Declan at 3.1-3.3 Years

Dear Declan: 3.1 - 3.3

• You weigh 29.8 pounds
• You sleep from 7:00/7:30pm - 6:30am during the week and a nap from 12:30-2:30; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 or 9 and you usually wake up right at 10-11 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. (thanks for that!)
• You are still wearing size 8 shoe but starting to wear size 9 and size 2T shirts and pants.
• We've celebrated Christmas and New Years! 
• You've had 2 more ear infections and the flu these past few months.
• You still love going to school - you just don't like getting up and getting ready!
• We started potty training on December 28th and you only had a few accidents the first day and not very many the next few days after. 
• You are talking so much these past few months!!
• You love singing Jingle Bells and The Itsy Bitsy Spider songs.
• You love counting and saying the ABC. You love to play pretend with your toys.
• You hate having your teeth brushed and washing your hands but I'm all over it making sure your teeth and hands are clean.
• You recently have asked to not sleep in your sleep sack because you said you get hot it in. 
• You started soccer this past month, you love kicking the ball in the net but you don't like listening to the rules or playing with the other kids!

These last 3 months went by so fast! We were on vacation the week of Christmas and went to Benton and Hot Springs. You had so much fun with Gigi and Pepaw! You got to see your aunts, uncles and cousins.  We stopped by Hot Springs for a few hours to see Papa and Nana. You loved opening gifts and help everyone else open their gifts! We started potty training while we were on break. Now today, you are almost all the way potty trained! You LOVE getting prizes for pooping in the potty too.

Declan - You have the kindest heart! I fell asleep on the couch one Saturday afternoon and you put the blanket on me and kissed me on the forehead! Makes me want to melt! You still love your Paw Patrol, Trolls, and you take Monkey everywhere. You're getting over some of your fears but still don't like mascots but you love looking for them while we are at the games and events!

[february]

{you started soccer - you don't like it}

{fun times at fun city}

{went to the mall to see the razorback baseball team}

[january]
{you love helping daddy cook}

{trying out your trampoline that you got for christmas}


{you love to sit on the potty and watch your tablet}

[december]

{you got a jeep for christmas}

{christmas at mimi and poppis}

{rudy the elf went home}

{i found a new app on my phone}

{celerbrating christmas at the sight and sound}

{christmas party at school}

{rudy wanted to make cookies!}

{the stewart family lights}

[christmas weekend in branson]

 {silver dollar city}

{santa's pancakes and pj's cruise}

{banson chrismtas light drive thru}

{your first time at the dixie stampede}

{christmas train}

[november]

{fall lunch at school with your teacher} 

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac

Declan at 26 Months

Dear Declan: 26 months

• You weigh 26.3 pounds

• You are wearing 18 and 24 month and 2t jeans (only for the length though, they are adjustable waist and are as tight as we can get them) 18 month shirts, size 4 diapers size 5 over night diapers and and size 6 shoes.

• Your favorite foods are: Banana, blue berries, apples, grapes, oranges, Chickfila chicken, ketchup, bread, Fettuccine Alfredo, yo baby yogurt, gold fish, Veggie straws, Cheerios, french fries, crackers, cookies, pizza, breakfast bars (you call them cookies) and anything that's on our plates.

• You sleep from 7:00-7:30pm-6:30am during the week and a  nap from 12:30-2:30 sometimes until 3; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 and you usually wake up right at 12-14 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. 

• Christmas and New Years was this past month! You LOVED opening gifts. You passed out the gifts at Mimi and Poppi's and at Uncle Scott's house! You had so much fun playing with all your toys and now the living room looks like a toy store. We had dinner at our favorite restaurant for New Year's celebration and went and got ice cream at Cold Stone. You loved looking at the ice cream and watching the people make ours but you didn't like it and didn't want anything to do with it. You take after your dad on that because I love ice cream!  

• We took down the Christmas stuff, put up the baby gates and..... your high chair! I'm so excited to have it gone and put up! You are sitting in a booster seat and you really like it!  

Declan, you have been learning so much this past month! You haven't gotten into a lot of trouble this month (good thing!) You were so good during Christmas and New Year's! You loved getting to open gifts and by the end of the weekend you were really good at ripping the paper off the gifts. You did have to make sure that all the paper was off the gift before you would play with it.  We made cookies for Santa and you helped decorate them. We left them out for Santa and you were so upset Christmas morning when you found out Santa ate your cookies and you couldn't eat any! We took you to your first movie Christmas night! We saw Sing! You did great! You don't like popcorn but you loved the fruit snacks the kid pack came with and I brought some m&m's and you ate the entire bag! You sat in your seat for most of the movie and on my lap, Gigi's lap and then you sat on daddy's lap for the last 20 mins. 

{26 MONTHS}

{you wanted to get out of the tub to sit on the potty}

 {new years day}

 {happy new years}

{running some errands}

{hanging with cousins while the razorbacks were losing the game}

{no more highchair}

{finally able to play with your truck} 

{christmas dinner at ihop}

{christmas evening - first movie - SING!}

 {christmas eve - making cookies for santa}

{before - hair cut - after}

Happy 26 Month Birthday Baby Boy!

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac

Declan at 13 and 14 Months

Declan: 1 year and 2 months and 1 year and 3 months

What a crazy 2 months! Your birthday party, Thanksgiving, 13 month bday, Christmas, New Years and 14 month bday.... 

We traveled a lot these past couple of months and you did wonderful! 

Heres just a few things we did these past couple of months!

• November 20 - Lights at the Ozark and Parade - It was cold, way to many people so we left early, you still did better than I expected.
• November 25 - Santa at the mall - You just looked at him and then us and him and us, you didn't cry so it was a success! 
• November 26 - Thanksgiving, we had everyone at our house for lunch and you spent the night with your Gigi, Mooh and Pooh.
• December 5 - We went on the Christmas train and got to see Santa (again!) I really think you like the train ride, you looked all over the place! 
• December 6 - Off to Springfield to see some family!
• December 9 - Amazeum! You are still very small there are just a few things here for babies but what you could do you loved it. We'll go back when your older and bigger!
• December 12 - We went to Little Rock for your grandpa's family Christmas. We stopped by Bass Pro and saw Santa again because I was told the Santa's there are amazing but I was not impressed and most likely won't go back there! We stopped by your uncles house and you showed them how to play peekaboo and made everyone clap for you, on command of course. We went back to Little Rock and had dinner with your other aunt and cousins and so you could meet them for the first time!
• December 19 - Branson with Gigi. Went shopping and then to Silver Dollar City, we rode the train and met Rudolph! We tried to wait for the parade but you were so tired (no nap) and it was a little cold so we left early and went and had dinner and came home. You crashed within 5 mins after dinner and didn't wake up until we got home 2 hours later. 
• December 24 -25 - Christmas eve and Christmas! You were soooo cute in your little outfit and everyone at Church thought so too. We went back to Benton and had Christmas with your Gigi, PePaw, uncles, aunts and cousins. We stayed for a few days went to Hot Springs to see your Grandpa, Nana and Maw Maw and then came home the next day! 
• December 30 - Tulsa aquarium - You LOVED the fish, you would bang on the window for them to come to you!! Super cute and so much fun!
• December 31 - New Years Eve - Dinner with Mimi and Poppi and Kay. 
• January 1 - 3 - New Years Day and weekend - We went back to Little Rock area on New Years day and you stayed the night with Gigi and Pepaw so your daddy and I could go to the Liberty bowl in Memphis with some friends! 
• January 7 - You started WALKING all over the house

Wow we were traveling so much and it didn't bother you one bit! You are a trouper!

At 14 months you......

• You weight 20.3 pounds
• You wear size 3 diapers 
• You wear size 12 month shirts, 9 month pants, and size 3 shoes
• You say Dadda, Momma, Dat, and Book, More, Milk
• You officially started walking all over the house January 7! You walked from the Kitchen to the living room and then all over the house for the rest of the night. You would fall all the time but you would get up and walk. You never got upset when you would fall.
• You will pull the pillows off the couch on to the middle of the floor and will walk over to them and fall on to them and then you laugh. 
• You started doing this super adorable smile when the flash on my phone comes on. Please don't ever stop doing that cheesy smile, I can't get enough of it. 
• We took our week of vacation the week after Christmas. During vacation you slept for 14 hours every night! It was amazing and I hope you love sleep like that when you get older!
• We took you to the Tulsa Aquarium and you LOVED it. I had a feeling you would like it but you wanted those fish to look at you more than anything and you banged on the windows so hard!
• You still love food and we are slowly switching you from formula to milk full time.

{14 MONTHS) 

{worn out and fell asleep on your gigi}

{fun day at the nanny's}

{dressed up for a baby shower}

{new years eve 2015 - dinner at feeds}

{last bath of the year}

{tulsa aquarium}

{wearing your adorable shirt and tie your aunt j got you and your new chucks we got you}

{christmas eve service and christmas at mimi's and poppi's}

{dressing like daddy}

 {13 MONTHS}

{bass pro santa}

{lights of the ozarks - lighting}

{day before thanksgiving}

{mooh loving on you while we wait for santa}

{thanksgiving day - trying out your birthday wagon from mimi and poppi}

{thanksgiving day, after all the turkey and stuffing we could eat}

{looks like mimi got you before she dropped you off at the nannys}

{being adorable at the nanny's house}

{christmas train}

{visiting family in springfield}

{playing at amazeum}

{always, the right shoe and sock}

{playing in the tunnel at the nanny's}

Declan

{what can I say that I haven't said in the past 12 months besides... please, please don't ever let that smile fade.}

Happy 13th and 14th Month Birthday Baby Boy!

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac