18 months update

So, not much has really changed for this kid in the last 3 months but his personality is showing more and more. He is my little wild child and is always on the go. He has been babbling a lot lately but he still only has one understandable word which his Doctor put in a referral today for him to be evaluated for Early On.


Height/ Weight: 30in and 22lbs 
Clothing/ shoe size: 18 months tops and pjs, 12 and some 18 months pants, size 5 shoes, and size 4 disposables
Sleep: still sleeping 10-12hrs a night and naps still vary.
Favorites: his stuffed Mickey Mouse and the Frozen movie and soundtrack
Eating: everything in sight though he recently learned he really likes string cheese and learned how to use the applesauce pouches
Milestones:

• 8 teeth and one of his top molars cut through
• running
• getting into the trashcan (we now have gates in place because of this)
• has been moved to a "big boy" bed (in other words, Tristan broke a bar on the crib so we just switched Emmett to a twin bed that we already had)

• got his first "big boy" hair cut

Here are some other cute pictures from over the last 3 months:

Off brand converse style shoes from Family Dollar! 

That face.

Trying to wear brother's Ninja Turtles shell

TRAINS!!

Sorry I've been MIA for awhile. With getting internet back, starting a new job (factory work sucks just so you guys know), and trying to fit in everything else, things have been pretty crazy. 

15 months update

This little boy has really been growing and changing so fast.

Height/ Weight: 30in and 21lbs 8oz
Clothing/ shoe size: 18 months tops and pjs, 12 months pants, and still 4w shoes and size 3 disposables. 
Sleep: still sleeping 10-12hrs a night and naps still vary.
Favorites: blocks and VeggieTales
Milestones:

• 6 teeth now and 2 that just broke skin
• walking nonstop 
• tries to run
• can stack 5 wooden blocks on his own
• had his first hair cut (more of a trim)

Eating: everything in sight!

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Blog update aka "photo dump"

So due to my computer dying and no internet, I have not been able to blog in awhile (since October). So here is my Halloween/ Christmas blog post.

Fall: 

A and B: Tristan's school fall party, he got to play with pumpkin guts and shucked corn.

C: My 1 Pinterest inspired craft: footprint ghosts.

D-F: Trick or treating for my big Hulk and little Lion.

Winter:

Snowball fight for brother and lazy snow chillin for baby boy

1-3: Christmas decorating with my itty bitties.

4-5: Zombie hunting time. Walking Dead eat your heart out :).

6: My cutie!

7: Tristan's hand-print ornament from school.

8-9: Getting ready for the family Christmas party.

Christmas eve and morning

momma and brother love <3 and the birthday boy.

Brothers, Uncle and nephew, and baby boy with his hair cut.

So I hope you all enjoyed the photo avalanche, now onto the boys updates. Hope you all had an awesome Christmas!!

Happy Birthday Emmett!!

So I can't believe my baby is already a year old. He has changed a lot in the last 3 months and is learning new things each day. I feel like I want to keep him small forever so he never grows up. 

Height/ Weight: 28in and 19lbs
Clothing/ shoe size: 12 months everything now though he needs adjustable waist jeans because he's so skinny and size 4w shoes. Now in size 3 disposables. 
Sleep: sleeping 10-12hrs a night and naps still vary.
Favorites: his new dump trucks and everything he liked before.
Milestones:

• 4 new teeth and 1 on the way
• will walk with help
• new word: uh oh

Eating:

• only regular table food
• loves: popcorn chicken, any vegetable he can grab, and now after his party, cake

someone gave me a cloth diaper so we tried it out. Too bad I can't afford more.

Saturday was Emmett's party and my huge plans for an awesome Pinterest-friendly party? Yep right out the window. We did hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, and chips. The cake? Bought from the store (it was originally a superman cake but we took the rings off and put the dump truck and candle). I wish I had gotten a picture of the food table too. 

Can you believe he looked like this just last year?

Guess who is 9 months old?!

So Emmett turned 9 months old the 30th and it's amazing how much he has changed since 6 months. He is now eating just about everything he can (no teeth still) and we vary between using jarred baby food and pureeing our own. He is now crawling, sitting up on his own, and pulling himself up on furniture to stand and sometimes walking while holding onto the furniture. He also now gets into EVERYTHING.

Height/ weight: 27in and 18lbs 1oz 

Clothing/ shoe size: He is in 6-9 months everything except shorts which vary between 3-6 and 6-9. He also uses 12 months overalls (the snaps unsnap if he's in 6-9). He is also between a size 2 and a size 3 shoe and uses size 2 disposables. 

Sleep: He sleeps about 8-10hrs at night and his naps vary. 

Favorites:

• trains, dump trucks, and any other construction type vehicle
• looking at books
• Wheels: he will tip anything with wheels over just so he can spin them
• playing in the cat food

sleeping in his new Target onesie (I need to get more)

fast asleep after the doctor's

So how are any other September 2012 babies growing? Is there any others who have babies with no teeth? Also, this little guy barely cried after his shots.

6 months

Has it already been 6 months? He's really halfway there to being 1? It feels like just yesterday he was born. He has grown so much and is getting so smart. He is rolling back and forth easily all day, he sits unsupported for about a minute... til he falls over, he's scooting all over the place, grabbing everything in sight, can stand with help for about 2 minutes, and eats baby food like a champ. I've been doing store bought baby food because I didn't want to make batches of foods he'd end up not liking like with Tristan. We just finished trying every single stage 1 fruits and veggies and our good to go list looks like this: squash, sweet potatoes, peas, pears, apples, peaches, bananas, and mashed potatoes (I had made some and let him try it). I attempted some of the veggie mixes and he was not for it. His flat spot is improving greatly!  He's currently teething also but when he's not being cranky because of that, he's just a ball of sunshine and is always smiling. He's also still a cuddler which makes this momma happy. Tristan hardly ever liked to cuddle except when he was sick. 

Height: now I'm waiting til we got to the WIC office for this because they told us at the doctor's he was 24.5inches but at 4 months was almost 25. Also since he fits perfectly in 6-9 months pjs, yeah his height is incorrect. 

Weight: 16lbs so he has gained 2lbs in 2 months and is in 25th-50th percentile. He's so tiny compared to what I thought he was.

Clothes: 3-6 months onesies still and we upgraded to 3-6 months pants. We also upgraded to 6-9 months sleepers, sweaters (so much more room for him), and overalls. He also still fits in his 1.5 size shoes. 

Sleep: He's once again sleeping 10+ hours a night plus naps. Some of you have seen me mention about his lack of sleep the past month.


And here's some cuteness for you guys from this kid:

Is this really how much he's changed in 6 months?

First sippy cup

Big brother just HAD to hold him.

He's in love with his walker

Him at 4 months:

Look at big brother at this age... they are just complete opposites:

Their dad saw them on Easter and took Tristan for part of the day and seriously thought Emmett had gotten a haircut. I had to explain that no, it's all still there, it's just turning blond. Also, I get so sad when I bag up his old clothes and sell/ give away them. Maybe it's knowing that there's a 90% chance he's my last. I know everyone says says that the future can change and I may meet someone and fall in love again but let's face... single moms have a hard time finding good guys and I'm not the type to "date around" and I have no plans to wait around for Mr. Perfect to show up. So, this momma focuses on her babies, on teaching them and cherishing every moment. They are the most important people in my life.