Baby Dane's 1 Year Well-Baby Visit

*Birthday pictures will resume on Wednesday*

Picture by Jodi

Today I took Dane to his 1 year appointment with our pediatrician. I've been thinking of getting a new one lately. While I like Dr. Lash okay I really don't like his nurses or MAs or whatever they are, and since they're the ones handing out the shots I am really considering moving on to someone new. Suggestions are welcome.

Here are Dane's stats:
Weight: 19 lbs 4 oz (putting him in the 6th percentile)
Length: 28 1/2 in (putting him in the 10th percentile)
Head Circumference: 44.8 cm (putting him in the 10th percentile)

So he's small, but healthy. He's gaining weight consistently and he's okayed to go from formula to milk. (Side-note: Chris has two favorite milestones; when the baby can hold his own bottle and when the baby goes from formula to milk.) His iron levels are good and the only concern the doctor had was about Dane's eczema. This bubs has super sensitive skin! Poor guy had to get his blood drawn and 4 shots today. The nurse nicked him really good and he bled pretty badly (one of the reasons I don't like her). Luckily I had given him some Tylenol just before he got the shots so on the car ride home he fell asleep.

When he woke up he was SO happy! It's like he didn't even remember what had happened. I cannot believe how lucky I am to have such a happy guy.

He's SO close to walking and he loves to talk and babble all the time. He still won't clap, but loves to wave bye-bye (especially to his Jenel) and I guess now I'm supposed to teach him how to point. Who comes up with these milestones?

Just for fun here are Dutch's stats from his 1 year baby appt:
Weight: 27 lbs 12 oz (95th percentile)
Length: 31 1/2 in (95th percentile)
Head Circumference: 47 cm (75th percentile)

Dane's First Birthday

Yesterday our Sweet Baby Dane turned one! I can't believe that my baby is growing up. To celebrate his birthday we threw a Dr. Seuss bash. Here are some of the pictures from the party. I'll post more tomorrow since I don't want to overwhelm you with all this Seussical goodness!

 We had Pink Yink Drink for our beverage

(Strawberry kiwi Juicy Juice with Sprite)

 Truffulla trees

(Broccoli salad)

 Horton held the forks and napkins

 And all along the windowsill were bouquets of

Horton's clovers (with the Who puff on top)

 Yot in a Pot

(my mom's baked beans)

 Hot Dogs on a Spool

(mini pigs in a blanket)

 Green Eggs and Ham

(yogurt covered pretzels with a green M&M)

 One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

(Swedish fish)

The birthday boy!

I bought the boys Thing 1 and Thing 2 shirts from Etsy.

It took me a long time to decide whether Dane should be

Thing 1 (because he was turning one) or Thing 2. I finally

decided on Thing 2 since he's my second born! 

 Bah bought Dutchie a T-ball set which got out some of

his wild energy (do you like his shorts? They were way too

big, but looked so cute with the shirt)

Stay tuned for more party awesomeness tomorrow!

A List for Tuesday

Pam's New Morning Schedule Beginning Tomorrow Wednesday April 25th

5:00am: Wake up
5:30am: Get out of bed after hitting the snooze button a bunch of times and trying to talk myself out of going through with this crazy new schedule.
5:45am: Take Harper for a walk.
6:15am: Feed Harper and myself.
6:30am: Write until the boys wake up

Wish me luck!

Dutch-isms

Dutch says and does so many cute things on a daily basis. Here are a few:

• When playing with our spray-on sunscreen (which he should not have been doing) Dutch sprayed himself in the eyes. After they were flushed with water he decided they were still not "all better" so he went and put Band-Aids on both of his eyes.
• I was leaning over the other day when Dutch pointed at my cleavage and asked, "Itsa butt?"
• When he's frustrated with something he says, "Come ON!"
• When I was weeding in the garden I showed him a ladybug and he was so excited. He was constantly asking me about the "baby bug."
• I put the ladybug on a leaf and Dutch was sad because she was going to sleep, so he went inside and got my chicken egg timer and held it right next to the ladybug while it was going off and yelled, "Wake up, baby bug!"
• We've been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar a lot lately and when the ladybug disappeared Dutch said, "She's going home to sleep and turn into a butterfly."
• I bought some paper lanterns to decorate for Dane's party and I had an orange one hanging up and he pointed to it and asked, "Itsa punkin?"

A List for Tuesday

10 Reasons I Love the Rain
(in no particular order)

1. There is nothing better than waking up to the sound of rain on the roof or hitting against my window.
2. It waters my flowers for me and, because I'm lazy, I like having one less thing to do.
3. It's perfect puddle-jumping weather.
4. One of the only times I can wear my rain boots without people giving me weird looks (lucky for Dutch he wears his rain boots all the time without caring what others think).
5. The world always smells delicious after a good rainfall.
6. It makes me want to curl up with a book and a cup of hot chocolate next to an open window.
7. I'm always inspired to write after listening to the rain for any length of time.
8. There is nothing more wonderful than a Texas thunderstorm.
9. Warm rain is the most fun natural phenomenon in the world!
10. Umbrellas are a cute accessory but I look crazy if I carry one every day - this isn't London, after all!

What do you like about the rain?

Easter: Davis Style

Our Easter Sunday was fabulous. We started with new outfits and Easter baskets for both of the boys. They both got candy, new shoes, a new movie (Curious George episodes), and more candy. We went to Greg and Kellie's home ward for church where my mom-in-law Kellie and my sister-in-law's mom Kathy both spoke. They did a great job. I was then lucky enough to go to the Sunday School class that my friend Jenel taught.

After church we went to Greg and Kellie's for brunch, egg hunt, and playing. Here are pictures:

 Zaque and Josh putting together a styrofoam plane

 Dutch and Chris checking out their booty

Dane eating an unpeeled orange by his Aunt Amy

 Xander

  Dutch and Chris

(with Amy in the background)

 Xander and Dane

I love Xander's face in this one.

 Because of Dawn's leg in the background you can see the extreme awesomeness of Dane's hair. It pretty much always sticks out in the back like that.

Happy Dane-Dane

A List for Tuesday

10 Things I Love About Bo the Wonder Dog
(in no particular order)

1. His ears are soft and silky.
2. When he's really asleep he snores. Loudly.
3. He's become a crotchety old man, but I love him anyway.
4. Dutch loves him to the point where it's almost abusive.
5. When I was pregnant and couldn't sleep I would lay next to Bo and his even breathing would relax me.
6. He has this half-growl half-grunt noise that he makes when he's annoyed.
7. Even though he's old and arthritic, if you throw his ball for him he gets just as excited as a puppy.
8. While he doesn't like to cuddle - at all - he'll still tolerate it when he knows I really need it.
9. He was my baby before I had any babies.
10. The house is a happier place when Bo is around.