3 Hearts, 1 Beat: Thanksgiving

Monday, December 12, 2016

Declan at 25 Months

Dear Declan: 25 months

You weigh 25.3 pounds
You are wearing 9-12 month pants and some 18 and 24 month 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 12-2 sometimes until 2:30; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 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.
More words this month!! You starting putting 2 words together just a few days after your birthday. Bye-bye daddy when you would only saying bye-bye. You basically say everything we say but not as understandable. Its cute! You can now say love you, even though it comes out as lovs you
You have been in time out a lot this past month. Like every other day. It drives me nuts when you don't listen and I know you know what I'm telling you to do. It also drives me nuts when try and hit me or swat your hand at me. You know better and you will sit in time out for doing that.
Thanksgiving was this past month and you didn't want anything to do with the family so you sat in the living room playing on someones phone! Again you sat in time out for a little bit that day because you had a bad attitude!
We took you to SDC and you were so so GOOD!!!! We were so proud of you, we saw Santa and you liked him! We saw Christmas Carol and you watched it all and never took your eyes off the actors. We stayed the night in a hotel and you slept in a crib in the bathroom. I know it sounds strange but it works out as your bedroom!
Daddy and I got to finish our vacation that was cut short back in October because of the hurricane. You stayed with Gigi and Pepaw. You got to sleep on an air mattress and did great! You went to Chucky Cheese for the first time and loved it! Gigi said you loved playing and you even got to meet Chucky!
We put up the Christmas tree durning your nap the day after Thanksgiving and you came out of your room and said 'whoa'. You helped me put an ornament on the tree and haven't touched it since. You would rather play with your toys and just look at the tree. It's great!

Declan, you surprise me every day about how smart you are and learning so many things! You only need us to show you something one time and you have it down! You still LOVE Mickey and Curious George! We have about 6 movies on the iPad and they keep you satisfied! We try and limit you to an hour or less a day on it but sometimes you get a little more, especially on the weekends if we aren't out and about. You are so funny when it comes to your stuffed toys, you love to feed them your food and have them drink your milk or water. Its so cute! I love you Declan, more than you will ever know.

{25 MONTHS!}

{children's christmas train 2016}

{'eat eat' as you feed big bird}

{advent calendar - you love m&m's}

{long weekend with gigi and pepaw}

{putting the first ornament on the tree}

{thanksgiving day}

{amazeum time}

{shopping, you carried my bags to the car}

{chateau on the lake - hotel for the night}

{silver dollar city - my most favorite place}

{lighting of the ozark}

Happy 25 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

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

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.