Wade 17 Months

Alllergy to peanut butter.

So grown up.

He loves ketchup.

Wade, 15 months

Wade is finally walking. (The best summer shoes have been Angel sandals). He does have a terrible habit of throwing. Anything. He also disciplines us right back. I have no idea how to punish a 15 month old, but something tells me I better learn fast.

Where have we been?

Wade is almost 14 months old and even though he is not walking yet, he is certainly hard to keep up with. He is very active, happy and a well-rounded child. He knows all his animal sounds. can point out most animals in a picture and says lots of words. Most of them sound like dada, but they all have varying inflections and that determines what he actually saying. He calls me dada, but it is a more high pitched version than Todd's. This picture is of him at my parents house. He was saying UH-OH the whole time he was destroying the bathroom. At least he knows.

Busy Wade

I know I said I was back, but that was easier said than done. Wade is constantly moving now and has had a fever all week (so sleep has been few and far between). The only reason I am writing this now is because he is finally down for a nap. Wade is turning one in a week! I can't believe it. I know everyone says this, but I really can't believe it. His favorite past times are waving, dancing and clapping. On a recent trip to see my mom he tired himself to sleep because he waved at absolutely every car that went by. If he so much as hears my cell phone ring he begins dancing. If you just tell him "dance" then he does a couple pelvic thrusts. This is only cute for a one year old. And the clapping...he claps through songs in the car, most of the church service and if anyone says anything remotely close to "woo-hoo." He really is such a joy. Even at 2:30 am when all he wants to do is play. And by play, that means taking all the clothes out of his laundry basket and scattering them about.

I'm back...

At the MI Christmas Parade

Getting the Christmas Tree

Our photo shoot at the beach

Okay, I am sort of back. After catching up with old friends this weekend I was strongly encouraged to get back to blogging. We were at Jennifer Render Bowie's wedding this weekend and it was so much fun. She was a beautiful bride! Wade will be 11 months old on Christmas day. He is not crawling yet, but manages to scoot from here to there. We took him to the beach Saturday for a Christmas card shot and of course none of them turned out well. Anyway, I ordered the cards today with an old picture we had. Way to be on the ball! Wade says mama, dada, dog, Sidney (our dog) and moos when you asked him what the cow says. These are all very exciting milestones for us. Here are some pictures from the past few months.

Halloween

I have not posted in forever, but had to put one of Wade in his Halloween costume. This one was a hit and I made it! He might never forgive me...

Weight Gain

When Wade was sick last week, he lost about 2 pounds (big deal when you are only 14 pounds)! I am happy to report he is packing on pounds double time now. I guess he has a lot to make up for. He takes lots of bottles of formula, still nurses and eats lots of baby food. I am now making all the baby food and it is working out pretty well. I do have to mix some with Earth's Best carrots to get him to start eating it, but he is doing really well with it. Today he had mango and apple. It was so yummy! He took to it right away and I even snuck a few bites myself. Now that I have the system down, it is really easy to make the food. I do a recipes worth and then divide into a muffin pan and freeze. Once frozen (only an hour or so) I put them all in one or two ziplocs in the freezer, with a few in the fridge to eat in the next couple of days. It doesn't take up much freezer space and I know what is going into the food that I feed him. Plus, I know there are no grains in them so hopefully no terrible reactions. As far as the intolerance, we have been referred to an allergist and another pediatrician. Those appointments begin next week. I'll keep you posted.