It thrills me beyond belief to see Zoe so enthralled with her littlest brother. Given that she wasn’t hugely excited about another baby (and that it was a boy). She’s starting to enjoy him more and more and is asking to hold him more often.
If this is any indication, Bryant may be a little bit of an overachiever. We came in from the gym yesterday and I placed Bryant in the swing while I unpacked and got them settled in to finish eating lunch. He was quite a bit fussy because it was time for him to eat. Zoe was trying to soothe him and then she ran in the kitchen and announced that he had two white little bumps on the bottom of his gum. I told her that was impossible. So, when I got everyone settled, we checked it out together. Sure enough, Bryant has two teeth that have come through! I’m not saying there are little teeth buds…these are full fledged teeth! That explains his grumpiness this past week.
To be sure, I called the doctor’s office to make sure that teeth this early could actually happen and they reassured me that it could.
So, let’s see…teeth at 2 months. He should be rolling at 3, sitting up at 4 and walking by 5…and saying complete sentences by 6. Sure…why not??? I’ll expect his first doctoral dissertation on my desk by 3 years.
Either way, we are really impressed with how well he handled teething so early. Not sleeping well during the day but still only waking up once during the night.
And please note that before Bry, the earliest any of our children have teethed was 4 1/2 months (both Ace and Ceili Rain). I even searched online to see if there were other babies who got teeth this early. I saw that it could happen but was very rare.
I can now truly say he’s teething when he’s a bit fussy 🙂
Ceili Rain decided last week to learn how to climb into her bed. Since she’s an independent little thing, I started to fear she would try to climb out how she climbed in (diving head first)…the floor isn’t as soft as her mattress. So, Mark and I discussed it and realized the time had come to take down the railing on the crib and make it a toddler bed.
The first night, she got out of bed at least once. This is where having sisters share a room comes in handy. Zoe informed me in the morning (after the first night) that she had actually gotten out a couple of times but the last time, she got what she wanted and climbed back into bed. Since, she’s really not gotten out much. If she has, Zoe’s put her back in bed without our help.
Mark made this crib and we’ve always had a baby in it, so we’ve never taken it apart. Since Bryant and Ceili Rain were a little closer in age than the rest of the kids, we kept Ceili Rain in her crib. So, she got to be the first one to use it as an actual toddler bed.
I can’t believe how big she’s getting and how independent. Last week as well, she started trying to use a regular cup and has been pretty successful at it. Now, I’m in search of cups for her…anyone know where to get 7 ounce plastic purple cups?
A couple weekends ago, we headed to Ge & Granddaddy’s house. They had not gotten to hold Bryant since he was born…so he’d grown a little…
We got to go to a high school game where Granddaddy used to coach. Liam used Granddaddy as a chair while we watched the game. I think he had the best seat in the house.
So, I’m getting lunch ready and I hear Liam and Josiah discussing something and climbing into the Freedom Center. I walked into our bonus room and found this.
So, I took Bryant & Ceili Rain in for well checks on Friday. They are both growing on target and doing well.
Here’s Bry’s stats and since he tied Josiah for weight and height at birth I’ll throw his in to compare and for fun, here’s Ceili Rain’s
Bryant Josiah Ceili Rain
Weight 13 lb 12 oz (90%) 14 lbs 13 oz (97%) 13 lb 12 oz (75%)
Height 26 inches (over 97%) 25 inches (97%) 25 3/4 inches (90%)
Dr. B said that Bryant is “off the charts” for his height. He bypassed ‘Siah by 1 inch. So, he really is a tall baby!
Ceili Rain is doing well too…here’s her 18 mth stats:
Weight: 24 lbs 15 oz (60%)…this is a good improvement from her 15 month check up.
Height: 32 3/4 inches (80%)…still not as tall as any of her brothers or sister at this age so I remain with my guess that she’ll be our petite one!
She’s enjoying being a big sister and loves to give kisses over and over to Bryant. She also loves baby dolls, her brothers and, in her eyes, Zoe can do no wrong. She acts as though she is the same age as her older siblings and tries to do everything they do and gets angry when she can’t or isn’t allowed. And her favorite song is “Roll over” which I will have to get on video. We’re working on teaching her “Roll Tide” but she hasn’t got that down yet.
Even though it’s still in the 90s and supposedly “fall,” I had to share how our little fashionista plans to dress for the cooler weather!
I found these crocheted hats on ebay at a steal of a price and was able to purchase two for Ceili Rain and two for Zoe. Yes, they have the cuter than cute big flower clips. We just happened to not put it on when she put the hat on.
Don’t let those sweet curls and smiles fool ya. She whipped that hat right off .2 seconds after I turned the camera off. We’ll work on it and she will enjoy being stylish for the fall…she will I tell ya!
I feel horrible that I’m not updating the blog everyday…but it has been a little hectic around here. I believe when I did my school post, I failed to mention that Zoe was taking Speech and Apologetics through the local debate club. So, that, piano, Awana starting up and other various extra activities, including actually teaching my kids has been occupying my time. Oh, and that handsome littlest man who is too adorable…Mr. Bry.
Speaking of which…here’s some pictures we took of him when his Papa & Grandmere came to visit.
When Papa and Grandmere came up a couple of weekends ago…guess what we did???
Zoe is getting super better at balancing! She’s also being pretty patient about it. Liam really, really, really needs to have his training wheels either off or moved up and it looks like Josiah’s close to needing a “real” bike soon too. Even Ace is getting brave at riding his bike.
Now if we could just have a little bit cooler weather (going on over 100 days with it being over 90 degrees) then they can get in more practice.
