March Updates

Braxton :: 3 1/2 Years

Everett :: 13 Months 

Everett now has 5 teeth with 5 more coming in at once.

I thought he just had 1 coming in on top and when I was feeling around his gums the other day, I noticed 3 molars had started to pop through already and 1 more was swollen!

After trying to teach him to sign 'more' for a few months he randomly started doing it the other day.

Just like he's always known it.

He can also sign 'all done' and 'please'.

He hasn't shown to be really be a picky eater but his favorites definitely are avocado, cheese, and any kind of fruit. 

He walks around like he owns the house.

He has already started throwing little tantrums.

If you put him down, don't pick him up when he wants or take something away, he immediately plops to the floor, hangs his head and busts out the crying.

(school pictures... I die over the interlocking fingers!)

We kind of dropped the ball for St Patricks day at home this year but luckily his teachers went all out and he ate up every bit of it!
After school he was soo excited to tell us about the sneaky little leprechaun that played tricks on them all day at school.
He turned their milk green, turned their water green, left green footprints everywhere, peed green in the toilet and didn't flush...  he loved it!
He also knows that he lives at the end of rainbow and if you find him, you get to keep his pot of gold.
Hearing him recount his day and how into it he was, was probably my favorite part of the month!

He can say mama, dada, uh-oh, and ball.

Brian also thinks he heard him say 'Bye Bye' too.

Braxton has been soaking up the information lately and we love it!
He learns about a new unit every week at school and its so fun to hear him tell us about it.
The last two have been reptiles/snacks and automobiles.
He knows several different snakes, how to tell if its a rattle snack and what to do if you see one.
He also knows where the engine in a car is, how to check the oil, and that your car will be broken and won't go if you run out of gas, ha.

He has started getting into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and stops right in his tracks when it comes on.

If he wants to watch it, he'll point to the TV and whine.

He has become a little helper.
He loves to take his diaper or any other wrapper and throw it in the trash.

(date with my love to see the Garth Brooks concert)

 

 Braxton has been super into Ninja Turtles lately and we all have our designated names.

He is always Leonardo, Brian is Donatello, Everett is Michelangelo, and I am always April (the reporter).

Rafael gets passed around to whoever else is around.... lately its been Papa Jim.

He always refers to us in our turtle names, even in normal conversation, and he never misses a beat.

If I ask him something about Everett he always replies referring to him as Michelangelo.  

He is also obsessed with wearing his Ninja Turtles tshirt every day he can.

We just got 3 new ones to cut down on the debate in the morning.

Every place he goes, he always wants to tell people what all the turtle names are.

(they love to drive into the garage)

After trying to teach Everett to sign 'more' for a few months he randomly started doing it the other day.

Just like he's always known it.

He can also sign 'all done' and 'please'.

He hasn't shown to be really be a picky eater but his favorites definitely are avocado, cheese, and any kind of fruit.

(crazy boys... they love being outside)

I really can't say enough how much he adores Braxton.
And Braxton has gotten really good about interacting and playing with him more.
He loves to act silly and make Everett laugh and give him a sword and lets Everett follow him around "playing" ninja turtles with him.

We think Everett is going to be such a little daredevil and doesn't seem to show any fear so far.

When we've taken him down a huge inflatable slide he goes crazy and points to go down it over and over again.

He can climb up and down stairs.

ONE

{February 19th}

Although we are loving the stage that Everett is in right now, it honestly makes me so sad my baby is growing up so fast!

Weight: 21 lbs, 8 oz (53%)
Height: (54%)
Head Size: (89%)

We had a little birthday breakfast for him with all of our best friends and it was perfect.
Well, until it was time to eat cake.
He loved when everyone was singing to him but he wasn't into his cupcake at all.
It kind of surprised me since he had had part of a cupcake a few weeks earlier and went crazy for it but he had just got some nasty head cold going around and I just don't think he felt very well.
He kind of played with the cupcake a bit and tried some frosting.
I think the sticky frosting got stuck in the back of his throat and due to his crazy sensitive gage relfux, he just puked.
Poor little buddy!
It wasn't exactly how we pictured it going down but I guess that is alright.
Here is the video if you want to see it all go down.

A few other things about Everett at One Year:

We've discovered that Everett loves to color.
I guess it surprises us (especially this early) since Braxton has shown very little interest in coloring, even now.
But Everett seems to love it!
They do coloring or art every day at school but it kind of shocks us that he can hold a marker so well and purposefully color on a piece of paper.
He gets so focused and his little chubby cheeks are the cutest.

He is officially a walker!
He's been taking several steps for the last two months but he started walking all the time
around 11 1/2 months.

He is a little beggar.
Loves to be held a lot and has mastered the sweet look/whine while he stands at your feet hugging your legs... begging to be picked up.

He really hasn't shown to be a picky eater yet.
We usually just feed him whatever we're having for dinner and he eats it right up!
Some favorite foods right now are macaroni, avocado, pickles, and most fruits.

He is still the best little snuggler and loves to give hugs and cuddle up.

He's cutting his 5th tooth and it popped through right around his birthday.

He loves sink baths.
He still loves regular baths too and gets so excited when we start running the water.

He is such a little monkey!
He can climb up on the ottoman (from his chair), climbs out of his high chair and on to the counter, can get his leg over and climbs on the wiggle car and tries to climb in the bathtub when we we get him undressed.
It's clearly just a matter of time before he attempts to get out of his crib too, so we've lowered it to the bottom setting.
He also loves to climb up the stairs and can go up the whole set.
When he wants to go down, he knows to turn around and go feet first too.

He also has figured out how to open the baby gate so we have to watch him closely.
(we just have it wrapped around the stairs and tucked in the railings to keep it closed)

He still almost never ever cries when he wakes up.
He just sits or stands up and sometimes just whimpers for a sec.

We've had really nice weather off and on lately so we've been playing outside some.
He got to play in the sandbox for the first time and loved it!
Climbed right in and sat next to Braxton playing.

He loves to brush his teeth.
He's picked it up from watching us and will move the toothbrush back and forth in his mouth.
(still just 4 teeth)

He's also started biting...
I think he has more teeth coming in lately and he does it just as relief but it hurts so bad!
Those little baby teeth are like razors.

He almost always cries or whines when we put him in his carseat.
It's usually just for a second but he's never happy about it.

(and one with big brother just for kicks)

Brian and I text or say to each other probably 10 times a day... "he is the cutest baby ever!"
And we couldn't imagine a more perfect addition to our family!
We have had the BEST year with this little peanut!!