Lowry Park Zoo

Today we had play group at Lowry Park Zoo (Rated # 1 in America by Parents Magazine, if you didn't know) It is getting HOT HOT HOT around here, so it was bathing suit/water time for William! We hung out in the splash areas...

Trying to decide if I want to join in the fun!

Thinking.....

Maybe not!

Mommy and William

Time for the Kangaroo fun...Gonna try and get the water!

Getting closer..

Wow that was fun Mom!

Peek a boo!

Going for the water! ( see the splash of water in his hand)

Now it's time to see some animals!

William was taking a look at?????






These little Meercats! Cute!


Then we did a train ride around the park. This was great as we really got to see lots of animals close up!







William checking out the big fish!

A manatee! We see lots of these in their natural habitat down here.

A bad pic of William and Mommy in front of the Manatees

Brent :)

Then William played with Brent for a little bit while the ladies went to the restroom :) To cute when we saw them!


We walked around a bit and then it was time to go home! We purchased a season pass so we get to go back again...and again if we want :) William is getting more mobile and enjoying things more so I thought it would be something fun to do. Not to far away either!

18 Months!

Our boy is 18 months old already! Where does the time go? It still seems like yesterday we were having all the problems and I was on bed rest! Amazing how a yr and 1/2 has gone by already! William had his 18 mo check up today. He is up to 30 lbs, 33 1/2 inches long (might be a tad more then that, he was very uncooperative) and his head is 20 1/2 inches. His head hasn't grown any and he only grew about a 1/2 inch. His weight and height surprised me as he is still stuck in the same clothes. I figured he had grown in inches and only gained a little bit of weight if any! He is still wearing the same clothes he was wearing at 9mo! See below :)
9 mo old-look at that chubby baby :)


And now....

Then...

and now...




~William is still only saying Momma and Dadda. He babbles constantly and will get very loud when he wants us to understand something. He really sounds like he is trying to talk/tell us something.He is into pointing to tell us what he wants. (His pedi said we would give him a bit more time in the language dept.)
~He loves to look at books, run and climb, swing on the swing, slide, play with his truck and talk on his phone! He also loves to play with balls and his bath time!
~He loves to be held (by Momma mostly) but also likes to be very independent and walk all by himself! He is learning how to do the stairs both up and down.
~He is still a very BIG Mommas boy and doesn't give Mom much of a break!
~He is starting his terrible 2's early I think! He loves to throw a tantrum and is into hitting and biting! We have a new discipline plan and liquid soap is in order if he bites anymore-per his pedi! Going to continue to work on time outs as well.
~He has turned into a very picky eater but loves his sweets and junkfood! (I think I see Mommy rubbing off here! :) ) (Not a whole lot we can do here-he will eat what he wants to eat-per the Doc, give him some more time she says. We are going to try some pedasure and/or instant breakfast to give him some more vitamins)

He managed to get out of his shots today as we are going to give him a bit more of break. As I think we are finally getting to the point of him feeling better and getting back to himself! She said we definitely have a smart boy on our hands and he is going to do what he is going to do! She also said he is going to try and bend all the rules....Hmmmmm I think we are in a for a treat! He wouldn't be taking after his Mother would he?? :) I can see my mother smiling right now just thinking of him giving me just a little bit of a hard time! :)

He still makes us smile every day and we are so glad he is here!

Catch up!

So I am a little behind in posting to say the least! It's been another rainy day here, so I've tried to catch up on all the happenings here. So make sure you scroll all the way down and see all the new pictures!

William seems to be getting better, his nose is slowly drying up and his ENT said he is doing well at his follow up. We have some issues to fix with our insurance unfortunately. Did you know a quick 20 minute procedure could cost $8000!! Wish us luck!

Mark unfortunately is not feeling much better. The hormone replacement doesn't seem to be doing a whole lot :( He just went for follow up blood work and retest for Lyme. We will probably be heading to a Rheumatologist soon. It's still ??? as to what the problem is. Maybe (hopefully) one of these days we will figure it out!


I leave you with William's new adventure. We are learning how to use crayons! He only tried to eat them a couple of times :)

Trying them out...

Wow! Crayons!

Look Mom!

Beach fun!

Last Saturday we had playgroup at a local park/beach. It's getting to be beach weather around here! This was Williams 1st visit to the beach. He was a bit shy at first, but then with help from Daddy he really started to like the water. William drank the salt water several times and would laugh after! YUCK! He also had fun in the sand too. We had a few sand toys and he enjoyed the big buckets. My friend Barbara has twin boys and you will see them playing with William. I think we will have to go back a few more times this summer.
Daddy throwing William

"Swimming"

I just love his face in this one!

My 2 loves!

Christopher

I just thought this was the cutest thing ever! Nicholas did this several times while we were there. He would stick his head all the way in the bucket.

Amber



The 3 boys playing. Tried a hat on William earlier in the morning, he just ripped it off!

So excited!



My boy is getting so big!

Experimenting...

William has turned into a VERY picky eater now that he is on "people" food. I don't think he seems to mind, but this kid lives on chicken nuggets, grilled cheese and pizza! He will eat any kind of "snack" food, but when it comes to "real" food we are very limited. SO in an attempt to give him more variety I turned to the internet. I found a great site www.wholesometoddlerfood.com that gives you great recipes. He'll eat any kind of pancake so I have been making several veggie pancakes and he seems to like them. He also likes muffins so I tried a fruit/veggie muffin that was very healthy! He LOVED them! You will see him here eating them up! I tried them along with neighbor Anita and they got rave reviews. I froze some for later. It made a big batch!




And here William is passed out in his high chair. We were very near our nap time. He was eating and I checked my e-mail. It got really quiet so I looked and there he was, fast asleep! :)

Mothers Day

We had our neighbors (Lorna and Nanny Anita) and a play group Mommy-Michelle and daughter Catherine over to help celebrate Mothers Day. Michelle's husband (Adam) was deployed and we didn't want her by herself on Mother's Day! Nana and Grandpa were still here too! We had a houseful! :) William got to play with one of his buddies and the adults had good conversation and food!

Catherine eating some yummy dessert!

Cheessee!

Getting ready...

Weeeeee, fun fun!

Daddy and William on the swings

My own swing!

Catherine trying out the slide....

Bubble fun!

Lorna trying out the swing with William

Mommy going down the slide, no I wasn't wearing a dress! :) (Just for you Michelle!)

Mommy's time to swing