This afternoon, blankie #3 arrived in the mail! Blankie #1 is on the shelf enjoying retirement now.I missed the 13 month update when we in Vermont last month so this will have to cover 2 months so I apologize for my lack of brevity. So, Ike is a TODDLER- yes, I know it is nuts! We went for his check-up and the dr referred to him as a toddler twice and when Harcourt and I left we said to each other... "did you hear him call him a toddler!". How can our little baby boy go from 8lbs 6ozs of squishy baby to a TODDLER in just 14 months!!!
Ike is 100% walking/running now and he is pretty steady but takes his fair share of spills. His forehead has been a variety of shades of green/yellow for the last 2 weeks. In one week, I got 2 incident reports from school.... "Ike fell into the table"..."Ike fell into the door"...I think he pays more attention chasing his friends than watching where he is going. This afternoon we had another first- he walked while holding onto my hand all the way from the driveway to the back of the house along the stone path. For some reason, that just seemed like a big deal to me.
Ike's ability to communicate or mainly understand what we are saying has been the biggest milestone in the last 2 months. Even though the conversations are mainly 1 sided, Ike seems to be able to tell you exactly what he wants with his facial expressions, grunts and finger pointing. I find myself talking to him all the time now and it is so cool that he will do what I say or give me a reaction that is totally spot on. During storytime at night, he will point to things in the books like the sun, kitty cat, dog, fish etc. He is not spouting out real words yet but I don't think it will be long.
Ike is eating more variety- he loves turkey, sunbutter sandwiches, mixed veggies and wheat chex cereal to name a few while he still loves cheese or any dairy product really, grilled cheese, pancakes, french toast and any fruit. Lately, he must be going through a growth spurt as he is eating like a machine.
Thankfully, in the past few weeks he is finally returning to his "old self" after many weeks of traveling, horrible teething and being sick. Even Harcourt noted the change in his personality when he got back from Florida- he was back to the fun and happy little guy we knew way back in early December. Speaking of teething, in the last month+ he has been cutting 12 new teeth including his molars and canines!! OUCH YOWSA! Thank goodness for Motrin!
Oh and we are working on Ike's long running pattern of early rising- it started to get ridiculous at 4:45am! I hit the wall when 2 weekends ago we were dressed and downstairs eating pancakes by 5:40 ON A SUNDAY- AHH! We decided to regain our position as alpha parents and we have been "morning Ferberizing" for the last week and we are seeing great results (fingers and toes crosesd). He is down at 7:30 and the past 3 mornings he has woken up at 6:10-6:40. It isn't a fun process but we needed to regain some sleep sanity and he seems to be happy for it too.
Until next month :-)
Other than skiing, we did some walking and shopping through town and ate some yummy food. We also enjoyed the outdoor hot tub that was part of the hotel spa and even Harcourt sported the white robe in the spa- wish I could have had my camera for that!!!! All in all, it was a huge treat for us and we are so glad we went.
Hunter thought it was such a hoot to push Ike all around in the red wagon and Ike was just happy for the ride! 
