PoopaPOOLooza

We have been pooling it since early May and having oh so much fun. Going to the pool comes with precautions though- swim diapers and what can happen in those swim diapers. My biggest fear has been poop in the swim diapers and I went 2 whole months without one incident and then BAM it hit me like a ton of well.....POOP. IT WAS AWFUL and that is quite the understatement. My sister and nephew were in town and we were doing our morning routine of pool time, and I am super happy that someone was there with me for sure. Sometimes Elias likes to play at the top of the stairs of the pool while I am sitting in the pool on the stairs and this is what was happening when I spotted it...POOP. RUNNING. DOWN. HIS. LEG. OH MY GODDDDDDD. In one quick swift motion I scooped Elias up and wrapped him in a towel before anyone at the pool could notice what was going on, told my sister I had to run back to house, and bolted out of there like I had ants in my pants. We came back to the house and I tossed him in the shower and started hosing him off, all the while I was gagging and freaked out that I was not only going to have to clean up poop but my own vomit. Did I mention we had recently switched to reusable cloth swim diapers? Yeahhhhhhh. In all of my 18 1/2 months of being a Momma, it was by far the WORST poop incident experienced to date. Even worse than Poopcasa. Oh and did I also mention that I thought it would be a brilliant idea to go BACK to the pool but this time in a disposable swim diaper and it was PoopaPOOLooza AGAIN in the exact same way. FML.

18 months, 1 1/2, 1.5

Wow, I cant believe that my last post was 17 months, where does time go? If you looked in my edit post you would see at least 20 blogs that I have started but not finished, including Christmas. YIKES! Here it is close to his 19 month of life and I have yet to post his 18 month. (for the record I started this post 6.20.10) We are having so much fun who has time to sit down and blog? Our baby boy has turned into this handsome, witty, full of life little boy. With each milestone and stage of life we are having more and more fun. He keeps us entertained from the time he wakes up to til he crashes at night from exhaustion and we are loving every minute of it. He is a chatter box and it would take me all day to type all of the things he is saying and doing. I will mention that our favorite thing he says right now is "thank you." He is so polite and says it 99.9% of the time correctly. There are those few instances where he uses it when its not quite the right time, ie taking a toy from a friend, but hey, how can you get mad when he is so polite about it? Haha. Summer time bring water fun, and Elias is def a waterbug. I need to post some videos of our fearless boy who will jump into the pool unassisted. For now lets get onto the important stuff...Elias' 18 month well baby stats :)

.18 months old.
30.2 lbs
34 in tall

.flashback.
at birth
8 lbs 3 ozs
21 in long

6 weeks

12 lbs 6 ozs

23 in long

3 months
16 lbs 12.8 ozs
24 3/4 in long

4 months
20 lbs
26 1/2 in long

6 months

22.2 lbs

28 in long

9 months
25 lbs 1 oz
31 in long

1 year
26 lbs 12 ozs
32 in tall

.15 months old.
29.9 lbs
33 in tall

He was 90th percentile for both his weight and height and the pedi was happy with his growth and motor skills. We have one smart cookie on our hands and we are soooo proud :)

17 months

Wow have I hit a blogging slump. I do have things to blog about just not enough time I suppose to sit down and get my thoughts together...

A quick post about how our sweet baby boy is 17 months old! I can't believe that in a few short weeks he will be a YEAR AND A HALF!!! Seriously, where does time go? He is growing and learning so fast and we are still loving this age.

He is all boy and saying that he is obsessed with cars and trains would be an understatement. He loves to say car and choo-choo. He learns new words daily and is a little sponge with repeating what you say. My favorite word he says is pretty, even though sometimes I would have better luck at pulling my own teeth than getting him to say it. Haha. Speaking of teeth, what better way to celebrate his 17 months of life than his 1st dentist appointment? He did really well with it and only whined a little bit. They brushed his teeth and put vitamins on them as well as checked to see the health of his itty bitty teefers.

Happy to report he got a clean bill of health and will return in 6 months for another check up. He has 8 teeth right now that are fully through, but there are 2 or 3 more that have broken through the gums. Dr. Massey said that at his next visit in 6 months, he should have 8 more teeth fully through. YOWZA!

16 months

4.19.10

16 months and full of himself :)

(and absolutely positively without a doubt cuter than ever)

baby bullet proof

Elias knows no fear and it scares the living day lights out of his Momma. We were in the kitchen last week fixing his lunch when he decided I wasn't fixing it fast enough. I had put it in the microwave and turned around to wash a dish...turned back around after maybe 5 secs and this is what I find...

Apparently he is very resourceful and was trying to figure out how to get to his lunch.

*** Please note that I knew he could open the oven (as well as the dishwasher) and we have taught him HOT when its turned on, and he is not allowed in the kitchen when its on for this very reason.

Shamu!

4.15.10 Tax Day...

we didn't spend it filing taxes, we spent it playing in a Shamu Pool at Walkers :)

Elias has become such a little water bug.

He loves any kind of water

and had a blast playing with his buddies Walker and Will

Walker was the perfect host

and the most attentive (and great multi tasker) pool boy.

What I wouldnt give to have that golden hair, nice golden skin, and chubby thighs.

(I guess 1 out of 3 aint bad. Haha.

(the thighs of course!)

The Cozy Coupe was a big hit with the boys. Walker directed traffic,

while Elias and Will decided to take a ride together.

The boys were great at sharing....

most of the time.

Sometimes plastic juice containers are just too yummy to share.

(ooops wipe out!)

We had such a great time and were very thankful to Walker (and Lauren)

for inviting us over.

Elias even earned his keep by helping to mow the grass.

And Will? Well, he showed his love to Shamu :)

Zoo and Splash Pad

4.14.10 Zoo and Splash Pad with Caroline & Jackson

We made Elias' 2nd Zoo trip with our friends Caroline & Jackson (and their parents of course.) We went at a time of day where I could let Elias out of his stroller and roam around on his own. HE LOVED IT. The boy loves animals and was so excited to see all the different ones, and was not at all happy to leave each one to go on to the next. But as soon as he would see a new one he would get just excited.

Not sure if you remember his first Zoo visit last summer, but my how he has changed! Last time he was just content laying in his stroller taking it all in with this little monkey friend. :)

Excited about all the fish in the water.

Caroline in her stellar shades she swiped from Elias :) And also in Elias' stroller. Ha.

The boys sharing a ride together :)

Sweet Caroline in one of the rockers at the Kangaroo Junction

The Zoo has an awesome little Splash Pad, and I wasnt really sure how Elias would like it...how about I just let the pictures do all the talking...

Elias and I went back to the Zoo again to buy a yearly membership :

(4.22.10 Zoo)

Mr. Lion we shall being seeing lots of you over the next year.