21 Months!

This month was pretty crazy, and I still didn't get to take as many pictures of the little nugget(s) as I would have liked, but I got a couple.  Nolan was sick for a good part of this month, so we had a lot of down time. 

On a side note: it has been HOT HOT HOT here!  Oh my goodness - the temperatures here have been soaring, and it makes being outside almost impossible on some days.  I guess global warming really is a "thing," because it's for sure making itself known.  There were a few days where we hit 100 degrees, but the heat index has made almost every single day feel like it's over 100.  Thankfully, daycare won't take the kids out in the afternoon when it gets that hot, and that's a good thing because we have noticed that Nolan will cough a lot more when he is sick if he's outside in the heat for too long.

But let's get to a quick little recap of our sweet boy, shall we?

Health:  We had been on a pretty good streak of some good health over the past couple of months, but this month caught up to us unfortunately.  We all started off the month of June with a nasty cough/cold, but it ended up sending poor Nolan back to the doctor for an emergency treatment once again.  He was on steroids and an extra breathing treatment for a couple of weeks, but it took a long time for the cough to go away.  Then, sweet babe was hit with strep throat just a week or so after, so the 4th of July was spent with my little man getting him well.  We are most likely going to visit with another ENT doctor to get a second opinion on whether removing his adenoids/tonsils will help, and then hopefully will have a better answer as to what we should do.

 

 This is his official "21 month" picture...poor baby - he felt so bad!

 

 

Eating:  The eating strike is still going on, but I can't blame him with all the medicine he has been on and with being sick.  We did have a fun dinner with "G" one night, and he managed to eat a few nibbles.  We can still usually get him to eat fruit or cheese, so at least there are some nutrients in there :)  Most recently, Anthony has resorted to "negotiating" with him for food.  He gets one bite of something he wants if he takes one bite of what we want him to eat...whatever works, right?!

 

 

And I failed to mention he loves Peanut Butter!

 

 

Development:  Developmentally, he is right on track.  His vocabulary is expanding and he is asserting his own opinion and independence a lot more nowadays too.  He has his little tantrums, but they don't last long and usually aren't very severe.  Thankfully, he hasn't started to see things in the store and then "insist" on taking them home with him, but I am sure that is coming!  He still enjoys books and can point to most pictures or objects if we ask him "point to the ______."  He knows some colors, but will still say everything is "yellow" if you ask him what color something is - ha!

 

 

Fun Stuff:  Even though he has been sick, he still is a happy little guy and loves to cuddle and roughhouse with Dad and Jacob.  He has loved having his Big "brudda" and "sissy" around, and could stand and watch Daddy and Jacob wrestle all day long.  He flips whenever you mention any of his grandparents, and gets so excited when he sees any of them now.  He will talk a little bit if you hold the phone up to his ear, and it's hysterical when he takes Anthony's phone and holds it up to his ear and says "hello" even when there isn't anyone on the line!

 

 

 

Gah, even though he makes us sleep-deprived, he is still SO precious!