Professional Photo's

We went and got Brenton's professional photo's done today at JCP. I was so worried he was not going to cooperate and want to run around the store but he did SUCH an AWESOME job! I am SO proud of him. He posed like a ham and would copy everything she was showing him. Oh, we just had a blast. He loves the camera and every time the flash went off he just started laughing his butt off. Such a dang cutie! Makes everything he has ever done to get in trouble float away ;)

Here are some pictures:

Let The Sickness Pass!

Last week Brenton had some (TMI) Diarrhea but without a fever or anything so I thought maybe it was something he ate or teething.. who knows. The next day (Wednesday) Devin gets sick. In the bathroom all day, cold sweats, fever of 101+ - ugh, not fun. Of course you know who was next in line.. me! Only when I get sick, I stay sick for a long time. Now the last couple days I've had a bad cough! I shouldn't even complain.. Brenton hardly complained the whole time and I didn't even realize he could be sick until we got sick. He is such a good boy that way or maybe it's because he is always whiny and moody that we can't tell the difference? Oh.. who knows ;)

Whoa.. Long Time!

So, I've been meaning to get back into blogging but just haven't.. but I'm hoping too now!

First off, Brenton will be 2 years old in 10 days!!!! Where did my baby go? He is getting so big and I miss having the tiny little thing to cuddle with but I'm glad to move onto the next phase of parenting. He is a big boy.. very tall like us. I'm pretty sure he will outgrow us when he gets older. He can count to 10, say some colors, sing some of his ABC's. He likes to tell us "no!" and has a BIG attitude. He can say 4-5 word sentences and talks quite a bit when he wants too. Has said "I love you" or "Lu You" lol always cute to here ;) He loves his Daddy.. always screaming "daddy, daddy". He only needs 4 more teeth (2 year molars) and we'll finally be done with that. I'll be making his appointment with the Pedi soon and we also need to get his 2 year pictures done!!!

My latest thing is couponing! I'm actually kind of loving it. I always thought it was too much of a hassle but when you save over $50 in a weeks time on everyday items, it's awesome! I love finding ways to get free items too like toothpaste ;)

Devin is working and going to school for 10 hours a day Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and also working Saturdays for 5 hours. I hate having to be home constantly for that many hours at a time but I get used to it some days and others it hits me hard. I try not to look at the clock and keep busy! He's taking Summer classes too so that wont be fun :( Ah well.

We moved back at the beginning of March and are going to be moving in July unless something comes up to make it earlier. Sick of living in a hallway apartment building so we're getting a private entry! I can't wait to have my own washer and dryer and so much more privacy!

Hmm.. thats all for now.

Brenton's ReCirc

Brenton had his recircumcision done and it looks a lot better! He was groggy and really cranky afterwards but overall has done fine. He knows not to do certain things or else it will hurt. He was prescribed some Tylenol 3 for the pain which is nice because it helps him sleep ;) We waited in the waiting room forever and I was so worried something bad happened because we had heard nothing and what was supposed to take 30 minutes took 2 hours! I guess he didn't want to wake up and they wouldn't put him in the next phase for us to see him until he woke up. Thankfully he was okay and he is doing fine now :)

18 Month D/A

Now that I have some time to write and not be interrupted, I will do so!

Brenton has his 18 month appointment on Thursday. He was 25lbs 3oz (66%) 36 1/4in tall (above the charts) and his head circumference had a percentile of 71%.. forgot the inch/cm amount, whoops.

Our new Doctor office has 4 Dr's. We have seen 3/4 Dr's now and they like you to see at least all of them to get to know them and vice versa. Brenton screams when we get in that room and I'm pretty positive it's because he knows he is going to get shots. After trying to get his weight so many times we stuck with what we got while he was holding onto me so who knows if that is even right.. same with the height he would not sit still for nothing.. screaming and throwing a fit. After the Nurse left I let him run around the room and he always loves doing that to get acquainted.

Doctor said he looks healthy and has no reasons to suspect anything other than him being a normal boy.. but he did say "Wow, he is a hyper boy." Could have told you that one! I told him ADHD runs in the family and he gave me the look like.. be on the look out. He is a wild one for sure. He was talking up a storm the whole time.. pointing outside saying "car, boat" over and over. Dr and I could only get him to say a few words but his constant words right now are car, boat, baby, ball, oh wow, thank you, lovey, yeah, hi, hey, bye, uh oh, ouch, up, duck, moo, dad, mom, tori (Devin's Sister), juice, cup, outside, diego, dora, brobee (from yo gabba gabba..) and a few others but this is what I can think of off the top of my head. He started speaking pretty much overnight and now copies a lot of the things we say. I always say "holy crap" and the other day he copied that.. eek.

Dr said he could have pulled Brenton's skin down on his penis for us instead of the surgery but it would bleed and hurt bad but he said he has done it before and successfully. I couldn't do it. Surgery is still set for Jan. Dr also gave us a book title.. forget what it is but its to help Brenton and us. Dr said to completely 100% ignore Brenton and his throwing because all he wants is attention. You know how hard that is when he throws something at our head or breaks something else? I'm trying though.. but it is challenging.

Urologist Appointment

The Doctor said that his penis looks weird and that there is a bridge tissue connection and that he would like to see him in 6 months to make the decision of whether or not to do the circumcision. Brenton still has a ton of baby fat around his pelvic area and the Doctor had mentioned his scrotum is full feeling. He said it wouldn't be completely necessary for medical concerns, but peace of mind for us and him, it would be worth it if at all needed. I don't want him to have a weird looking penis. We shall see though!

Brenton weighed in at about 27 1/2lbs (12.53 kilo's is how the measured him - weird!) So, he has gained about 2lbs this month.. wonder how that happened, since he wasn't really gaining any from not eating.

Update

We bought a crib rail for Brenton so that he could get in and out of bed in the morning and have some "freedom". He LOVES to play in his crib, and even more so now because he can get out when he wants. Last night was his first night and I think he wandered around a couple times in his room at first, but went back into bed and went right to sleep. I'm trying to give him a little more independence since he seems to struggle a lot when it comes to not getting his way with Dad or me and his toys. He still flips out at them if they don't do EXACTLY what he wants and I have no idea what it is. Plus, the whole feeding thing.. only eating when he FEELS like letting me feed him when I KNOW he is hungry. I like that I can easily lay my head next to him and rub his head before he goes to bed and hum or talk to him. I'm just waiting to see how he does for nap time. We might make our unused room into his play room. Actually, I'm pretty positive we will.

We also bought him 4 new books and there is a signing book I'm looking at getting him as well. We got one that tells about how much God loves him everyday (a page a day) and it comes with 2 CD's with music to sing about it. Devin picked it out and really likes it. Bought some books to teach him more about colors, numbers, and a Baby Einstein one called "First Words". I'm really excited to see if he'll let me read these to him instead of the other books we have. More colors and BIG pictures so it might grab his attention.