Johnny's 6 month check up

Johnny had a check up today:
19lbs 6.6 oz (80th percentile)
27 inches (77th percentile)
8 teeth total (yup another tooth)
All the 6 month shots plus the flu shot

I've decided to continue breastfeeding since it's still working out.  If Johnny and I can make it till he's a year old we won't need to do formula at all.  So as long as Johnny and I are still happy with the breastfeeding situation, we'll carry on.  We might have to get a new car seat for him sooner than later though.  It's rated for 22 lbs but the straps are as big as they get.  Other than that we just need to get his vitamins in him.  He'll need a flu shot booster next month. 

Holiday had her flu shot today as well:
31 lbs
37 inches tall

We bought her some 4T panties and a pair of pajamas.

Growth Spurting

Remember two days ago when I wrote that Holiday was still 3T...?  Well, now she's 4T.  Suddenly her dresses seem too small, especially since we're putting leggings and long sleeved shirts underneath now.  We don't presently have much in the way of 4T yet so the clothing 'field' is completely open.  She still has clothes that fit, so she'll wear those until she can't, but they're definitely on their way out.  I probably need to go through both Johnny and Holiday's clothes and get rid of some stuff.  On another note, remember two days ago when I wrote that Johnny has two new teeth...?  Let's make that count 5 making a grand total of 7 teeth with 1 on the way.  Five teeth is a lot to break through all at once.  Johnny also was officially 6 months old yesterday, we have a check up for him scheduled on Monday morning.  Holiday will get her flu shot too.  David and I still need to get ours, we'll do that some Saturday when we have time.  Johnny is grabbing at toys (and remotes and phones) much more now.  So we're cracking out more of Holiday's old toys for him to play with.  He really likes rattle toys, they way he shakes them (which is really wide) is the most deliberate rattling I've ever seen.  Have him standing up in his saucer and give him a rattle and Johnny is the happiest baby in the world and thus he chirps away.

More teeth...

Johnny has some more teeth, one came in on the bottom last week and this week one of his front top teeth came in.  The grand total is 4 teeth and we can see 4 more teeth that will bust through any second.  That's a lot of teeth to have all at once.  Johnny was kind of fussy this weekend...which is understandable.  He hasn't quite gotten up to a fever though which is good.  But it's much more difficult to feed him because he just doesn't want it, and that's majorly frustrating for me.  There's been requests on sizing on him and his current sizing is still current.  The next size will be the 12 month sized stuff, but I have no idea when that shift will come.  I did go through what I have for him in the 12 month sizes and it seems to be mostly jeans and coats with a smattering of other stuff.  So he'll need oneses and pajamas and regular cotton pants too.  He's got a lot of socks so they'll probably a while (depending on growth spurts of course).  It does seem like my children are a little bobble-head-like so their hat sizes are a size ahead of everything else.  Johnny's got only one hat that fits him right now, so he'll need something for the future.  Holiday's sizing is still all the same at 3T but getting taller.  We watched her dance class this last weekend and she's learned quite a lot.  She's also been enjoying our trips to the library, checking out books. 

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We'll celebrate by having Sunday brunch this Sunday at the Ivar's Salmon House, but Daddy can have his presents tonight. ;) 

The Halloween report is that all went well.  The rain gave us enough of a break that we were able to do door to door trick-or-treating.  Holiday loved it... "Twick-o-tweat!" "Happy Halloween!" "Thank you!"  "You're wearing bunny ears!"  It just didn't get old.  Her jack-o-lantern basket got so heavy that she either had to carry it with two hands or pass it off to someone else to carry.  It was quite a haul for a 3 year old.  I've looked over every piece and not only do I think they're all save to eat, I think Toni and Drew neighbors give out pretty good candy.  There was only one tootsie roll in the bunch (man I hate those...they're like 'almost' candy).  Johnny was getting fussy towards the end but he's usually in bed for the night by then.  We were only out for an hour.  Johnny went to bed pretty well, Holly took a little convincing but it wasn't the worst.  She probably fell asleep within the hour.  In spite of David and I going to bed about the usual time, we overslept by a half hour this morning.  We're still pretty tired I guess, but we managed to kick it in gear and get out the door on time after having that initial wake up freak out moment.  We just have to move like crazy.  I don't think I could handle doing that very often.  Marie, our daycare lady, even had time this morning to sing David a Happy Birthday song.

It's Halloween

Holiday is really excited about trick-or-treating this year.  We'll see if the rain lessens enough to go door to door, but the Northgate Mall is our plan B just in case.  Holiday is going to be Ladybug Girl (from the children's book) and Johnny will be a teddy bear.  The teddy bear outfit is like a bunting outfit so he'll be really warm, but it'll be good for any weekend outdoor activities through the cold weather so we'll get a lot of use out of it.  We'll be trick-or-treating with the Prestons this year so Holly will be happy to have her Anna back.  Then everyone else passes Johnny around, which is good because he's getting heavy and that can be hard on one's back.  I should probably weigh him just for curiosity's sake.  He's doing this thing now that he won't poop for three days and then has an absolute blowout, which usually happens at daycare for some reason.  He farts all the time so it's not like he's not trying, and let me tell you, those are a doozey of a cheesy puff kind of farts.  Johnny's been eating like crazy and he does feel really heavy when I first get him out of the crib in the mornings.  He likes getting changed.  He puts his toes in his mouth when he's on his changing table so I got to get him to put his legs down so I can get him dressed.  Oh, the flexibility of babies.  Johnny's also starting to like his saucer more so he spends more time in there.  I'm starting to see tooth buds for his upper front teeth, he's been working on those for a while now.  Holiday is growing up fast too.  We carved jack-o-lanterns the other night so Holly was really excited about that.  We had her draw the faces and we carved them out.  Let's just say 'Asymetric' is the theme.  Now she has a jack-o-lantern (a word she knows really well by the way) trick-or-treat basket and has to have it with her at all times.  Holly's is really comprehending quite a bit now and asks lots of questions.  David and I are hard at work to keep her interested and challenged.

Another usual weekend

We pretty much had ourselves a standard Anderson family weekend, which is great.  Holiday's dance class started tap this last lesson and the teacher specifically told us that Holly did really well and she was really pleased with her.  While Holly was having her lesson, Mommy was getting a driving lesson from Daddy.  He said I did well, I'm sure I need tons of practice still, but I felt far less freaked out.  So hopefully I'll start feeling comfortable with it soon.  Our van is new enough that everything is able to adjust to my size which helps a lot.  Johnny is spitting up a lot lately but I pretty much attribute that to teething.  It seems like he wants to move around more, like he's just going to get up and walk, so maybe he'll start crawling soon.  He does this thing where he stiffens his body if he doesn't want to sit on your lap.  He's much more grabby lately, so watch your hairs including facial ones.  Oh and earrings too.  Johnny is very interested in his environment so if he hears a noise coming from somewhere he contorts himself so he can try to see what it is making the noise.  If he's on my lap and I'm talking he stretches his head back to look at me.  If he's in his cradle in the living room he'll stretch around to see cartoons or football or whatever on tv, the same thing if anyone is playing behind him too.  Or even coming in the front door, it's pretty funny to see.  He also laughs really hard if anyone says, "Beep! Beep!"  David and I got yardwork done like we usually do.  My pumpkins are still really green, so I cut them off the vines and put them in my greenhouse.  They were orange on the bottom where they were against the ground so they probably need to get warmed up. 

Remlinger Farms Pictures

 

Silly Mommy

 

 

Silly Daddy...I admit Daddy was way funnier than Mommy.  This one got giggles from Holly.

 

 

Holly on the train after eating a donut.

 

 

Some of the grounds from our seats in the train.

 

 

There were scarecrows everywhere.

 

 

Here's a shot of the locomotive.

 

 

Mommy on the train!

 

 

Johnny was really enjoying chewing on his jacket.

 

 

Looks like he already chewed out the zipper pull.

 

 

Some horses while we're on the train.

 

 

I never seen so many scarecrows in my life.

 

 

You don't understand...so many scarecrows.

 

 

More grounds.

 

 

There was a lot to see from the train.

 

 

Even alpacas.

 

 

Now we're in the barn.

 

 

Little goat.

 

 

Holiday loved that merry-go-round.

 

 

Did that three times.

 

 

This is the canoe ride.

 

 

She had a lot of fun with that one too.

 

 

Holiday on Coconut.

 

 

She really liked the pony ride.