growth

tuck finally had his one year check up this morning. i knew it was going to be a doozy with shots and the fact that he doesn't really like other people "messing with him." so i was really dreading it.


 last time we had a trip to the doctor he screamed his head off from the moment i put him on the scale for them to weigh him through the ENTIRE visit.  this time, however, he giggled and talked the entire time. he flirted with dr. queen and was more than delightful...even with the shot he got today and the finger prick for iron. just a few initial tears. it was all hunky dory until... the nurse put a bandaid on his  finger.  you would have thought it was absolutely the most dreadful thing that could have happened. he ripped two sets of bandaids off and got blood all over the both of us. little stinker. 


we came away with smiles, a paci in the mouth, and a VERY secure bandaid contraption (that he later chewed off) with these stats:


weight: 22 lbs. 2 oz.
height: 29.5 in


both height and weight are in the the 25-50 percentile. pretty stellar i'd say. that boy. he is so into being a boy he can't do anything else. 

 i typically find myself calling him "stinker" or  "stinks." 

his new love is medicine bottles. whether it's walking around with one in each hand or sleeping with one. (i do make sure they have child proof caps) he has also been known to sleep with trains, one in each hand as he drifts off. he's a funny one. 

he has started doing a lot more sign language which i am very thankful for. it was more than helpful for grey and i in our communication at such a frustrating stage. tucker has so much to say and is able to communicate just a little bit of it through sign language. it's a beautiful thing really.

i love that little man. 

my other little man has been growing up in a whole different way and i thought i better write it down before i get lost in time. 


grey has been very interested in reading lately, like trying to read the words he recognizes on the page and spelling any word he sees. i'm jumping at the opportunity and have been extremely surprised at his knowledge. i knew that he knows all of his letters but he also knows all of the sounds of all of the letters. we have been working a little on phonics when he seems interested. he sounded out the word "hot" the other day all by himself.


 i have been sounding out letters and he puts them together to make words. he can write quite a few of the letters as well. i don't want to push it but if he's interested, i'll engage him! i have gotten a few tips from others that are way smarter than myself that hopefully i will be able to implement after our trip to the beach.

we have entered quite a fun time of imagination and more intentional teaching time on my part. i think we are both enjoying it a lot. it amazes me to watch my boys develop. God created such a neat process of growth. physically, mentally, and spiritually!