Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Luby

We had a great visit to Pennsylvania this past month. I am finally getting around to sharing some of the highlights from our trip. We started out the family tour in Philadelphia staying and Jim and Lyn’s house. Sullivan had lots of fun with Millie the dog, Albert the cat, the fire pit, gazebo curtains, stairs, and much much more.

Please, Hat, Juice, Shoe, Cracker

SEESS:
Sullivan has now moved onto the verbal stage of his young life. It initially started with the word please several months ago (I’d say sometime in July around 14 months) He had gotten into a bad habit of screaming for food at the high chair so we began asking him to say please and he quickly caught on. Seess seems to be the literal phonetics of his please and he has transfered the word to nearly every request….”seess can I have that shiny thing you are holding, seess can you help me put this block in the box, seess can you read this book to me (his favorite being Dr’s Suess the B Book), seess can you pick me up or put me down, sees can I go outside” you get the idea. Seess is pretty much the everything word right now.
HAT
Hat was his next word

and he is absolutely obessed with saying it. He has a giant bag full of assorted hats; pirate hats, cowboy hats, fisherman’s hats, ball caps, bowlers and piths. He wears them morning, noon, and night, during play time and sleep time and even on the potty time. He points at hats and asks for hats and gives you hats and takes hats away from you, and even dresses up Brodie the dog with his hats which as you can tell by the picture is thrilling for the dog…he is just an all around hat boy. Apparently his Dad was all about hats too so Grandmommy Judy says..

SHOES
Next was shoe. Grandma and Grandpa got him some shoes while we were in PA and he has been very excited to wear them. He likes to carry and play with his shoes and when it’s time to go outside he is happy to sit on your lap while you put them on his chubby block feet (which sometimes we have to put powder in to help get them on as his feet are so chubby).
JUICE AND CRACKER
Runs over to the refrigerator and asks for Juice now. He is a thirsty little guy and drinks sometimes between 4-8 full glasses of juice/water a day. And loves graham crackers, and banana crackers, and honey crackers, and cheese crackers….just any old cracker really.

15 month Check Up

Mommy’s having a hard time keeping up with all the hundreds and hundres of pictures. Love the new digital age of photography but wish they had a digital librarian to help with the cataloging and photo sharing with friends and family. So tonight, I will attempt to Check In and share some of the highlights of the past few months.Last week Sullivan had his 15 month check up and he is healthy and in good shape. Now in the 75th % across the board measuring in at 26.4 lbs and 31 inches long. That does not include the head….he is following in his daddy’s footsteps on that one with a measurement of 19 inches…only two inches smaller than Mommy’s head. Right now he has 8 teeth, all of his first year molars and his bottom canine’s are about ready to cut through. Other than that, he had his shots, spent some quality time with Miss Kate his Dr., got a new book and some butt cream for his sore bottom and home we went.

Sullivan and his Trumpet

Daddy bought Sullivan a trumpet this past week. He has been playing a toy trumpet for some time which made it that much cuter to see him tackle the job of playing a real one. It’s fun to hear his little breath and hooting sounds come through the bell of the trumpet. All he has to do with his toy trumpet is blow and a fun squeek comes out. Now we are working on improving his embouchure so he can make the big sounds.