PJ had his one year doctor appointment today and apparently we have a normal baby boy. Yes, we knew that he is normal, but its reassuring to hear it from PJ's doctor.
PJ weighed in at 21 pounds and 4 ounces, his head circumference is 46 cm, and his length is 30.25 inches. PJ's ears, heart, skin, etc all checked perfectly healthy. Developmentally, PJ is exceeding in the physical ability expected for his age, his fine motor skills are on par but his verbal is a little slow. We are not worried, PJ will formulate words when he is ready and judging from all his facial expressions he will have more than plenty to say!
May 18, 2012
May 16, 2012
First Haircut
For PJ's birthday, he got a haircut from Poppy. He now looks like a toddler. Just by trimming off a few curls in the back and the 'wings' on the side of his head, he looks like a little boy and not a baby anymore.
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| PJ's wild hair "gelled' with suncscreen, before the haircut. |
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| Snip Snip |
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| Hanging in Momma's arms so still |
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| Took the time to investigate his hands, doesn't even notice Poppy. |
May 15, 2012
PJ by the Month
In honor of PJ turning one, here are just 12 pictures, looking back at the last year. It was hard to pick just one photo for each month but a fun way to show his growth.
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| May 27th, 2011 - Sleepy monkey boy on G-Ma's shoulder |
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| June 4th, 2011 - PJ's first flight |
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| July 2th, 2011 - PJ's first visit to the CA beach house |
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| August 4th, 2011 - Tummy time on the kitchen counter |
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| September 4th, 2011 - Tummy time on the kitchen counter |
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| October 4th, 2011 - Tummy time on the kitchen counter for the last time because rolling over has started. October was the month of PJ's tongue hanging out all the time. |
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| November 4th, 2011 - Sitting up unassisted using Poppy for falling protection |
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| December 2nd, 2011 - Being silly with a plastic bowl, lots of smiles |
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| January 13th, 2012 - Sitting up, right after this picutre PJ pulled himself up to standing and then tried going over the arm of the chair. Putting PJ down does not mean he will stay in that spot anymore. |
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| March 4th, 2012 - Pulling up on things is old news, cruising along furniture is the new thing, even figured out how to use the vacuum to cruise. |
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| April 7th, 2012 - Assisted walking at the zoo |
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| May 12th, 2012 - PJ's birthday present from Uncle Troy and Aunt Sammi, he knew exactly how to get on it with no coaching from any of us. |
May 14, 2012
PJ's Birthday in Pictures
As I had mentioned on Friday PJ had a great first birthday. Here are some of the photos we captured of his big day.
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| Happy Birthday PJ! |
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| Barnyard Cake |
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| Hanging with Poppy |
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| Water bucket playing with Daddy |
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| Drinking G-Ma's water |
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| Enjoying some piggy cupcake |
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| Best birthday gift ever! |
May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day
Today was my second Mother's Day. Last year PJ was two days old and I was still in a cloud of major hormones. Prior to PJ being born I had an idea of what being a mom would be like; I knew I wanted to be one, but I didn't really know how much I would love it. Now that I have had a year of first hand experience; I know that being a mom IS awesome. I am still working on formulating more words other than awesome, but for now I think its the perfect word. I am a mom. Although I love being a mom, there are times I could be better at it; thank you Ry and PJ for being patient with me when I am not as awesome as you make me feel.
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| My first day as a Mom |
PJ's Tourist Outfit
PJ got this outfit as a baby shower gift before he was even born. We thought it was the perfect hot weather outfit for our trip this weekend. He looks like a little mini tourist.
May 12, 2012
PJ is One Year Old!
Happy Birthday PJ! Your parents love you so so so much!
This weekend we headed south to Medford, Oregon to see the G-Rents, Yipee! We even have plans to see Uncle Troy and Aunt Sammi two days in a row, should be good times!
The weather for PJ's birthday today was totally perfect. We had a little party this afternoon, so this morning we lazed around, decorated PJ's birthday cake, and watched G-Ma and Amanda make a delicious lunch.
For most of the day, PJ wore his birthday suit and diaper due to the hot weather and lots of playing in water buckets and with hoses.
Todd, Dave, Rachel, Amanda, G-Rents, Uncle Troy and Aunt Sammi all cam over to the G-Rent's place to celebrate PJ's 1st birthday. he loved the company, the gifts, and most importantly he seemed to enjoy his barnyard cake made with loving hands.
Monday I will post pictures we tookwith our real camera once we get the chance to download them to our computer.
-K
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| May 12, 2011 1am in the morning |
Seems appropriate to show a video of PJ since sitting still is not what one year olds do, thats for babies.
This weekend we headed south to Medford, Oregon to see the G-Rents, Yipee! We even have plans to see Uncle Troy and Aunt Sammi two days in a row, should be good times!
The weather for PJ's birthday today was totally perfect. We had a little party this afternoon, so this morning we lazed around, decorated PJ's birthday cake, and watched G-Ma and Amanda make a delicious lunch.
For most of the day, PJ wore his birthday suit and diaper due to the hot weather and lots of playing in water buckets and with hoses.
Todd, Dave, Rachel, Amanda, G-Rents, Uncle Troy and Aunt Sammi all cam over to the G-Rent's place to celebrate PJ's 1st birthday. he loved the company, the gifts, and most importantly he seemed to enjoy his barnyard cake made with loving hands.
Monday I will post pictures we tookwith our real camera once we get the chance to download them to our computer.
-K
May 11, 2012
Last Bottle
Tonight we gave PJ his last bottle. With his one year birthday being tomorrow, we have decide to go to the sippy cup. As of right now we are not planning to give up formula, but we will let PJ make that final decision.
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| I am going to miss PJ lounging back with his arms behind his hand, truly relaxed in my arms. |
A Year Ago
A year ago today at 5:30am my water broke.
Prior to my water breaking we were living another life. It was a good life just the two of us and our silly dog. we hiked, we slept in, we worked late, and we even worked out! Although we were living a good life, today my heart feels so much happier, fuller and just more right. I wouldn't say when it was just the two of us I was missing anything but now that we have PJ, I wouldn't want to live without him.
May 11th, 2011 Ry and I walked laps around the 5th floor of Swedish hospital; I will never forget those hours just the two of us. Our final hours as a family of two. We talked about how we wanted to be as parents and what we thought it was going to be like to have a child that we were responsible for. We felt totally prepared and fully inadequate all at the same time. What an awesome contradiction that instead of resulting in feeling fear, we felt pure hope and excitement.
Today I feel that same hope and excitement as well as a sense of accomplishment. PJ is doing great! He is happy, he is healthy and his parents are still happily married. Success all around.
A year ago we had no idea what we were going to experience, that at times our marriage would be tested, at times we would test our own limits, and at even more times we would laugh like we had never laughed. I still can't really believe that tomorrow I will have been a mom for an entire year. That I have a son that calls me momma, and that sings dadda over and over again.
Life is awesome and that is all I can say. I have no beautiful words to explain the lump in my throat. Tomorrow we celebrate PJ with family and I have a feeling that lump in my throat may create a lot of tears. Please know in advance if you see any ugly crying pictures, they are happy tears.
We are very happy and its all very cheesy.
-K
Prior to my water breaking we were living another life. It was a good life just the two of us and our silly dog. we hiked, we slept in, we worked late, and we even worked out! Although we were living a good life, today my heart feels so much happier, fuller and just more right. I wouldn't say when it was just the two of us I was missing anything but now that we have PJ, I wouldn't want to live without him.
May 11th, 2011 Ry and I walked laps around the 5th floor of Swedish hospital; I will never forget those hours just the two of us. Our final hours as a family of two. We talked about how we wanted to be as parents and what we thought it was going to be like to have a child that we were responsible for. We felt totally prepared and fully inadequate all at the same time. What an awesome contradiction that instead of resulting in feeling fear, we felt pure hope and excitement.
Today I feel that same hope and excitement as well as a sense of accomplishment. PJ is doing great! He is happy, he is healthy and his parents are still happily married. Success all around.
A year ago we had no idea what we were going to experience, that at times our marriage would be tested, at times we would test our own limits, and at even more times we would laugh like we had never laughed. I still can't really believe that tomorrow I will have been a mom for an entire year. That I have a son that calls me momma, and that sings dadda over and over again.
Life is awesome and that is all I can say. I have no beautiful words to explain the lump in my throat. Tomorrow we celebrate PJ with family and I have a feeling that lump in my throat may create a lot of tears. Please know in advance if you see any ugly crying pictures, they are happy tears.
We are very happy and its all very cheesy.
-K
May 10, 2012
Airplane Sounds
Almost every night PJ gets a bath. Ry and I take turns giving him the bath, needless to say we have different styles. Both styles result in happy clean boy but the entertainment is entirely different. When I bathe PJ, we sing songs, he chats about his toys and most recently I noticed he makes his airplane fly. The first time I saw PJ put the airplane in the air and kinda move it around, I thought it was a coincidence. Well, tonight Ry was bathing PJ and I was washing dishes and I heard Ry making airplane sounds so I sneaked into the bathroom to find ...Ry making airplane noises, flying the airplane all around PJ's head . Then Ry handed the airplane to PJ and PJ did his best to imitate his daddy. Heart melting...
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