bragging about pooks

pooks is officially 15 months old and because of that, today he had a well baby visit.

here is the info that everyone is dying to know...his weight, LOL.

pooks is 23lbs 6 oz, which places him in the 40th percentile. his height is 30.5inches (50th percentile) and his head circumference was a big ol' 19inches--placing him in the 90th percentile! so basically he is a perfectly average sized 15mos old with a larger than normal head, LOL. he is following the same curve he always has so there is no cause for concern. i like to think that his big noggin means he has a big brain in there ;)

developmentally he is right where he should be. he can walk, he can stack 2-3 blocks, he self feeds, he's on table food, he points, follows basic commands, he ''grunt, points, or speaks'' when he wants something and he can say 3-6 words in addition to 'mama' and 'dada'.

as i was listing off what he could say to the doctor, I realized that he knows how to say the craziest words! here is a list off the top of my head:

-cookie
-duck
-choo choo
-car
-nanaw
-papa (which he finally started saying last weekend)
-hi
-no
-Tasha (the yellow one from the Backyardigans)

he can also point out a digger, airplane, dog and motorcycle when he sees one. he claps, and he has started to blow kisses. he'll give you a high five, he attempts to play "patty cake" when you do and he *loves* to comb his hair.

the only thing he wouldn't do/won't do is point to body parts. and its annoying because i know that he knows some body parts. if you tell him to comb his hair, he does. obviously he knows where his hair is. but if you ask ''pooks, where is your hair'' he just grins. same thing with tummy and arms. each morning i tell him to put his arm through his shirt, and he will but then you say ''wheres your arm?" and he laughs. he's a heathen, but i love him :)

covered in oreo residue after lunch today

i can't believe...

that i'm 24 weeks along already!

i know i saw the ultrasound, i know they say it's a boy and i know i saw what looked like boy parts BUT this pregnancy could not be any more opposite than my other two! its so mind-boggling!

first of all, i have NONE of the same symptoms. with bubba and pooks, i had horrible morning sickness into my 2nd trimester. with this pregnancy i haven't been sick. i've had horrible heartburn, which i had bouts of with the boys but nothing like now. i'm taking prilosec everyday! otherwise, i can seriously barely function i am in so much pain, regardless of what i eat.

then, there is the way i'm carrying. here is an old kinda-grainy pic of 24 weeks with pooks.
i feel like i'm carrying this baby much higher than i did with him, and i carried bubba extremely low too. this time my hips are spreading which never happened before. i know this because my jeans that fit through the other pregnancies, i can't even get up over my hips! i've gained about 10 lbs (idk, i have an appt on friday), so why the heck is everything so different, if it is indeed another boy!?

i just don't get it. and i'm not in denial. i'm okay with having another boy. heck i've already bought stuff for him and other than not picking a dang name, we're almost ready! so why so much doubt??

the most "kid-friendly" restaurant award goes to...

RED ROBIN!

yum!

(more about that in a second.)

we had a very busy day today! the boys slept in til 8:45am, then we were scurrying around to get ready and out the door before 10am. i made waffles for breakfast with our new waffle iron (which mom, I *love* it!), then we headed to old navy. O.N. was having a one-day only sale on denim jeans. all kids jeans were $7 and adults were $12. since my ever growing belly is getting larger by the day and since i've never been this preggo in winter before, i needed jeans. $12 just can't be beat, even if it means getting there right when they open. i managed to snag 2 pairs for me and one for pooks (the limit was 3 per customer). not too shabby.

next we were off to the park for a playdate. i love it when B can go with us, because then we can each watch one kid and pooks eats a lot less sand this way. the boys had a lot of fun, bubba even shared his soccer ball with the other lil' guys! pooks climbed up on the big kids equipment all by himself! once the boys were good and sweaty, we went to the pond to see the ducks. we fed some attack ducks, who apparently were starving. pooks was running up to them trying to catch them and they didn't even care; they were WAY more concerned about getting a piece of bread. at one point a duck was physically 'chewing' on pooks fingers, as in his fingers were in the ducks beak, and neither the duck nor pooks was even phased.

after washing their hands (can we say 'ewww'?) we decided to finish off the morning with lunch at red robin. we've been there twice before and i love how kid-friendly it is; they can be loud and messy and nobody notices! they get balloons and crayons and they are pretty happy campers. while i've always been impressed, today was great!

firstoff, our waiter brought out a basket of fries with our drinks. this is a life saver because naturally the second we sit down in the booth, the kids are ready to eat. they have bottomless fries so he [the waiter] assumed that it would be appreciated and it was!

secondly, the boys usually split a kids meal when we are out. i told the waiter that they would be sharing a kids meal, but could we go ahead and get them each a drink? he said "sure, they're free. what would they like?" AWESOME! so they each got a cup of apple juice and he was smart enough to know NOT to fill the cup to the brim. (when they do that, the boys tip the cup to drink from the straw and spill liquid all over themselves. this happens about 85% of the time we go out to eat). okay, so we're settled with drinks and fries and we order. bubba had decided on pizza (even though i really tried to convince him that he wanted grilled chicken with Parmesan noodles), pizza prevailed.

so about 10 mins later, the boys are enjoying their fries and coloring when our food comes out. great timing! but here is my favorite part, and the icing on the cake:

they had already pre-split the pizza into 2 baskets, each pizza was already cut into small pieces AND each had a helping of apple slices. now to those without kids, or whose kids are grown or too young you may be saying ''so what?" but as a parent who NEVER gets to eat their own food while its hot, it was like Christmas morning! the boys food was already slightly cooled and completely ready to eat. (well except pooks', B cut it into smaller bites).

both B and myself got to eat our food while it was hot and yummy! when i took a bite of my A1 Peppercorn burger--the onion strings were still hot! i'm telling you it was amazing! he even remembered extra limes for B (who ordered some mexican themed grilled chicken platter), extra napkins for the kids and refilled our drinks without being asked. he was like a waiter from heaven!

lunch went as smooth as silk! we were in and out in less than an hour (un-heard of at a sit-down place), both boys got balloons and fell asleep on the car ride home. once home, we took a family nap from 1:30-4:00! i felt like a new person.

overall, it was a picture perfect saturday! the only time that i actually took pics however, was at red robin.

enjoy :)

bubba eating his pizza, which was ''yummmm"

my newest favorite pic of pooks, and yes he has a lime in his hair

bubba smiling (ignore B's arm)

pooks smiling, lol.
he was SUPER excited to snag a lime off of daddy's plate...

until he ate it! apparently it didn't taste as good as it looked ;)

what's better than a popsicle??

why two popsicle's of course!

nanaw gave the boys each a popsicle this afternoon, followed by a second popsicle because the first wasn't enough, LOL. she bought this mini-popsicles just for the boys--each popsicle is maybe 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches long on a mini popsicle stick.

that sounds ideal but in all reality, its just not enough popsicle for 2 growing boys! pooks inhaled his and then looked at like nanaw like ''hello? do we see my hand is empty?" well once bubba saw that pooks got a 2nd popsicle, he went ahead and inhaled his too.

Saying "Cheese" while working on his 2nd one

Mr.Mischievous with his 1st one

the result was two very happy, but two very sticky toddlers!

pooks REALLY liked his popsicles

bubba savoring his 2nd one (in front of an empty handed pooks)

the cutest thing!

as i was getting the boys to bed tonight, peanut was bouncing off the walls of my uterus. i got pooks settled down in the pack n play; and bubba situated in my bed. i laid down with him and we started watching the olympics. well we had been laying there for a bit when peanut started kicking over and over again in the same spot on my left side. so i took bubba's little hand, placed it on my belly, and told him to listen. (when you tell him to listen he sits freakishly still).

within seconds peanut kicked his hand. bubba's eyes got SO big. he just looked at me. then peanut kicked him again. he grinned and his big brown eyes were just so expressive. he said ''mama...baby?" and pointed to the palm of his hand. i asked him "did the baby kick your hand?" and he just grinned and said ''uh huh!" and placed his little hand right back on my belly. he felt peanut 2 more times before the baby shifted and we could no longer feel him. both times his eyes would get so big and he'd go ''huh?". i wish i could have got a picture of his expression. it was priceless! he was so excited, his little eyes were so expressive and its like he finally ''got it''. he knows there is a baby there, no doubt about it now!

after a few minutes he rolled over and faced the other way. just as i thought he was settling down, he throws his little arm over his side and just his four fingers rested on the edge of my belly. he didn't roll over, he didn't say anything---just his little fingers waiting.

it was adorable. i was seriously tearing up.

the little tiny moments that you can't plan, are truly the best!