Sunday, March 18, 2012

15 months old!

A little late, but we've just been having too much fun!!

Re-cap -- Rem just had tubes put in 4 weeks ago. His post-op went perfectly. He got fitted with custom ear plugs and he actaully leaves them in for bath time!

March 17 marked exactly one month since his surgery. He has learned so many new words/sounds just this week! He tends to add "eeee" to the end of everything but he now says "Mom-eee" "Dad- eee" "Pup-eee" "baby-eee"...he's said "Chair" and "book" a few times but it was after repeating us. We are so proud for how much he has learned to say these last few weeks. I'm really hoping he learns enough by the times hes 18 months old so that we can pass on the speech therapist.

Here are his 15 month stats:

Weight: He weighs 24.5 lbs (50%)

Height: He is 33 inches (95%) TALL boy!

Head Size:
19 inches (25%)

Diaper Size: He wears size medium and large cloth diapers and size 4 in disposables

Clothes Size:
He wears 18 month to 24 month clothes! My big boy!

Sleep: He's always been super great at going to bed (started that routine early on) He's been waking up around 7am now but goes to be around 830p every night. He'll then lay down for a nap around 11am and maybe one more mid afternoon nap around 3 or 4p. Its sooo cute 'cause all you have to say is "Go night night??" ...and he literally runs to his room and starts climbing on the rails to his crib. Like I said -- he's super easy to get to bed.

Favorite Activities: Loves playing outside. If the back door is shut, he goes over and beats on it - his que for telling us he wants outside. We recently got pet chickens and he absolutly LOVES playing and watching them. He has to check on them every morning before he does anything else.

Favorite Toys:
  He's back to loving books!! He'll bring one to us, sit in our lap and gets super excited when its his turn to flip the page. He also loves throwing things..anything...and he's super good at it!!

Eating: We have arranged the pantry so that all his snacks are on the bottom shelf. When hes hungry, he'll go over and get a snack out and bring it to us to open. Oh..and the ONLY way he eats PB&J is if you cut the sandwich in slices...like strips...not chunks. Ugh..picky boy!

Talking: Well its been a month since he's got tubes put in and he now says "Mommy" "daddy" "puppy" "baby" "book" "chair" and sometimes "Yes and no"

Milestones:
His talking!!!! Just paid over 1k on his ears and its finally paying off!!:)

Here are some recent pictures of Mr. Remington James <3



"You want a bite Mommy??"

My handsome little boy <3

"Hey Ladies...I'm single ;) "

Rem with his older cousin (by 6 months) Lyla - playing with the baby chickens

Rem got some new wheels!!

SOO happy when he's outside <3

Thursday, March 1, 2012

The cutest 'cloth' butt

I just melt when I see Remis 'cloth' butt :) He is clothed on my days off work (4 days a week) and I just love seeing his cute booty in fluff :)






His post op apt is tomorrow. Not sure what they'll do - I'm sure they'll look in his ears and tell me that they look better (I hope) and he will be fitted for custom ear plugs. Bath time freaks us out right now. We wash his hair with a wash cloth and swimming this summer will be a challenge.

Then on Tuesday.....he turns 15 months old!!! Almost 1.5 years old. We'll be back at the doctors for shots :/ This will be the first time his pediatrician will hear about his tube surgery. I wonder what her reaction will be.

Anyways, he is getting used to his 'new' ears. Certain sounds still startle him but not as bad anymore. He talks way more (no real words yet) but Mike and I take one hour each evening and sit with Rem and really focus on teaching him things.

Life is great! Heading to the park today :)