John - 24 Months

John at 24 Months

As of July 7, 2014 John weighed 35.8 pounds and was 35.8 inches tall.

Still sleeping 11 hours at night and taking a 2-3 hour nap each day.

All boy!

On the move all the time.

Sweats a lot.

Loves balls, cars, and his new bike.

Loves to eat, especially "cooookies", but not veggies.

A good problem solver. If he can't reach something up high he will get his stool.

Loves to help Mommy in the kitchen cook.

Loves to help Daddy fix anything.

He is very particular about where items go.

Enjoying the water this summer. Will use his floating ring and get in by himself.

Can get James to laugh and smile.

Still sleeps with "ruff, ruff" and a basketball in his crib, along with about 6 other stuffed animals.

Starting to play by himself at times, but still prefers to play with us.

Will now call out for "Mommy" when awake in morning or after naps.

He is very sensitive and checks on us if there is a problem. He will give kisses and then say otay? (okay?) with his head kind of tilted to the side.
Will just randomly start singing. He will sing A-B-C-D.
He knows the colors blue, red, yewow ("yellow"), ornj ("orange"), and geen ("green").

Talking a lot using 3 word sentences and understanding what we say in a conversation:

- Hep, peez (Help, Please)

- wader do (Water go?)

- Daddy pay me (Daddy play with me)

- trow ball Mommy (Throw ball to Mommy)

- Me do dat (Me do that)

Lots of big milestones for our little guy. He's definiately not a baby anymore. We love him so much!

James - 6 Months

James at 6 Months

At James 6 month appointment, James weighed 18 pounds and was 23.5 inches (Jay and I think that his length was wrong).

He is a very happy baby unless he is hungry, tired, or needs a diaper change.

He continually has ear infections.

Plan to start solid foods.

Enjoys playing on the floor and in his exersaucer. He bounce, bounce, bounces in the exersaucer. We got him an over the door bouncer, but doesn't seem to like that as much.

James loves his Mommy ... he loves to nurse and even likes to wake in the night to nurse.

Still wakes about every 4 hours at night. Has good nights every once in a while.

Uses his vocals all the time and says "dadadada".

We can't believe our little baby is 6 months old! We love him lots!







John - 23 Months

John at 23 Months

John is talking more and more. Especially using words like "me" and "mine". Other words include: "ball", "amost (almost)", "moof (move)".

John is starting to string two and three words together at a time.

He had so much fun on both our trips to South Carolina. Loved swimming and spending time with grandparents and uncles/aunt.

Still very much a Daddy's boy.

He loves playing with trains, balls, and cars.

Starting to understand how baseball works. Using glove on his hand, throwing/pitching, hitting, will also "side (slide)".

Enjoys watching Daniel Tiger (his favorite), Cars ("Vroom, Vroom"), Thomas ("Choo, Choo").

We've had a couple movie nights (Cars and The Incredibles). He likes watching them, but can't through the whole movie.

He still loves to eat most anything you give him. Every once in a while he is finicky, but mostly when it comes to vegetables.



James - 5 Months

James at 5 Months

James has a lot of personality. He loves to be talked to and laugh at John.

He is starting to talk much more.

 He imitates us when we click our tongue or pop our lips.

He rolled over from back to front on April 14, 2014.

We finally got his skin irritations cleared up and he is content and happy most of the time.

He still fusses himself to sleep and wakes up about 2 times each night.

We love watching him grow and change. There is so much development during this age.

John - 22 Months

John at 22 Months

John learns so many words each week.

 The couple words we have worked on are "help" and "please". He learned them in sign language and now tries to say them. 

We are amazed at how much he is learning and growing. 

He has become real gentle with James.

He likes to make James laugh.

He still eats quite a bit (as much as Mommy)!

He got a couple of his molars this month, which made him really cranky.

He is extremely organized and particular with where things go. 

James - 4 Months

James at 4 Months

 

 

James got his two bottom teeth on April 3, 2014.

As of April 7, 2014 James weighed 17 pounds 9 ounces, and was 25 1/4 inches long.

Loves to eat...and is a good eater.

Smiles and coos at you when you talk to him.

Starting to laugh every once in a while.

Pulls at his toys and tries to get them in his mouth, especially the bumble bee on his mobile.

Enjoys watching John play.

Will sit up in the bumbo and his bouncer.

Hasn't been sleeping that well. On a good night sleeps two 5 hour stretches.

Fusses and cries as he is going to sleep. Will only sleep on his stomach.

 

He is getting so much personality! We love him!

 

 



John - 21 Months

John at 21 Months

 

 

John is talking much more. His favorite words:

Noooo (with emphasis)

Ess (Yes)

Hi

Bye (for goodbye and goodnight)

Moof (Move)

Wawa (Water)

Ba-by (Baby)

Nack (Down)

Di (Ding)

Roof, Roof (for Dog)

Si (Sit)

Cook

Bat

Ball

Boom

Vroom, Vroom (for cars)

By-bl (Bible)

Row, Row (for the Row, Row book)

Ba (right back, and holds up one finger or wants to put something back in its place)

Cacker (Cookie)

Taw (Tall)

Ja (James)

 

He has become much more gentle with James.

Likes to pat and rock James with Mommy.

Will give James lots of kisses and hugs.

Learning to actually shoot hoops. Throws the ball up to make a basket.

Getting real proficient at going up and down stairs by himself.

Still loves to eat. Enjoys asparagus and chocolate chips.

Is scared of the vacuum cleaner. Will hide when the cleaning ladies come.

Loves to build blocks tall.

When he sings, he uses hand motions and can keep the beat.

 

He is growing up so much. Love to see his little personality.