11months:
Alright my little blond hair blue eyed Cali boy is 11 months old as of July 27, 2013. We were on our California Trip when he turned 11 months. He is still very, very shy which is pretty adorable. People and friends can not stop talking about his blue eyes and long eye lashes. I had to give him another hair cut already because the fluff was getting out of control! haha. This kid just loves to eat! Avocado's are his favorite food and cheddar cheese. He really hates being confined in the car seat or the high chair so that's a fun battle for mommy and daddy. He has figured out how to put blocks together and stack them. He loves to just grab two pieces and keep putting them together then taking them apart then putting them together. Has started to stack things on top of each other like the stacker rings and just plain old blocks. In California he fell hit his head on cement stairs and got his first black eye. He also started saying "uh-oh" which is know his favorite word. He has mastered climbing down the stairs now, which gives mommy mini heart attacks but she got over it. His latest obsession has been ceiling fans and lights. That is the first thing he notices and points too when he comes into a room. Starting to feed himself with the spoon but mostly gets all over himself instead of his mouth. He has so much energy and is into EVERYTHING!! He is a huge climber, climbs on anything he can get those little hands and feet on.
On July 9th he finally had surgery and got his tubes in his ears. He couldn't eat or drink anything after midnight and he woke up at 4am just crying and wanting a bottle so bad, it broke my heart and I was up with him until we left at 6 for the hospital. We got there early in the morning and the nurses were wonderful, they all keep coming into the room and playing with him and saying how cute he was and yes Joey was being shy but loving all the attention. Alright I did not sleep the night before I was so stressed knowing that they were going to be putting him under plus he woke up hungry and I couldn't feed him. He looked pretty cute in his little hospital gown running through the rooms. They take him to the back and he immediately starting crying and oddly enough I didn't cry because I knew he was in good hands. I waited in the recovery room. The surgery was only like 30 mins and finally he was back in my arms but was having a really really hard time coming out of the anesthesia. He was just crying and flaying his arms and head everywhere, with his eyes closed. Doc said he still had fluid in his ears and the tubes will be a huge help and some thickness was starting to build up in the left ear so he was having a hard time earing and we had no clue!! I get him home and give him lots of snuggles and love. He actually was acting just fine, little fussy from the pain but all around was doing very well. That week he slept through the night every night and still is. His ears were giving him so much pain that was keeping him up at night. Getting those tubes was the best thing we have done for him and he still has not had a ear infection yet almost 3 months later!!
1 YEAR OLD:
I cannot believe my little gummy bear turned one already!! Where did this year go!! He has always been my little superman from day one! As most of you know my pregnancy was horrible and I am just so lucky to be here and have him here. He is a Superhero!! So for his one year pics I did a Clark Kent kind of deal and they turned out amazing!!!! Kristen Reynolds is truly a talented and affordable photographer!!
Here are his one year pics.
Some fun things this little monkey(literally) is doing!! He loves to share his food even though it is soggy and half eaten and tries shoving it in our mouths..lol. This kid just loves food in general. He is not picky at all and tries everything and pretty much begs like a dog whenever we are eating something till we give him a bite. He steals brothers food all the time too. He likes to drink from and cup and straw, he really won't drink unless it is from a straw now, he just loves them. Super easy transition from formula to milk and he never took a bottle after nursing he went straight to a sippy cup so no weaning from the breast or bottle, that was nice.
He is obsessed with his big brother, he follows him around like a little lost puppy dog and whatever brother is doing or playing with he has to be right there doing it too. Man does it drive Brayden crazy!! He loves to climb on the dining room chairs onto the kitchen table, I have to lay the chairs down in the front room because this kid is obsessed and has fallen many times already. Joey and Brayden love to chase each other around the house and tickle each other and of course wrestle, hit, climb over, sit on.. just being boys. He is loves to throw balls, any shape and size and cars. He loves hot wheels and big tractors he can push around. Loves to play peek a boo and you never see this kid with out a blanket, he puts it over his head and runs around like a little ghost and yes has run into a few walls, its really funny. Starting to do puzzles and play with my smart phone more. He gives the biggest wettest kisses right on the lips and goes mmmmmm with his lips all tight together after, it is really quite funny. He hate putting clothes and getting his diaper changed, its a freaking battle every time, but mom always ways, majority of the time he escapes half way through the change and runs off half naked giggling uncontroably... like he is saying catch me if you can mom I am so funny. He has taken his diaper off by himself a few times already, pray that doesn't become a habit.
His words are uh-oh, aahh-dddaaa (all done) baaabaaa(bath) mama, dada, bubba(Brother) wwwaawww(wow) mmmeeee(milk) oowwwsssssiiii (outside) ba (ball) mmmooooeee(more) Hi, and Bye are hit and miss words with him. He signs milk really well while he says it. He will not sign more no matter what we do, he just claps instead its pretty freaking cute cause he just gets so proud of himself :) He understands when we say outside, he will go running to the front door. If we say lets read a book, he knows that means nigh night and he climbs upstairs and points at the book bin and knows it's bedtime. He is a pretty bright little man and he just learns something new everyday.
AUGUST 27th 2013
So for his first birthday we didn't do anything too crazy. I had him wake up to some balloons in his room that morning and boy was he excited to hold the string and run around like a mad man with the balloon chasing him. I dressed him in his blue birthday shirt. He pretty played with the balloons all day and of course I took him and his brother outside and to the park across the street. Put a banner up and some balloons on his chair nothing crazy. When daddy got off of work, we had dinner which was pasta bbq chicken and avocado's and cheese just little favorites of Joey's. We went back outside for awhile then came in and sang and let him smash his cake. I made him a mickey mouse cake (whom he loves) and it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked it but oh well, I tend to be a perfectionist. He was not shy about the cake. He pinched a few pieces off at first then just went all in and was in the zone, nothing could distract that boy from eating that cake!! So we cleaned him up and had him open his presents!! We got him a few Hurley t-shirts (mommy's skate/board obsession) a fun little light up lab top, a bunch of hot wheel cars, and a big blue truck. This kid was in heaven and so was Brayden. So it was a little family party that I just love and turned out very nice and stress free.
I love this little spit ball of energy so much. He still is my gummy bear and I just love watching him grow, just wish it would slow down a bit. He looks so much like his dad with a pinch of me(mostly just the eye color) WE LOVE YOU JORDAN BRADFORD MORTON!!! Xxoxo
Warning overload of cuteness pictures!!
The cake looks great! Love the Superman pics!
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