Double wide?

So we went to the shoe store to try some on B's feed. Okay - seriously, is it necessary to spend $50 on a pair of shoes for a baby?!!!!! So we didn't - we are sticking with robeez for now, and are going to wait until he starts walking. But i am shocked at the cost for a good pair of shoes - okay, I'll spend more than that on me, but I don't grow out of them anymore!!!!!! And wear them forever!!!!!!! (or once - whatever!).

When the lady measured his feet (while he was napping in my arms) - she commented that he was a size 4.5-5 double wide! So narrow feet in this family! Double Wide?! Double Wide!!!!!!!! It just makes me laugh - he must have gotten his foot size from a pregnant me - when my feet were triple wide and only a comfy pair of crocs would work!

Brushing his teeth

So Brennan went from refusing to even have the toothbrush in his mouth to letting me brush his 4 teeth to now doing it himself (kinda). It is SOOOO cute! We brushed our teeth together this morning (of course, then he wanted my toothbrush).

And he waved at me yesterday - it was the first time he had done that! So cute!

Brennan is really excited to share the news that his cousin was born yesterday - Cooper Robert - born on Sept 17th @ 7am - 7.4 lb and 19 inches long. Mom and Cooper are great! We can't wait to visit in October!

12 month well-child check up

So here are B's most recent stats:
31 inches long (75% percentile)
22.7 pounds (50% percentile)
And his head is growing nicely too. :)
So he is a long skinny boy - who ate an entire piece of homemade pizza last night for dinner (that is a lot for a little one!).

Dr thinks he is growing well - he is doing what he should. We talked about our favorite topic - sleeping :) and are again making some changes which I will discuss at a later time depending on how things go and how we opt to proceed. PJ and I were both at the visit (how great is my husband that he opts to attend all of the well-child visits?!).

Dr. K thinks that Brennan had cocksackie virus a few weeks ago and was shocked when I told him we had to go to Urgent Care b/c we couldn't get in to see them - which is totally not their policy. Oh well. Next time I was instructed to ask to talk to our nurse directly so she could squeeze us in. I LOVE our doc!

We also talked about walking/crawling. I guess I have been hoping Brennan would have walked by now - he crawled at 7 mos - but as Dr. K pointed out, the earliest crawlers, especially those that are overly effective crawlers (LIke fast moving B-Man!) are not early walkers - makes sense! Though he took 1 step yesterday toward me while we were in the waiting room - I cheered very loudly!

Wordless Wednesday

Sick baby

So little b-man is sick. Fever started Tuesday after his pm nap and spikes whenever the tylenol or motrin wears off. He is nursing lots and drinking juice, so that is good. Not so interested in eating, which is not surprising. We took him to the dr this morning since it had been over 36 hours with a fever (it is hovering between 100-102). He was not overly concerned since he is taking in liquids and has wet diapers. He checked his ears, throat, and looked him over - just thinks it is a virus, but asked us to keep watching him (obviously). He mentioned he could break out in a rash when the fever breaks or it could end up being an ear infection, but as of this morning, it was just a fever with no other symptoms. We are glad about that, though it is hard to see the little guy not feeling well. He wants us to hold him and he just kinda hangs out - yesterday he played a lot - today not so much.

His big birthday bash is Sunday, so good we'll hope all is well sooner rather than later!

Wordless Wednesday - My Haircut (before and after)

Playing Ball

So our new fun game is playing with the ball. I am not sure if Brennan realizes it, or maybe he does, but he likes to "throw" the ball at us! We sat in a circle tonight and bounced the big red bouncy ball around. Brennan was lift it high up and then RELEASE! And it would come toward me and I would throw it to PJ and he would roll it to Brennan and then we would start over. It was so cute. I noticed it for the first time the other night when he was playing with a little ball and he would throw it at me, and when I passed it back, he kept tossing it to me. I love it - such a little athlete!