Thursday, March 17, 2011

Dear Little Peanut,

You are FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD! (And a couple weeks...I'm quite behind on the updates).  I'm going to go straight into the list of amazing things you can do.  You are my favorite and I love you.

Fact about YOU:

- Size 3 diapers, size 12-18 month clothing (still big), size 4 shoes (but I bought some SUPER cute size 5 shoes that I'm just dying for you to grow into).
- As of today you weigh 20.2 pounds.  Still my teeny peanut.  
- We transitioned you to whole milk b/c you started refusing all alternative milks we offered and I was sure you were not getting enough fat in your diet which would lead to slow brain development (don't tell me I overreact...I'm a mom).  HOWEVER.  You are sick now, and have been sick for a week, and today we took you to the doctor.  After a prescription for breathing treatments and antibiotics if you don't get better, the nurse told me it was probably because I started you on dairy.  Milk is evil.  I'm a terrible mom.  We're dumping the whole milk tonight and I guess we'll just hope your brain does ok.
- You got your first skinned knee yesterday and you took it like a champ.
- You can go down the big kid slide at the playground.
- You love Stella and play so well with her.  You lean over so she'll lick you in the ear and just DIE laughing when she does.
- You can throw a ball pretty far.  Your daddy has high hopes for your athleticism.
- Your hair is finally getting longer, but I think we'll have a typical baby mullet before it looks normal.
- Favorite foods are avocado, hummus, puffs, and eggs.
- You have 11 teeth!  3 molars are in.  You were absolutely miserable while they were coming in and ran a low-grade fever the whole time.  At least we had some good snuggles in the middle of the night.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some things.  I'm really going to try to be better at documenting your fabulousness.  We love you punkin!  

And now, some iPhone pics since I wasn't able to take an "official" one:

Lovin the Valentines bear Nana gave you
 Playing outside with your puppy
 Hangin with me while I was terribly sick
 Rocking the summer sandals
 This is how I dress you for outside play.  But don't worry, it's just when we're in our backyard and no one else can see you.
 Searching for pebbles
 I seriously turned my back for one second after I undressed you for a bath, and this is what I found
 Helping build our raised vegetable bed
 Daddy worked hard
 Out at our favorite Italian restaurant
 You sleep with these three friends every night