Well, Brenden had another checkup and some more shots on Tuesday. The Dr. says he's a healthy boy. This is very good since Michelle has come down with a cold a time or two the last few weeks. Brenden now weighs 18lbs and get this, he's 28 inches (71 centimetres) long. The Dr. said a normal 1 year old is on average 30 inches tall. Brenden still has 6 months to go and only 2 inches to grow. Makes me wonder what's really in our water today? The main thing is, that he's healthy.
What's new and exciting in "B" land? Not much more development yet. He does however have a permanent smile now, or at least that's what it seems like. He also rolls over, but only in one direction. Eventually the wall stops him from going any further, if he's already rolled 3 or 4 times.
We've had to buy some new outfits, as you can imagine with the rate he's growing at. Not only because of the size, but because of the weather. TIme to break out the baby mittens, it's getting near the freezing mark. Heck, it's almost time to break out my own mittens at this rate. I almost need a snowsuit to cut the lawn, just to stay warm.
Anyway, that's about it for another week (or so).
Next week, Brenden will be typing his first words on this BLOG........
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
6 Months Ago
Well, tomorrow Brenden will be 6 months old. Half a year! Wow! Just amazing how fast time goes. He's much more happier than he's ever been. Smiles and laughs at just about everything. He actually loves his Toronto Maple Leafs hand puppet (thanks Aunt Terry). Everytime he sees it, he smiles then laughs at it.
Not a heck of a lot has changed. He has got bigger and heavier, but that's a gimme. He pretty much stopped rolling over. He would rather be lazy (like me) and just lay there. He does move around, but just from rolling side to side. He loves his car and now loves his jolly jumper. He is very strong. He can almost stand. Not on his own, but he keeps his legs straight and rarely bends his knees.
He loves Chevy (our cat) now. Starting to pull his hair, whiskers, tail. Chevy is tolerating it for now. Brenden can now suck his own toes which is wierd. I tried to do it, but got stuck and needed Michelle to help me out of it.
Funny, as I write this, Brenden rolled to his stomach, then back to his back. You can see him really concentrating on on items now, trying to figure out how they work.
He is amazing! I am loving every minute of this stage. Can it get any better?
Until next time. Dave.
Not a heck of a lot has changed. He has got bigger and heavier, but that's a gimme. He pretty much stopped rolling over. He would rather be lazy (like me) and just lay there. He does move around, but just from rolling side to side. He loves his car and now loves his jolly jumper. He is very strong. He can almost stand. Not on his own, but he keeps his legs straight and rarely bends his knees.
He loves Chevy (our cat) now. Starting to pull his hair, whiskers, tail. Chevy is tolerating it for now. Brenden can now suck his own toes which is wierd. I tried to do it, but got stuck and needed Michelle to help me out of it.
Funny, as I write this, Brenden rolled to his stomach, then back to his back. You can see him really concentrating on on items now, trying to figure out how they work.
He is amazing! I am loving every minute of this stage. Can it get any better?
Until next time. Dave.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Gobble Gobble!
HAPPY BELATED THANKSGIVING!
This past weekend Brenden has been happy go lucky. I'm quite surprised his face doesn't hurt from laughing and smiling so much. I know mine does.
He didn't seem to mind the fact that we put about 800km on the car over the past weekend, travelling, visiting all the family. He seemed to take it better than I thought. The times he was awake in the car, he didn't fuss about it. Most of the time he just talks to his soother, probably hoping it will talk back to him. It doesn't. I tried talking to it too, but nothing.
As I said previously, he seems to become more aware of his environment day by day. He loves to watch the cat simply walk around him in circles. Brenden is tending to follow every single movement an animate object or person will make. You can see the wheels turning. I really think he would jump in and help if he could. Do your chores Brenden, then you can play. OK, were not at that stage yet...*sigh*, I'll put the dishes away this time.
Brenden has now moved away from laughing at the word, "naked", and will now smile and/or laugh at pretty much anything that has the letter "B" in it. "Baby", and sadly enough, "Boo-bee" is now his favorite words. I taught him well.
He can now roll over both ways consistantly, however, he hasn't figured out the crawling part yet. I'm 'ok' with that. He will also sit up, albeit aided, but just lightly holding on to his arms and he sits fine. He can also stand quite well. Holding on to his arms, he will put his legs straight out as if he wants to stand up. Not yet, "B", not yet. We're not ready for that quite yet.
He now eats his pablum from the spoon much easier. He's almost an expert. On the weekend, he got his first very small sampling of ice cream. "Thanks Bill!", just what I need, a baby wired on ice cream. Actually, he was fine that night, nothing happened out of the ordinary.
Anyway, once again I've updated pictures on my picture site. The link to "Baby Pictures" is on the left side of this BLOG Site. We are enjoying the 5-6 month stage a lot. It's awesome!
This past weekend Brenden has been happy go lucky. I'm quite surprised his face doesn't hurt from laughing and smiling so much. I know mine does.
He didn't seem to mind the fact that we put about 800km on the car over the past weekend, travelling, visiting all the family. He seemed to take it better than I thought. The times he was awake in the car, he didn't fuss about it. Most of the time he just talks to his soother, probably hoping it will talk back to him. It doesn't. I tried talking to it too, but nothing.
As I said previously, he seems to become more aware of his environment day by day. He loves to watch the cat simply walk around him in circles. Brenden is tending to follow every single movement an animate object or person will make. You can see the wheels turning. I really think he would jump in and help if he could. Do your chores Brenden, then you can play. OK, were not at that stage yet...*sigh*, I'll put the dishes away this time.
Brenden has now moved away from laughing at the word, "naked", and will now smile and/or laugh at pretty much anything that has the letter "B" in it. "Baby", and sadly enough, "Boo-bee" is now his favorite words. I taught him well.
He can now roll over both ways consistantly, however, he hasn't figured out the crawling part yet. I'm 'ok' with that. He will also sit up, albeit aided, but just lightly holding on to his arms and he sits fine. He can also stand quite well. Holding on to his arms, he will put his legs straight out as if he wants to stand up. Not yet, "B", not yet. We're not ready for that quite yet.
He now eats his pablum from the spoon much easier. He's almost an expert. On the weekend, he got his first very small sampling of ice cream. "Thanks Bill!", just what I need, a baby wired on ice cream. Actually, he was fine that night, nothing happened out of the ordinary.
Anyway, once again I've updated pictures on my picture site. The link to "Baby Pictures" is on the left side of this BLOG Site. We are enjoying the 5-6 month stage a lot. It's awesome!
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Hamilton Trip
Well here i am again, pondering what to write. One week later. Where are the latest pictures you ask? Not here, but you can go to http://www.thevipers.ca/ourbaby/index.html to see them still. I have added the most recent there.
This past week has been pretty cool. Brenden sounds like he's trying to say his own name now. It's probably just giberish, but he's putting his lips together and making sounds like, "B" and "Ba". I'm sure, "Brenden" is quite far away from his personal vocabulary though. He still has his happy and sad/mad days. It's usually a trade off. 1 good for 1 bad day.
On Sunday, Oct 1, Brenden got to meet my dads aunt and cousin from Germany in Hamilton. As well, I got to meet my 2nd cousin, which apparently I last saw when I was very young and don't remember. Brenden was in a pretty good mood that day and enjoyed being passed around. He even had a nice sleep there without any issues. There are a few pictures on the website above of the trip to Hamilton. Unfortunately our German family left for Germany Monday evening. It was great to see them again, and we hope to see them again soon. Next time we'll take Brenden to Germany with us to visit, a few years down the road. We'll see.
Oh, and regarding the picture at the top of this post, that is my 2nd cousin, Theresa, and her 2 month old baby girl. Putting Brenden beside her really made him look big. It was hard for me to imagine that he was that small only a few months ago. As yoo can see, Brenden was quite amused that there was actually someone smaller than him there.
Anyway, maybe I'll splurge this week and put a 2nd post in, then again, maybe not. Who knows?
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