15-Month Doc Visit

Well unfortunately, I don’t have a fabulous story to tell about the check up, unlike the 12-Month Bobble Head Episode. Mainly because I was not there. Cory ended up taking him today, I had a dentist appointment. (yes, another one)

Actual conversation between myself and my husband:
Me: Wow, welcome home! How was Moose’s check up?
Cory: Fine.
Me: What did the doctor say? Anything interesting?
Cory: No.
Me: Well, what did he say about Moose walking on his toes?
Cory: He said it was fine.
Me: (grrrrrr) So-you have nothing to share.
Cory: Nope.
Me: (sigh) Alrighty then.

As it turns out, Moose has realized that Bad Things happen at the doctor’s office. Like shots and ear exams. So he recognizes Dr. M as a Bad Person who does Hurtful Things. So of course every time he sees him now, he starts to cry. He did this the last time I took him in, I was hoping it was a fluke, but not so much. Cory did say that Moose cried as soon as Dr. M started advancing towards him. So hopefully he will grow out of that soon.
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On a better note, no wait, it’s not really better. It’s kind of annoying actually…anyway, on a different note (there we go) Moose has all kinds of surprises up his sleeve. I was making dinner yesterday while Moose happily played with his fridge toys behind me. All of a sudden, I heard paper ripping.
I turned around, and saw that he had ripped a huge chunk of wallpaper off of the wall! A big chunk! Now we are planning on painting the kitchen eventually, but it was not high on the priority list! Maybe it’s just been moved up. Especially since he keeps picking at it every time I turn around! He ripped off another big chunk today when I was on the phone!
So my Baby Safe Zone has been compromised by wallpaper. Quite annoying.
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To end on a good note, here’s the stats:
Height: 30 inches, 10-25th percentile
Weight: 23 lbs. 8 oz. 25-50th percentile
Head: (oh yeah baby) 19.5 inches, >95th percentile

Sledding!

We got a bit of snow last night. A lot for us-a couple inches or so. And it was finally warm enough for us to take Moose out in it to play. Unfortunately, we don’t have a sled.
Never fear, I am a master of innovation.
I searched the house for something we could use to substitute for a sled. I ran across one of our laundry baskets, and thought maybe we could tie some rope to it, and pull Moose around. I found some rope, and viola! Homemade Kentucky sled! The neighbors may or may not have been making fun of me. They were watching out the window a bit.
Moose liked it, but the snow was really bright, and he spent most of the time squinting against the light. He did giggle a bit though.
Here’s some pictures that Cory snapped of me pulling him around the front yard.



And that's really about all we accomplished this weekend. Cory worked a half day on Saturday and I worked a bit from home too. We had planned to go out to see a movie that evening, but with the snow storm we had, we decided not to go out.
And we've just chilled in front of the TV this afternoon. Waiting on pins and needles for the Daytona 500 to start. We are both fully prepared. Cory has the couch all broken in, and a ton of snacks ready. I, have a fab romance novel to bury myself in. Hey, whatever works!

Walking The Line

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Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Sorry to everyone who stopped by expecting a Valentine's post on actual Valentine's Day. We had way too much going on in this family. We were all wrapped up in eating pizza and watching TV snuggled on the couch. Important stuff like that:)

I did catch some pictures of the Moose outside yesterday. This is really the only good one, the rest are a blur of him flopping and trying to chase Scout around. I had big plans before that of course. I bought him a super cute red shirt with Pooh giving Valentines on it. I was planning on taking pictures after work. Unfortunately "cute special outfit" translates into "immediately hork on this outfit". Soooo... we decided to take some pictures outside.

Here is the Bear Valentine Box that daycare made for Moose.

Here is the Pooh I got for Moose, it matched the Pooh shirt purrrfectly.
Oh well.

Moose has started walking more and more. He walked across the kitchen this evening. Which was VERY exciting for us.
The excessive drool and general fussiness seems to be pointing towards the molars coming in. I waited until I was giving him his pink eye medicine this evening so I could see into his mouth while he was screaming. And yes, indeedy he does have some molars coming in. So joy for us. Everyone says this is so bad. So we're not really looking forward to it, but we'll see.
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I want to wholeheartedly recommend a lotion that I recently read about on Amalah's site. I have extremely dry skin that really flares up in the winter. I read about Curel in the blue bottle on her site, and I picked up a bottle to try it. IT IS AWESOME. I really stays on your skin, moisturizing all day, and I am not allergic to it, which is amazing! I have also switched Moose over to it, because he seems to have inherited my freakish-sensitive-dry-skin. It is available at drugstores, or grocery stores in the lotion aisle. I get the fragrance-free kind. It's awesome-REALLY!!
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Moose said "thank you" today. Not for the first time. He's been saying it for a while now, and I haven't noticed. Apparently, I am striving to be mother-of-the-year.

As I was signing Moose in at daycare, I left him with his friend Alyssa and the teacher. The teacher handed him a block to play with, and he babbled his toddler babble. And then the teacher smiled and said, "well 'thank you?' you're welcome!" And then I realized. He had said "thank you" and I hadn't even noticed! And he's been saying it for a while too! So apparently he's talking a bit more than we realized. Oops.