Hi everyone! I know I haven't posted much about family this month, so I will attempt to remedy that now.
I run the risk of making this a depressing post with this paragraph alone, but hopefully those of you who know me, will see that I'm really just stating facts.
This has been an overwhelming month for our family. On February 18th our little man Christopher turned one! We are so grateful that he is here and doing well. Many parents of CHD kids never get to celebrate the big milestone that turning one is. While we were so excited to celebrate his birthday...the 18th also brought many strong emotions flooding back.
I will share some of my journal entries from that day and that week one year ago, when I locate my journal.
So for now, just a Chris update!
Our youngest baby Chris, turned one on February 18th. He is a very busy little guy. He is very curious, and loves to wrestle his brothers. He is fearless, and usually has some little bruises on his little head to prove it. He is a big snuggler, but is wary of new faces.
At 1 yr old Chris:
- has 4 teeth, but not the ones you'd think. The two bottom were first, followed by a huge top one, which was followed by the one to the side of it, not the other front one! Now he is cutting the other front tooth.
- is transitioning from bottle to cup. He still likes his bottle from time to time, but is figuring his cup out and really likes his watered down apple juice from it.
-drinks whole milk (yay no special formula, and no more regular formula to buy!)
-still army crawls, but is very quick (big bro Tyler did that forever and didn't even get his tummy off the floor til he was almost walking!)
-walks everywhere by pushing his walker and Tyler's shopping cart.
-walks down the length of the couch hanging on for dear life!
-has slept through the night forever but now sleeps 12 straight hours and 2 or 3 naps a day
-has no more binky's !! (though sometimes i wish he still did)
-says a lot of words and understands many more. He knows mama and dada of course, but can also recognizably say hi, bye, (and waves when saying those) baba, he also says mmmmaaaa to imitate a big kiss sound (we thought he said you're welcome the other day but haven't been able to coax him into saying it again, could be wishful thinking). He understands "can i have that?" "time for meds" "time for bath" "time for bed" "do you want this?" , "YAY!" and when we say yay, he smiles and starts clapping. This isn't a word but he loves to slap his hand on his mouth to make the Indian sound. He probably understands a whole bunch more, but that's all i can think of right now. When called on the phone he will babble for a few minutes while smiling. He babbles all day.
-he loves Popsicles
-he loves bread
-he hates peas
-he is not a picky eater but will let you know if he doesn't like what you've offered him.
-would gladly play with Tyler all day (but Tyler gets annoyed with him sometimes)
-Has had 4 surgeries
-has caught up and surpassed many children whom have not had surgery
-is his parents pride and joy
-is the happiest and most cuddly and photogenic baby i have ever seen!
Happy 1st Birthday my snuggle bug! We love you!
ps I will post more pics from his party and some from our adventures with Grammy and Grandpa at a later date! Hugs
Yay!
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