45 weeks old

Brothers!

Calvin had his weight check this week and crossed the 20lb mark.  He's been hovering near that since August and was really, really close in September, but then lost weight in October.  He's back on track with his weight gain now, but man is he looking thin! Some things Calvin's up to:
- walking behind his puppy as he pushes it around the living room
- attempting to crawl into the fireplace and play with the candles.  Now that the Christmas tree is up, I'm sure that will be his next goal!
- investigating snow. We got a huge snow storm on Friday and Calvin was pretty curious.  We put some snow on his high chair tray so he could play with it, well he of course ate it instead.
- trying to cut some more teeth.  I think he might be working on his top two in the middle and the next two bottom ones.  He won't let me get a good feel to know for sure though.
- got his second flu shot.  He handled it like a champ and hardly cried.
- wearing shoes!  So happy we found a pair that fit his feet and that he can't get off.  It makes errands so much easier to not have to hunt for socks each place we stop.
- working on sign language.  He has signed "more" for food once or twice, but working on using it more consistently and learning more.
- eating sandwiches.  Calvin tried a grilled cheese this week and boy did he like it!
- still fighting a cold...going on two weeks now
- still getting up 2-3 times a night
- giggling like a maniac at his big brother
- starting to throw tantrums.  Man can this little man throw his head back and scream. He's also perfected the back arch when getting him into his carseat.
- screaming when getting his diaper changed.  How dare we make him sit still.
- longer baths.  He's finally learned not to stand up.  Now if we could just get him to stop drinking the bath water!

Bed time snack.

Loves humus

Helping to decorate

Hungry boy

Loves to eat

44 weeks old

Ten months old!  Such a big boy!

Refused to sit up, so lounging it is.

Poor little guy was sick this week.  He spent a lot of time sleeping the first part of his sickness, and then a lot of time fussing and not sleeping well the second half.  Beginning Wednesday night-Friday morning, he was up less than 7 hours in a 36 hours period!  What a tired boy.  The next couple of nights he was up anywhere from every 45-120 minutes.  He's doing better now, not 100% back to normal, but getting there.

Bath time fun!

Oops

We promise Mom, we will be good. 

43 weeks old

Well we are making some progress in the sleep department.  We decided to stop feeding him at every waking and instead initially offer him some water and then just keep laying him back down (I still nurse him once per night).  The first night went shockingly well (up a lot, but back to sleep in under ten minutes each time).  The next night was amazing...slept 7:45-5:30 and then back to bed until 7:00.  Since then, it's been ok.  Up 2-3 times a night and going back to sleep ok at most wakings, but we've had a couple take 30-40 minutes to get him back to sleep. He'll get there and we are all more rested than a week ago, so that's progress.

We've also successfully gotten him to wear and keep on shoes!  As it's getting colder, I wanted something to put on his feet when we are out and about that he can't take off.  I had some soft soled shoes that I thought would be perfect.  I got Calvin's foot into them, they fit, but Calvin disagreed about them being perfect.  I took them off, and thought, "oh well,"  The next morning, he crawled over to them and started to play with them and then attempt to put one on.  He's worn them whenever we've left the house since and can't get them off and doesn't seem to mind them.  Hopefully he doesn't learn to take them off for a few months so he doesn't have cold, bare feet all winter.

Calvin enjoyed another USD football game this weekend.  He even got to stay the entire game and stayed awake for all of it. He was really tired by the end, but did really well.

He's really starting to get more and more confident on his feet.  He will push his puppy around and "walk" behind it and will cruise along the couch.  We've seen him stand on his own without holding on, but anytime he realizes he's doing that, he instantly sits down.

I wish we had a good video of his laughter at story time tonight. We've been going to pajama story time on Monday nights and Calvin does ok for a while, but gets a little restless since it's close to bedtime.  Tonight they did a parachute game (like the parachutes from gym class), and Calvin just thought that was hysterical!  He laughed harder than I've ever heard him laugh.  At one point, he was out of breath from laughing so hard.

Still loves his baths

Favorite book right now

First time wearing shoes...hated them!  

Messy, messy, messy.

First time in the sand, and didn't even eat any!

42 weeks old

Not too much new in Calvin's world this week.  He had his first Halloween and really wasn't sure what to think at all the excitement and his costume.  He was a little monster, which we thought was fitting since I always call him "the monster."  He was content on the Halloween parade through the nursing home and did fine trick-or-treating as long as I was holding him.  He did great with the time change adjustment and slept until 7:00 new time.  No one get too jealous of our good luck with that, we're still up 3-5 times a night!  In other news, Calvin has learned how to walk a few steps in a row behind his puppy.

Trying to crawl away from the pictures. 

Trying to pull Liz's hair.