18 Months & Tube Time

We finally had Will's 18 month check up today along with a re-check on last week's ear infection. Diagnosis is double ear infection and time to get tubes. Poor baby. He is amazingly in good spirits. Hopefully, the new antibiotic will kick it to the curb so we can enjoy Christmas. I will call tomorrow but it looks like we probably won't be doing anything till after the 1st of the year. I knew sooner or later we would end up with tubes. Will is doing just fine otherwise. His stats are as follows:
Weight 26lbs. (50%)
Length 35" (97%)
Head Circ. 46.8cm (25%)
We were going to do the H1N1 shot b/c they said they had it in stock. He got the regular flu shot back in Sept. and they did not have the baby H1N1 then. Then the nurse came and talked to me and told me that he would actually be getting the adult H1N1 and that the state had just approved it for babies. The reason why they have 2 different shots is because in the adult shot there is a specific ingredient that some people think can cause autism. The baby shots don't have that specific ingredient. I made a judgement call that we would not be getting that shot. I hope I made the right choice. If they do end up receiving the baby shots we will probably get one but until then we will keep our fingers crossed.
We had Parents as Teachers 2 weeks ago and he had high scores on his evaluation with her. He can say the following words: Mama, Dad, Papa, milk, cookie, gun (thanks to his dad), door, water, cheese, snow, tree, hot, night, ball, choo choo, more, chair, out, bye, down, bath, balloon (loon), bubble. He is just a ball of energy these days and his favorite new activity is jumping and dancing. I can't believe my baby is a year and a half.
In other news, Mike was called back to work last Thursday. YEAH!!! Hopefully, he is in it for the long stretch.

Santa Claus

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3 (at least I got him off my lap)

Can you tell these 3 are cousins? Will just loves his cousin Kali.

Family Vacation

Last week Mike, Will and I went on a nice long family vacation to the cabin. You see when Mike and I both were laid off last March and April we sat around and did nothing to save money. Then once he went back to work we both couldn't believe that for 2 months we didn't do anything so we agreed that if we had the opportunity again we would go somewhere. To save money we went to the cabin in Osceola. We left on Monday the 2nd and didn't get back until the 8th. We had a great time relaxing and having fun. The rest of my family came and joined up with us over the weekend.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Here is Mike and I's first attempt in a long time of acutally carving pumpkins. I think they turned out pretty good.

We tried to get Will to grab a handfull of pumpkin seeds but this was about as close as he got.


Here Will is showing off his skeleton shirt.

We have several halloween shirts that he got to wear this week.

Last year mommy got to pick out his froggy costume so this year daddy go to choose. The cuteness factor isn't as great but here is mommy's "Little Ninja"

First Art Project

My Little Cowboy

Over the weekend we went to our friend Christine's for her Oktoberfest. Will had a great time checking out the horses and ponies, rolling barrels around, throwing straw. We also got him his first pair of real leather cowboy boots and he was wearing his Wrangler's.

Just Like Daddy

Pumpkin Time

We went to the Pumpkin Patch over the weekend when we were in Kansas. We actually went to a Cider Mill that also had a Pumpkin Patch. We were able to go with my parents, an aunt and uncle, and my grandma even was able to come along. Will had a great time rolling pumpins around and doing all sorts of fun new stuff. We tried to put him in a bouncy house for little kids but he wasn't quite ready for that.
Congratulations to Dave and Rachel who got married on Saturday. It was a beautiful wedding.

Chuck E Cheese Take 2

Not only did we go to the zoo this past weekend we also celebrated Ava's 3rd birthday @ Chuck E Cheese. We were there earlier this summer celebrating Kali's 8th birthday. It is amazing how in just a few short months Will can go from just checking things out to actually playing.

I just love this picture.

He loved playing skeeball.

First Trip to the Zoo

We have been trying to get to the zoo all summer but something always came up. We finally had an opportunity and the weather was beautiful. We had a great time spending time with our nieces and Mimi & Papa.

Lounging w/Dad








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All tuckered out!!