and eat your snack. It's way too cute.
You can run now and you sometimes squeal when you do it!
You love to shoot hoops with Daddy!
You found your shadow quite awhile ago, but you really study it now, as well as other people's and things' shadows. It is so funny because you will push your mower and instead of paying attention to what's ahead, you stare down at the shadows!
You got over your fear of grass and now you walk all over it like it's nothing!
You really like to draw with sidewalk chalk. You make some mean masterpieces! You also get SOOOO excited when we give you the bathtub markers.
You are still an AWESOME sleeper. You may not have slept through the night consistently until you were 8 1/2 months, but it was so worth it now that you sleep 12+ hours at night and take 2-3 hour naps! The best is when you wake up in the morning, you usually just hang out in your crib without making a peep. You read your book or just sit there and sometimes talk.
On days when you can sleep in, you typically take one 3+ hour nap. Otherwise, you still take 2 naps a day. Except, sometimes when you are having too much fun with your cousins, you decide that sleeping is for the birds!!
Your bottom tooth to the right of your middle teeth came through and the left one is kind of stuck halfway! I see some specs of white here and there, but really nothing popping all the way through.
You have had a little trouble with your new teeth (besides the frenectomy incident!). You have bitten your lip a few times eating and then get mad (rightfully so!).
You do this stomping thing that looks like you are excited and/or dancing. And, sometimes you make this eeeek noise while doing it. So funny.
You got to go to the pool for the first time this spring/summer - didn't seem to impressed at first, but then really started to love it. I think I may sign us up for a Parent and Me swim class.
You had another ear infection. Poor babe got my ears :(.
You got to have a sleepover with both sets of grandparents - a few times!
You got to finally meet Jacob and flirted with Elsie at Gma Debbie's! You are going to have play dates with these two a lot this summer!
You had your first Moe's experience! You did great, but were not too interested in the food. You were doing back bends trying to see the little girl behind us. If you want to hang with Mommy and Daddy, you are going to have to learn to love it :).
You celebrated Jonah's first birthday party! You loved running around and watching everyone.
I trimmed your bangs. I realized one night at dinner that when your hair was combed straight down, it reached your eyelashes!! I think this is the 3rd bang trim, but you still have not had what I would consider your first haircut. I just cannot touch those precious curls!!

**I know I say this often, but better that than not at all I guess. But, you truly are my world. Even during your fussy fits and moody moments, I cannot seem to get enough of you! My heart is so full of love for you. You, my dear, are simply wonderful.**