Helping Make Dinner

Well I am not sure how much you would call this help, but he sure is cute. PJ has decided to take the condiments off the door and then put it back. Rinse and repeat. Here he is putting a condiment back. He is getting so tall.

Toddler Room Transition

We recently met with PJ's teacher at daycare to talk about moving up to the new class.  Somewhere between 12 months and 15 months PJ will have to be at the following milestones!

• One nap, which starts shortly after lunch, noonish.
• Currently PJ takes two naps.  In fact at home his naps last two hour each.  The morning nap is going to be hard to give up, but 'they' say it just happens so we(actually just me) will try not to worry.  
• Eat with utensils off of a plate and handle a spill-able sippy cup. 
• Currently PJ does use a sippy cup, but has a tendency to shake it and swing it around when he has had enough.  PJ is not allowed to have a plate without complete hovering supervision because he likes the sound it makes when he smacks it against the table.  He is so excited about the noisemaker I don't even think the food is noticed before its all over the place.  As for utensils, well we will have to start letting him use them.  With the cup and plate flying around we hadn't thought adding a spoon or fork was a good addition, but we will try. 
•  No more bottles. 
• Actually this is just a preference, but we would like to be done with bottles at 12 months too.  I don't look forward to the parenting experience but we will both be better when its all done. 
• Real shoes, so that he is prepared to go outside.  
• Finally, something we can do today.
• Be bored in the infant room. 
• A majority of the babies in the infant class are PJ's age so they are busier and more active than the normal infant room.  We were told the infant room usually has more age variety range from 3- 12 months.  The plus to this is that we have time to accomplish the first two bullet items that seem so far away for our son who will be 1 year old in just two weeks!

So PJ isn't ready for the Toddler room yet, but I am surprisingly in no rush.  I love his current teacher, and she adores him.  That will be hard for both of us to transition from.  I thought for sure I would be frustrated and a nervous wreck if PJ wasn't meeting milestones soon enough; I am super competitive after all.  Instead I am enjoying PJ becoming his own little person as a supporting momma.  I do very little comparing to other children and thoroughly enjoy watching him discover life at his own pace.  I know that he will reach all these milestones, some early some later compared to other kids, but all perfectly on time for PJ!

-K

Hike to Mt. Washington

Today we went hiking with Tash, Jake, and Amy to Mt. Washington, an hours drive from home in the Snoqualmie area.  The weather was not perfect, the views were totally fogged in, we even had to add layers of clothing while we ate lunch but it was nice to be together on the trail.  We are so blessed to have such great friends.  PJ did awesome in his carrier backpack.  He babbled most of the way up the mountain.  At lunch he devoured a nutri-grain bar so quickly you would have thought he was doing the work.  The for most of the bouncy ride back down the mountain he slept.  A perfect Sunday for us!

PJ, K, Amy, Tash and Jake

PJ, K, Ry, Amy, Sammi dog, and Tash

'Younk-O-Fun' Family

Daddy's Ears

We were out getting groceries today and PJ got to hangout on Daddy's shoulders. He has done this several times before but today he realized Daddy's ears are the perfect handles!

Sleeping on a Cot

One of the development milestones PJ needs to accomplish to move up to the toddler room at daycare is sleep on a cot. This week was the first week he moved to a cot from a crib and he is doing great. I even got see for myself today. Sleeping babe pictures will never get old for me.

Crazy Hair Day

This week at daycare is like little kid spirit week. Today is crazy hair day. Ry did PJ's hair by applying gel an just pointing the hair in all different directions. PJ's hair is definitely crazy!

Sunday Park Day

Its been great weather and we are doing our best to get out and enjoy it.  This afternoon we took a little walk over to the park near our house and PJ explored the play area.  He is getting much braver with the grass and the wood chips.  He went from barely wanting to touch them to now trying to eat 'em...silly boy!  He is also big into climbing; he tried to climb up the slide and even liked going down the slide. 

Cool Dude!  PJ hanging out on the top of the slide, ready to go down.

PJ taking a break from trying to climb the slide to check out the other kids at the park.

 The video is brief, but shows our little man clapping and smiling which melts our hearts.  Hopefully you find it just as sweet.

Moving Furniture

As I have mentioned a few times, PJ is so close to walking.  One of the skills he has been fine tuning to be better prepared for walking is squats.  He likes to stand up and then squat down and stand again.  He is getting quite smooth with his movements, rarely falling.  He also loves to push things around, so tonight he had the best of both worlds.  He got under one of the kitchen stools and pushed it around the kitchen while in a low squat, since he is too tall to stand straight up under the stool.  Can you believe he is too tall to fit under the stool?!

Sorry for the blurriness.  The boy is on the move and not willing to stop for pictures!

PJ Videos

Here are two fun videos of PJ.  The first video is of PJ cruising with his little blue cart and then cruising along the wall following his momma's voice.  The second video is of PJ throwing a ball, his newest skill.    He likes to crawl to the ball, throw it and then chase it.  Its the best game ever...well at least for now.

-K

Pushing the Cart

Today as we left Target, PJ preferred to be carried luggage style under momma's arm, while helping push the cart. He was thrilled to be helping.