Another haircut

Joel got his hair cut again yesterday...by his Grampy and me :O)
We went out to the mall tonight and stopped at Stride Rite to get his feet measured...they are now a size 5! Glad I got his sandals/summer shoes in 5's athough I have a feeling that he'll be needing a size 5 1/2 before summers over, luckily some of them are sized 5/6.

15 mos

Joel had his 15 mos well check this evening.
He is 31.5 long (59%), 23 lbs 7.5 oz (34%) (he was 23 lbs even at 12 mos. so he is plateauing...we can totally see that he is thinning out) and his HC was 18.

He is doing great! The NP told us "he is perfect"...ha, we already knew that, LOL!

Facinated with fire trucks

Joel is totally fascinated with big trucks, tractors, buses and fire trucks. Josh brought him to the firehouse Friday night and Fireman Tim showed him the big fire trucks, put the lights on for him and let him sit behind the wheel...wow! He got his own fireman hat too! He is carrying around his fire truck this morning, driving it on everything, LOL!
He's 14 months old and such a joy!!

Think now that Joel's molars are in his appetite is back

For breakfast today he ate a piece of blueberry corn bread, a bunch of cheerios, a mixed fruit cup, freeze dried strawberries, more cheerios and a cup of milk.
For snack he had a bowl of mango puffs and water.
For lunch he had a piece of cheddar cheese, a piece of smoked turkey, fresh blueberries, a piece of wheat toast with apple butter, dried mixed berries and raisins, a maple teething biscuit, 2 oz pear juice and 4 oz water.
We still have afternoon snack, dinner and bedtime milk and/or snack to go, LOL!

I was happy to see he ate the turkey, he also ate meatloaf, carrots and broccoli yesterday, he's been getting picky and not wanting to eat meat or veggies lately. Hope it was a short phase...I loved my good eater before...hope he's back!

Joel's got 2 of his molars in

We knew he was getting 2 more teeth on top on either side of his front teeth, but during a good tickle session today I saw that his 2 top molars are through, woh! Maybe that has a bit to do with his grumpiness and being so clingy lately.


On another note, Wrigley has lost 3 of his puppy teeth and already got 2 growing back in overnight.

Catching up

Joel got his second "real" hair cut yesterday...a bit shorter then last time and he looks SO cute!

He's repeating lots of words, most recent ones being yes and banana.

He's becoming a picky little eater, mind you he'd anything and everything up until the beginning of the month, now if he doesn't want something in his mouth he pulls it off his tongue. Hoping this is a short faze. He is content to eat all the cheese and blueberries he can...his 2 favorite foods right now.

He has both his top teeth through now and looks to be working on the 2 top ones on each side of the front 2.

He's changing so much each day. Today he sat at the little table in his playroom (we made our office into his playroom) and ate his snack of puffs sharing a few here and there (when he didn't think Mommy was looking) with his pal Wrigley.
He's been practicing with his shape sorter, stacking rings and puzzles and doing really well. He sits and plays pushing his cars/trucks/tractors along his road rug, plays with all the animals in his farm house moving them all around and is starting to shoot hoops in his basketball hoop. He is so much fun right now! I'm looking forward to Spring and Summer and playing outside with him.

With that said we are due for a snow storm tomorrow, agh!

Wrigley was 17 pounds last Thursday (the 11th). He's chewing on everything right now, most recent the tv remote, grrr! Love that cute fur ball to pieces though, LOL!

Yesterday was Valentines day and my 2 Valentines gave me a white gold and diamond heart pendant...Josh said because diamonds are his birthstone and a star because I'm the star of their lives, Awww! I love him!!

Stuff

Joel is 13 months old now, walking everywhere, talking and babbling like crazy. His 2nd (Left) top tooth is popping through.

Rusty is doing well, been on a phosphate binder as well as Prilosec type med and blood pressure med all twice a day. He's eating better (knock on wood almost back to normal) and playing more, just seems to feel better. He goes for blood work this Saturday. He went for a blood pressure check today and it is done some. He seems to really like the puppy, he naps with him on his bed, plays with his toys and watches out for him. He appears to have an ear infection in his L ear now so he'll also be getting meds for that.

Sammy is doing well...he still seems to be grumpy about the pup and Joel too STILL!!!
He is getting checked out this afternoon as he seems to have something upper resp. going on. He's been hacking, has watery eyes and according to my sister he sounds gurgly.

Wrigley goes for his 2nd puppy check up/shots/micro-chipping this afternoon (he was 13 pounds, 11.5 last time). He is doing well over all. He'll be starting puppy obedience classes on the 20th.

Josh, Joel and I will be going up to VT for the weekend. C & F will be keeping Wrigs...good luck!