3 Hearts, 1 Beat: Dallas

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Declan at 34 & 35 Months

Dear Declan: 34 & 35 Months

You weight 29 pounds
You wear 2t shirts and are wearing 2t jeans - we aren't having to tighten them up as much as we had to last year so thats great!
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 12 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. (thanks for that!)
We've moved you to pull ups size 2 so you can start learning to use the potty. So far, its not working.... you still don't want to do anything with the potty.
You started PreK3 this month - So far you are doing great and you really like it.
We took a trip to Chicago and spent the weekend! You did great and you loved every bit of it. And one of my dear friends lives there so we got to hang out with her a lot!
We went to a local Pumpkin Patch with Mooh and Pooh and you picked pumpkins, rode the ponies (three times), and got to feed a bunch of animals.
You spent the weekend with Mimi and Poppi while we celebrated our 8 year anniversary in Eureka Springs.
We have been going to Church almost every Sunday and you love it! We pull in the parking lot you and you say 'I see it, I see it!"
We went to Dallas and hung out with your cousins and your Papaw meet us there and hung out with you while we went to a concert.
We just found Paw Patrol and you love it so much. You went from not having anything to having a ton in the past few weeks!

You have grown up so much the last few months and getting an attitude! You know that when I say something you know that you need to do it right then, you fight me but you do it. You say "yes, ma'am" or "no, ma'am" and whine/cry. You have a problem with eating, you don't want to eat unless its junk food. We don't let you eat a lot of junk food so you get mad at us and then you just don't eat. We need to fix that. I just don't know how right now!

Declan, I don't know how its possible but you have 1 month until you're THREE... 30 days. Until. You're. THREE. I can't believe it. I need time to slow down. I need more days with you while you're still young. I need you to stay this age for just a little bit longer. You're so innocent at this age. You love the littlest things and you love them the biggest.

{35 MONTHS}

{painting the ocean}

{first day of prek 3}

{pumpkin patch with harper}

{trip to chicago}

{water park at millennium park}

{the bean}

{adler planetarium}

{cardinals vs cubs - cardinals lost}

{you were tired and wanted to lay down}

{family picture}

{waiting on the carousel}

{farris wheel}

{field museum}

{illinois state capital}

{34 MONTHS}

{grandparents day - we took m & p to hurts donuts for the first time}

{build a bear - you got chase from paw patrol}

{trip to dallas}

{waiting on pizza}

{playing with papaw}

{playing with cousin taylor and brenley}

Happy 34 & 35 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

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Declan at 19 Months

Dear Declan: 1 year and 7 months

You weigh 22.5 pounds
You are wearing 6-9 and 9-12 month pants, 18 month shirts, size 3 diapers (size 4 overnight), size 4 and 5 shoes.
You have 14 teeth!! Your upper left and right canine finally popped thru.
You've been sick again this past month, another ear infection and an upper respiratory infection and you've had a cough and runny nose this past week.
Your favorite foods are: Banana, blue berries, apples, grapes, oranges, string cheese, hamburger, chicken, ketchup, bread, Fettuccine Alfredo, yo baby yogurt, Veggie straws, Cheerios, french fries (we only let you have a couple) anything that's on our plates.
You sleep from 6:30/7:00pm-6:30am during the week and 1 nap from 12-2 sometimes until 2:30; on the weekends we are usually running errands and eating dinner late and visiting friends and family so you don't get to be until 7 or 8 but you usually sleep 11-15 hours and still take a 2 or 3 hour nap.
You can say dada, momma, milk, more, nite nite, nana(banana), all done, no no, thank you, bubbles, down, duck, bye bye, ball, my ball, book, turtle, dog, you can finally say Mickey!!!!
You have a mirror you can look at yourself when we are in my car.... you like to 'talk' and look at yourself. You also like to yell/scream/talk very loudly while in the car.... I have to tell you inside voice all the time!
You LOVE ketchup! You like to dip everything you can in ketchup, even your fingers and hands and then lick it off. It's so gross but you are so funny!
You want to big so bad! You love watching big kids play and you want to run and play with them but you're still so little!
You can point to your nose, ears, and hair/head... we are working on eyes, mouth, and tummy...
We are starting traveling almost every weekend summer. So far you've done great! Only a few meltdowns and you were just very tired or hungry or both. We fixed it asap!

Branson, MO - Silver Dollar City

We took you to Silver Dollar City Friday of Memorial Weekend and you got to ride 2 rides, play in the playhouse and sand table area. We also got to see the Willis Clan, you were so good during their performance!

Tulsa, Ok - Hot Air Balloon Festival

The line for cars to get into to park was at least 2 hours so we drove around and finally found a place across the interstate where we could see the balloons but not have to pay to get in or wait! You had fun playing in the gravel and throwing rocks.

Dallas, Tx - Yearly visit to see family on your Nana's side

We went down early to see your cousin's in Austin and you stayed in Dallas with your Papaw and Nana and Nana's family. You had so much fun with all your cousins!

Beton/Hot Springs - Magic Springs - Family Weekend for your Pepaw

Pepaw's company has a family day at a park in Hot Springs every year, we rode a bunch of rides, played in the water, had lunch and listen to some music!

{19 MONTHS}