Oh what a summer it has been! Jake has now graduated from baby to toddler. As a big 12 month old here are some of the things that he has accomplished so far.
Jake is a walker! And a good one too. We(actually, mimi) finally bought him some good walking shoes. We took him to the Stride Rite store and had them measure his feet and from the moment they tried to use the foot measure device on him it was a bust. He pitched a fit when we actually put the shoes on him. He sat in his stroller holding his feet for the entire rest of the time we were at the mall and proceeded to hold his feet the whole way home. About a day and half later he finally realized that we weren't going to give in and has since gotten used to it...
Jake has 10 teeth. 8 regular ones and 2 molars. Ouch, that was no fun.
He weighs 22lbs (50th percentile) and is 29 inches long (25th percentile) His peditrician said that the height percentile is subjective because it is hard to get an accurate measurement of a squirming baby. Actually, Jake's height was the same at his 9 month check as at the 12 months check. Dr.Leiloglou said he finds it very hard to believe that Jake has not grown in the last 3 months so we are curious to see what happens at the 15 month check.
When Jake started back to school he started the immune system building phase of his life. Sean and I did as well. He got pink eye, colds and ear infections. Sean and I got colds as well. After the 4th ear infection in 5 weeks, Jake got tubes put in his ears. Hard to tell if it was the same ear infection that never went away or if it was a new one. SO we had the tubes put in and haven't looked back since!
This year has been brought so many first for my little family. We have loved every minute of it! I still cannot believe I have a one year old!
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| Sick daddy, sick Jake. Look closely at the movie Jake is DESPERATLEYtrying to rip into... |
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| Jake in the baby pool |
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| Jake also got to meet his cousind Malcolm and Bland. It was VERY difficult to get 3 babies to look at one camera. The twins momma was obviously in the opposite direction as Jake's momma |
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| Look at those teeth |
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| Look at that tummy! |
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| This was so funny. Jake wanted to love on his cousin Lola and would hug her forever if he could. He would not do this for anyone else but her. I love the look on her face, she feels very lucky that she is the only one he wanted to hug *sarcasm* (and in her defense, this was like the 4th time we made her do it. The first 3 times she thought it was cute...) |
