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Spencey had his 1 year check up last week and everything looks great! He’s a big boy – but mainly in height! He’s tall at 31.5 inches which is in the 95th to 98th % (Maxwell was 30 inches). He’s 23 lbs, 12 oz (Maxwell was 21 lbs, 12 oz) and has a head circumference of 18 (Maxwell’s was 19.25). Both weight and head are in the 75th to 95th %. We got the ok to start going forward with whole milk to I’m going so start giving him cow’s milk at night in a bottle and in a sippy cup during the day (I think). I’m going to try to keep him going on a pumped bottle in the morning.
Looking back at Maxwell’s 1 year checkup just reminds me what an easy baby Spencer is. Maxwell was a little challenging during his visit at 1 but Spencey just smiled happily the whole time…and did quite a bit of chewing on Dr. Walley’s stethoscope! But, no tears except for when he had to get shots and those tears only lasted a minute. I love this baby.
I’ll tell you one thing though – trying to entertain this wiggle worm in a doctor’s office is no small feat! I finally pulled out my iphone and videos of Elmo kept him pretty occupied for a while – yay for Sesame Street!
Checking out the waiting room…
Destroying the table paper…
and being cute!
In other terribly exciting news, Maxwell went to the dentist last week! He did great and let the hygienist clean his teeth and even take x-rays with no complaining! yay! Dr. Johnson said his teeth look great but they did mention we should really focus on flossing because his teeth are very tight and close together. Ummm…flossing a 3 year old’s teeth isn’t exactly easy even with the handled flossers but we’ll give it our best shot!
Yay for healthy babies, healthy teeth, and good doctor reports all around!
Busy Weekend
This weekend was jam-packed with all sorts of fun! Robert was out of town in Boston with some friends to see a concert so it was just me and the boys and…man, we went all out! It was a gorgeous, fall weekend with cold mornings and sunny afternoons. Perfect for plenty of outside play!
Since this was the last weekend the pumpkin patches were open, I decided to brave it alone Saturday morning and piled the boys into the car bright and early to get to the Great Pumpkin Patch in Hayden by 8:30am. We went last year right before Spencer was born and I knew Maxwell would enjoy it again. He bounced in the bounce houses, rode the little train, checked out the animals and sat on all types of neat tractors.
We then took a hayride out to where all the pumpkins are and I told Maxwell to pick any one he wanted!
I think he got the best one out there!
Spencer’s favorite part was definitely rolling around in all the hay!
It was an effort to get us all up and out there so early but I’m glad we did!
We went early because I needed to get Spencer home to take a nap before our next adventure at 2:00. Spencer had other plans. He looked like this about 5 minutes into our drive home from the pumpkin patch…
Sweet baby. I took the long way home and he got about a 45 minute nap in the car…and that’s the only nap he got all day because we had to get to a fire truck party! Before we left, I had to put both boys in their new fire truck shirts, of course…
(and please note that Saturday was Spencey’s first time in real shoes! a hand me down pair of his brother’s beloved Elmo shoes!)
Maxwell’s friend, Luke, was turning 3 and had a party at a fire station – not the one where we had Maxwell’s party but a different one. Maxwell obviously loved it…
and the firemen were very informative! Probably a bit more informative than the 3 year old audience cared for but that’s ok! 🙂
After they climbed all over the trucks they got to play at the park next door and eat some cake…which Maxwell clearly enjoyed!
Spencer was so good for the whole party despite the short nap. In fact, he was even this happy that night in the bath…
He is just the best!
It was an early bedtime for two very tired and happy boys! Yay for fun fall weekends!
More Party!
After plenty of visiting, it was time for lunch and cake. Lunch was some pork and turkey from the newly opened Urban Cookhouse in Crestline as well as some rice and green beans made by me and deviled eggs made by GJ. The cake? The cake was by Olexa’s and it was just as good as it always is!
See that one cupcake with orange icing? A special request from my orange loving 3 year old!
Thanks for getting that awesome picture GJ!
Spencey didn’t know what was coming but he was excited anyway!
Luckily he had big brother to help him blow out that candle!
We put the cake in front of him and he took a few little bites at first…
but it didn’t take him long to really dig in…
and then start double fisting!
Yep, I’d say he was a big fan of the cake! yay!
Meanwhile, everyone else was enjoying the cupcakes…
and Maxwell gave his orange one a big thumbs up!
After cake came presents! Well, actually after cake came a bath for Spencer but then presents! Not surprisingly, Spencer had a lot of help from Maxwell when opening his gifts…
Poor baby hardly got to touch anything at first! But, he got himself up in there and got his hands on those toys!
Thank you everyone for all the sweet gifts! Toys, books, bath toys…it’s good to be Spencer (and Spencer’s big brother!) these days! After presents, the big kids headed outside to play. I peeked out there and saw these three stooges up to all kinds of adventures…
and even though Spencey had new fun toys inside, all he wanted to do was get outside with the big kids!
The birthday boy gets what he wants so outside he went! And he even got pushed around by all the big kids!
I’d say it was a pretty good day for Mr. Spencer! Thanks again to all the family that made the trip! We loved having you here to help us celebrate!
Happy Birthday Spencer!
a Party!
For Spencer’s first birthday we had a little family birthday party, just like we did for Maxwell – here and here.
Decorations were easy with wrapping baby and balloons…
and a display of all of his monthly photos! I loved looking at them all together to see how he’s changed…
We tried to get Spencer to wear the 1 crown…
but that lasted about 2 seconds before big brother snatched it off his head!
Crown or not, the birthday boy loved having everyone over to celebrate his big day!
Not so sure how he felt about that choke hold! 🙂 Still, he got plenty of loving from everyone…
Maxwell loved getting to play with Katie and Anna…especially when Katie nicely agreed to play fire trucks!
and Maxwell also loved getting to do his favorite activity – jumping on GJ!
While I think everyone enjoyed getting to visit for a while…
I know they were all ready for cake! Especially Spencey! Come back tomorrow for some major baby cake face! 🙂