Tall and Skinny

That's what the doctor said... about Skylar that is. I WISHED she said that about me! That's a whole other post....

Sky's doctor said he's growing just perfect. He's over 100% for height at 33 inches tall, he's 90th% for head (BIG HEAD) and he's not gaining as fast as we would like. He's a little over 25% for weight at 21 1/2 lbs and he's never been in that range percent before, but the doctor said it's completely normal and their weight slows down as they get more mobile. Since he's not walking by himself just yet, (He walks assisted with his toys), he's burning more calories crawling. Which he loves to do! She gave me a few tips on fattening him up, so that's what we'll do. He eats all the time, so I'm not sure if this will even help, ha! He's on milk about 75% now. So, that's great. We are on our last can of formula...we broke down and bought another can last weekend, but this will be the last can as he is starting to like milk. He HATED it at first, but now he's liking it! I can't wait for him to be on milk 100%. Formula is expensive!

Here's a video of Skylar clapping while riding in his birthday buggy from his Grandma Jewell and Pa-paw Olen. He loves it!

Happy Birthday to Skylar!!!

Today is Skylar's actual birthday! Our little man is now a toddler, I can't believe how time has flown. He's really been so joyous to us. He's so funny, cute, lovable, happy, mad (when he doesn't get his way), smart and yeah...goodlooking. ;) Ok ok...enough of the boasting! :0

This weekend was like a whirlwind. I took off on Thursday and Friday, because I knew I needed the time to clean the house (I haven't really deep cleaned the house since we moved in) and then last minute errand running. We were all still running around right up until the party started, which was at 1pm. I didn't even get to change into my par-tay clothes, because it was so last minute, aha! I thought I had everything I needed for the party too, haha! I will make sure to have a better checklist for next years! On top of the chaos that was going on, we forgot to give Skylar a nap....YIKES!! Anyways, he was able to take a 45 minute nap as our family started to arrive. :) He was actually a happy camper from that short nap. I think he knew the party was for him! Such a party boy! He got so many wonderful presents. TONS of toys!! We are all excited about that! We love playing with his toys as much as he does, so this is a great change of toys for us!! I am sure I will be posting pics of him playing with them all here and there as well(I know you can't wait for that)!! I tried taking as many pictures as I could, but being a hostess is such a hard thing to do and to take pictures at the same time, so I got what I could. Do people hire wedding photographers for 1 year birthday parties? I should have thought of that if they do!! :)

*** One more thing, Skylar took his first true steps today!! I think he will walk consistantly any day now! He wouldn't walk for me, but he did for his dad, 3 to 4 steps at a time. I'm so excited!!

Loving his daddy!!
Katie and Emma (she had on her monkey mask)
Jacob and Crawford
My nephews Rex and Zeb with their monkey masks on. They were dressed alike too!!
Grandpa Terry and Pap-paw Olen, Aunt Keri and cousins Jaden and Xavier (They're getting so big!!)
My best group of friends... The Usual Suspects!!
Playing ladder ball!

The food was great!! We had hot dogs, hamburgers, pork bbq on skewers (Thanks Lydia), lumpia (eggrolls that mom made), baked mac and cheese (Also mom), baked beans, devilled eggs, brocoli salad, monkey trail mix, fried chicken (Thanks Mely), steamed rice and chips. We were not hurting for food...if you were wondering.



For the cake, we had the cutest monkey head cake and a little smash cake for Skylar. He actually didn't freak out with all the cameras in his face and the people swarming around him, haha! I was thinking any moment now he was going to freak out, but all and all, he had some delicious cake and he even gave me some..... on my face. Very funny Skylar!! :)

The smash cake!! Isn't is so cute?
This cake turned out so well!! Well the ear fell off right before we decide to eat it, ahah! Oh well... It was a hot day!
I made my cupcakes and they turned out great!
What is this?
Look fun!
I don't need my birthday hat, thanks!
I think I like it!
YUM!!!
Ok I know I posted a lot of pics, but it's hard to narrow them down to just a few. :) Here's more from today!! His actual birthday!
Birthday wagon from Aunt GingGing!! He loves it!!
He learned how to drink from a straw. (First time!)
I'm not saying it all stayed in his mouth though. :)
Birthday cupcake!
Taste good mom!
Scrumptious!!
We had a great weekend! It was so much fun to have friends and family over to see Skylar and wish him a wonderful birthday. I know he won't remember it, but we will and we can tell him later how much fun he had!

10 Months old today!

How could I forget to post about my little man Skylar. Today he is 10 months old. I can't believe it. It seems just like yesterday, I was miserable, was fat, uncomfortable, was fat again (you should have seen me), had carpal tunnel, was eating entirely too much and I had lower back aches....oh and I was huge! :) It was all worth it though when Skylar made his way into this world. We love how he's changed our life for the better, no doubt!

Fun Facts about Skylar

1. He's talking all the time
2. He crawls anywhere and everywhere he can
3. He's climbing (stairs, furniture, you name it)
4. He does NOT like shoes
5. He hates oatmeal or cereal now, ugh!
6. He loves loves loves Puffs and Wagon Wheels
7. He squints his eyes when you pick up the camera about to take a pic, I guess he knows the flash will go off, ahah
8. He has another tooth coming in at the bottom, so this will make 9 teeth (4 on top and 5 on bottom)
9. He clucks his tongue when we do it first
10. He shakes his head back in forth when I say no, aha! How can you get mad at that?
    
    

LOVES Spaghetti!

Hey Mom, does this shirt make me look fat?

My Dad is so much fun to ride with!

Please mom, no more picture taking with the flash!

First Trip to the Zoo

Fast Friends already!

We went to the Asheboro Zoo on Saturday! Going to the Zoo was so much fun and it was an exciting time for us all. We met up with our good friends, Emily and Jacob Elrod and their cutie patootie son Crawford. Not only was it Skylar's first time at the zoo, but it was Crawford's as well. The Zoo was so packed, but the weather couldn't have been any more perfect than it already was. We had our sunscreen (spf50) ready and off we went! Speaking of Sunscreen, you will need to check out Emily's blog about that and what happened to her little man Crawford when she applied it. Poor little guy!

Trying to pose with my little man.

Daddy and Skylar hanging with the Buffalo

We saw the buffalos (btw, that's what Terry said buffalo wings come from :-)), elephants, giraffes, gorillas and polar bears... Well, we saw more than that, but those are the ones I really wanted to see. :) Skylar really didn't pay attention too much, other than trying to be the loudest kid around. He was blowing raspberries all day and squealing unto his heart's delight. It really didn't matter though, since most kids around us were doing the same. He was so funny and just happy! He never once seemed scared of the animals. He's only used to seeing Ralphie around the house, so these animals are much larger and different to him, but it never fazed him one bit! I will say that he never took a nap the entire time we were there. I think he felt he might miss something if he did. You never know at a Zoo though. :) Thankfully, no animals were on the loose!

Sweet Buffalo

Beautiful Elephants!


Cute Polar Bears

I tried getting a better pic, haha!

Another fun event of the trip was the Merry Go Round ride. Emily and I thought, why not have our boys ride too and so we brought our baby boys (Crawford is 8 months and Skylar is almost 10 months) up there and rode. Terry and Jacob thought we were crazy, but as you can see, they loved it and didn't cry! That is always a good sign by the way. See..., Mother's intuition wins out in the end. We knew what we were doing, ha!

Getting ready to start....HOLD ON TIGHT!!

Emily and Crawford Enjoying the ride.

My little blue eyed man!

We are all so tuckered out from our fun full day at the zoo. We still tried to smile for the camera, (not Skylar). :) Looks like Crawford was camera shy.

Our Family, minus Ralph

We actually missed the monkeys, our tour guides (Terry and Jacob) somehow had us bypass that whole area, hmph! But as you can see, we had our own little monkey with us the whole time. So, it was a great day afterall. We can't wait to go back!

Update

So, the last time this blog has been updated was when Skylar was 3 months. My hubby Terry started it and now I finally have the time to update it. I have been fascinated by reading everyone's baby blogs that I thought, why not us too and do the same. That way you can read about us and see how much Skylar has grown and what he's been up too. Which has been a lot!

So, to start this blog fresh again, Skylar is now 9 1/2 months. He's getting so big! He weighs a little over 20lbs and he's 31" tall, so he's 50% for weight and 97% for height. He has a full head of hair (blonde, no doubt), gorgeous blue eyes, he's crawling and he has 8 teeth. 4 on top and 4 on bottom. He stopped biting, thank goodness!! He's crawling as fast as a Nascar Race Car Driver drives. He started crawling a week shy of his 7 month birthday. I won't be surprised if he runs before he walks though at the rate he's going. He pulls up on everything and loves to squeal and most of the time, he will do that when it's not approprate. (Sorry everyone who sits around us in restaurants. :)) He laughs constantly and hugs and kisses us. He says mama (first word by the way), dada, ball, what (or wha) and bye. He tries to attack Ralph, but Ralph is too fast for him, ha! We enjoy every bit of him and love him so much. I can't believe how lucky we are to have him in ours lives. We truly are so lucky and blessed! I will keep this blog up now, so make sure you come back and check us out.