It can’t be true! My baby boy will be a year old in less
than a month!! He is changing and growing so quickly. No doctor visit this
month so we weighed and measured him at home.
He is up to 23lbs 12oz and 31 1/2 inches long. 
He has become quite a little speedy guy when it comes to
crawling. And, new this month, he has learned to pull up to standing to get a better
view of his surroundings, or to see out of his crib! This initially created some
challenges since he couldn’t figure out how to get back down until someone came
to lay him down but now he’s up and down as he wishes. Isaiah playing with the
tablet on the couch, no problem, let me see that too! Elijah is a huge fan of
whatever Isaiah is doing. You can see his little wheels turning whenever
brother is drinking from a cup, eating with utensils, playing with a toy, running around
in circles. Elijah will be right there after him on foot in no time. Elijah also had perfected his waving skills this month. He sees trips to the store as opportunities to practice the wave and make lots of old ladies smile as he waves to them on cue! He is such a little social bug and loves to talk, giggle and wave to just about anyone.
Elijah has had a little trouble sleeping through the night
again this month but we think we found the root cause – He is teething! One new
tooth popped through just a few days before his 11th month birthday
and two to three more are clearly thinking about it. As of 11 months, he has 10
teeth! Now mom and dad feel a little bit sheepish because we didn’t realize,
but now that we’re giving him a little relief he is sleeping better. (In our
defense, Isaiah popped all his through with almost no issues so we’re not
conditioned to teething actually needing “treated”.)
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| Dropping Isaiah off for 1st day of Preschool |
It has been a busy month around our house. Elijah has been incredibly
tolerant of all the run-around needed. Luckily Dad was able to take some time
off to help out. Mom worked a bunch of hours at the fair so Dad brought Elijah to
visit for his feedings. And now that Isaiah is in preschool, Elijah tags along
each morning for drop-off. We also celebrated Isaiah’s 4th birthday
with an Elmo/Sesame Street party, went to Isaiah’s first dentist appointment
with Dr. Doty, and Elijah went for an InfantSee appointment to have his eye’s
checked. He did great and received a good report for the eye doctor.
With lots of exciting things planned for this last month before
someone turns one, we look forward to the adventures! We love you Elijah!
