Crawling and Pulling-Up

Reid is doing both. He is legitimately crawling up on all fours and is now pulling himself up to standing. The little stinker has been standing in his crib at naptime too. He is quite proud of himself.

He is getting a 2nd new tooth and has been pretty cranky about it. Also notice all his new injuries. He has no fear!

Cole’s 3 year appointment

Cole had his 3 year well visit this morning. He is 39.2 pounds (90%) and 39 3/4 inches tall (95%).

He seems to be a bit behind with his gross motor skills. Mainly jumping up and down with two feet, jumping forward, and walking up stairs with alternating feet. We have a referral to “Child Find”, a program for children with developmental delays, so we can get him evaluated. If he qualifies for services, a physical therapist will come to our house to work with him. I have a feeling that he’s either not going to qualify or he will but will only need a few sessions to catch up.

Other than that, he is perfectly healthy. He had to get one shot today. He cried a little but got over it as soon as he found out that he got a band-aid.

Dr. Fitch asked Cole what he liked to drink and he told her, “milk, juice, and not wine.” We both cracked up and then he added that he doesn’t drink soda either and that he doesn’t like his water too cold.

Here is a cute video of his talking about his dog:

Reid got....

a tooth and a huge gash in his eyebrow! He is moving around like crazy and pulling up to his knees. He is quite the daredevil. Here he is trying to climb the stairs (this is exactly how he hurt himself).




I'll try to get a picture of his new tooth soon!

Quick brag about myself

My sister and I finished a half marathon today. We both ran the entire 13.1 miles with no walking. She finished in 2 hrs 18 mins and I finished in 2 hrs 24 mins. Cole did a Kid's Fun Run. He thought it was the greatest thing in the world and has been talking about it ever since. He insists that he was the winner, when in reality he finished 2nd to last (only beating a child who quit halfway).

And Reid snoozed!

Happy 3rd Birthday Cole!

Cole's construction themed 3rd birthday party was great! Here are some pictures! Enjoy!

I know they look alike, but geez!

We took the lenses out of Brien's old glasses, so Cole could play with them. As soon as he put them on, I was instantly sent back to 2002. He looks just like Brien did when I first meet him. See?

6 month stats

Reid went to dr. this morning for his 6 month well visit. He is indeed doing very well. He weighed in at 17 lbs. 13ozs. (50%), is 26.5 inches tall (50%) and his head circumference is 44cm (50%). He's quite the average, proportionate boy.

Our dr. said he can now eat anything as long as it's not a choking hazard. She said we could throw our dinner in the food processor and feed it to him if we want. He can even have berries, eggs, peanuts, and shellfish. I know I said it before, but I can't believe how much these things have changed in just 3 years. We were told none of that for Cole until he was a year.

She also mentioned that we should start giving water in a sippy. So, as soon as we got home, I pulled out the soft spout sippies (washed them, of course) and tried it out. Here's how it went:



He couldn't quite get it, but he thought it was tons of fun. The end result was this:


Cole decided he needed to get on the pictures, so we changed Reid into dry clothes and took a few.