The Podunk Chronicles: January 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

never though we would see this day - a real 2 dog night

Ike turned 4 on 11/29. He is such a hysterical little guy and we enjoy just sitting back and watching him grow up right before our eyes. He has always been quite a character and his enthusiasm is a strong part of his personality. He is absorbing so much at school and reading with him at night is the highlight of my day. Sometimes I let him 'read' to me and it just makes me laugh to hear what he comes up with. He read a book at school around the holidays called Gingerbread Man and he can literally recite the entire book word for word - I will work on getting a video clip. He is into playing app games on my iphone and new ipad I got for Christmas - kids these days have it good and he is learning so much while having fun, brilliant!

37.4 lbs, 70th percentile
41.5 inches, 75th percentile

For Christmas this year, Santa talked me into this electric mini 4-wheeler and, of course, the accompanying motorcycle helmet. We had told him before that he was too little but he asked Santa for one his size. When he saw Santa brought him one he was so excited! The premise for this is that down at Kyle & Bing's house there are acres of woods where the boys play with their toys (backhoe, polaris, tractor etc) and Ike used to take his little John Deere down there but it always got stuck with its insufficient plastic tires (or so that was Santa's argument). Also, Ike has a good track record with being quite coordinated and careful so needless to say Mrs. Claus caved in.

Legare- 5 months

Wow, ok Legare is 5 mos and I am way behind on my pictures (see paragraph 2 for reason). He is getting so big and full of personality. There are times that he smiles so hard his whole body crunches and he grabs his hands in delight. He is quite routine just as Ike was with bottles at 9:30, 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 and asleep by 7. I am still nursing/pumping so he can get half of his milk from me, it is a dedication but one I am happy to do for him. During Christmas break, I started him on cereal/baby food and he is learning how the whole eating thing works :) He is rolling around like crazy and sitting up pretty good so he can now enjoy things like the exersaucer and johnny jumper. No teeth yet but he has been teething like a mad man for the last month + so hoping something comes through soon.

I am going on 5 mos of sleep deprivation (thus behind on my pictures!) but he is slowly getting better- he consistently goes from 7pm-2/3am and then usually up at least once more before up for the day around 6-7am. I keep hoping that 6 mos will be the turning point, one more month to go!

As for stats he is CRAZY tall - officially off the chart now!