14 months..

robert, you are 14 months old!! i just really can't believe it! we have had such a fun month and you are up to so many new things! i say it every month, but this is such a great age!

stats:

you are about 23 pounds

still wearing size 3 diapers and 12-18 month clothing

here are some fun facts about you!

you have 6 teeth.. 4 top, 2 bottom.. and you can really see them in your sweet smile now!

you love when your daddy throws you up in the air!

you take 3-4 steps at a time, but are still not walking completely on your own

you sleep 12 hours at night, with one 2-3 hour nap during the day

you are such a man and must control the remote at all times

you still use your paci, but chew on it more than you suck it

you say "mooo" for a cow, "woof, woof" for a dog, "grrrrr" for a lion, and "oo oo" for a monkey

you point to your nose

you say dada all the time but only say mama if you are needing something or sleepy :-)

you love to go the park and scream when we leave

you point to everything.. all the time

you love lights, and turning them on and off

you like to take lids on and off.. and have even started to unscrew caps

you love playing ball and laugh so hard when we chase after it

you throw temper tantrums (already)

you love to sit in mommy's lap while she eats dinner

you mimic us now.. you hold the phone to your ear and take a fork/ spoon and "feed" yourself

you love french fries and ice cream

you still will only take milk from a bottle.. but love your sippy cup for everything else. we are working on it! we are always trying new foods. you have your good and bad days with eating still.. but much more good than bad :-)

you love going to storytime at barnes and noble and have to be front and center to hear every word!

you smile all the time and wave to everyone you see

you love playing with your buddies and scream with excitement when you see other babies

you have learned to "color".. and try and eat the crayons

you are going to be eeyore for halloween (more to come, of course!)

robert charles, there is no one little boy more loved than you! you are your daddy and i's greatest gift!

pumpkin patch...

one of my sweet friends, jacquie, invited robert and i to a family friend's ranch and pumpkin patch last month. i was so excited to bring robert to see all the farm animals and pick a pumpkin!

well, to say it nicely, it was a little bit of a disaster... or i was a little bit of a disaster rather :-)

i am a city girl... and i have discovered that robert follows in my footsteps!

first issue of the day, i went to park my car in a grass field near the patch (where every one else in trucks was parking) and pulled right into an irrigation ditch that was covered by overgrown grass. awesome. thank goodness for some very kind strangers, who are, no doubt, still laughing to themselves about it.

after i got my car lifted and pushed out of the ditch, robert and i were ready for some fun!

first stop.. baby pigs. i mean, who doesn't love baby pigs?! 

robert. that's who. and me. if i am being honest.

a little piggy got loose and squealed so loud when caught that robert almost had a heart attack. the entire party (who had just watched me pull into an irrigation ditch) was just staring at us. ha.

i did manage to get a few cute pics of robert and avery though :-)

after that little incident, we just looked at the animals from a distance and did some posing on the giant haystack :-)

here is jac and her precious family..

finally, robert and i went to pick a pumpkin before heading out. well, we passed by a food table where robert swiped a tortilla chip (he gets a lot of things from me i guess). right as i leaned down to pick the pumpkin up, robert bit off a piece of chip that lodged itself right in his throat. he looked so scared and panicked. i dropped the pumpkin, stuck my finger in his mouth and got that chip out. (i know, know.. no blind sweeping.. i was scared and just did what came to me) he was screaming and i was holding his chest to my ear to listen for breath sounds when i turned around and noticed.. that again.. the entire crowd was watching us. 

yes, we are those people who pull into a ditch, get scared of pigs and choke on chips.

thankyouverymuch.

crazy enough, we have another pumpkin patch date this week.. with a paved parking lot and no known tortilla chips. i'll keep you posted.

sneak peek..

hello!

I have lots of blogging to do from this month.. but just had to share this with you all while I had a second!

http://susanneashbyphotography.com/2011/10/r-turns-one-monterey-childrens-photographer/

we had some pictures done with our very sweet, talented friend, susanne. she is the mom to three precious kiddos who i used to see in clinic.. until they moved away :-( she did my maternity pictures, robert's newborn shots and has now captured our little guy at 1 year. she is going to be part of our family for many years to come.. even if we have to go to Monterey to use her!

enjoy!

will let you know when full gallery is ready to view in a few weeks :-)

first haircut..

robert had his first haircut on october 6th!

(date for me.. ha)

I had been avoiding this day for a long time. i loved his cute curls in the back.. and was so scared they would disappear when we cut his hair. 

but, rob insisted.. and to be honest, it was definitely time. he was starting to get a little rat tail in the back and it was overgrowing his ears. we don't want to be those parents :-)

here we are before.. so cute and sweet.

rob was so excited to cut robert's hair. we even went and got special scissors to do it! and, as it turns out, if taking care of sicks kids falls through for rob, he has a fall back career for sure!

here we are getting the cut..

(is he not just the most precious little guy? OH he just kills me. so so in love.)

never too busy to give the cheese face for a pic..

he was so good during the whole process.. just played with whatever he could get his hands on :-)

here is the after..

so so handsome. we have had to do a few follow up snips that we missed the first night, but overall, we think it looks great :-) he looks so old to me. i will admit, i got a little teary and i definitely saved the hair for the babybook!

he is so serious in this picture (watching a little boy at the park play on his pogo stick), but it showcases his new "do" very well :-)

we love you big boy! i promise not to cry at every haircut!