1 year Doctors Appt

We took Kase to his 1 year doctors appointment. The dr. looked at him and said, "Yep, Still huge!" Kase is a very tall boy. He is 33 inches tall, which puts him in the 95% for height. He towers over most of his 18 month old cousins. Kase average for weight, weighing in at 24 pounds. He falls in the 75% for the Height/weight combo.

Kase is getting very good with his hand eye coordination and is a pro at catching a ball. (Looking good on some sort of pro sports career :)) He is very into the color Yellow. He is also really into putting things in things. Which is very nice when helping mommy clean up. Lets hope this continues in the future. He is a very organized kid and likes his toys in the right place.

Kase had 5 shots yesterday. Very sad. It is really hard seeing them get shots in their legs, but they he had to get one in each limb. They started giving shots in the arm. So sad. I can't believe the vaccinate against Chicken Pox now. Come on I lived through it! Oh well. I guess we have to follow instructions so he can stay in day care and eventually allow him to school.

The doctor instructed us to move Kase over to whole milk and start to get him off the bottle. Yea that sounds like fun. He is such a good eater I hope this process is not too stressful for him. His favorite food is by far bananas followed by oranges. He is just a fruit eating boy :)

We are so blessed to have a healthy little boy!

Kase's 1st Birthday Party

Click on the picture for additional party pics!

We had a big shin dig for Kase's first birthday. Kase was feeling a little under the weather so he had a very short temper. He was diagnosed with RSV a few days before the party. His fever broke on Friday so he was better but still not 100%.



He did get to have some fun on his birthday though. Some of his cousins still came even though he was sick. Most of the cousins had already had RSV when they were babies. We ended up having about 30 people at the party. The whole family came, including my mom, grandma, Colby & Ryan and Aunt Dana from Houston. Even a few of our friends Jenn and Heather showed up. It was so much fun but crazy!



Kase was a little stressed out with all the people staring at him while he was opening his presents he got a ton of toys and some really cute clothes! All was well once he got to tear into the cake. He really wasn't into the cake part but really enjoyed licking off all the icing. Mommy thinks thats the best part too!



The balloons were a big hit with the kids. Most of them flew away and a few were popped. The kids also enjoyed pulling Kase and Jackson around in the wagon that Barry and Ginny got Kase for his birthday.



Kase is such a lucky little boy to have all these people that love him! Thank you all who took part in his big day!

Kase's 1 year Pictures

We had Kase's 1 year pictures take on his birthday Friday March 5th. He was a little fussy but we got some great shots!! Click on the picture to enjoy the rest!

1st Hair Cut!

My little boy had some scraggly curls. So we decided to have his 1st hair cut on Thursday before his birthday. We went to a place called "Sharkeys cuts for kids." It was amazing. They had really cool chair like cars for the toddlers and big leather chairs with video games for the bigger kids. They had tons of toys and fun stuff to look at!

The ladies that worked there were amazing. They were so patient and quick. Kase was amused in his Lighting McQueen Car. He did so well. He only cried a little when she turned on the clippers to buzz off the back of his hair. Once we distracted him with the car he sat there like a champ!

My little boy now looks like a little man. It kind of makes me cry a little.

Rodeo

The weekend of Valentines day, my mom came for a visit. We went out to the SA Rodeo and hung out at the fair grounds. Kase really enjoyed the petting zoo! He loved all the goats and the deer. The big hit was the Alpaca. I'm trying to convince Chris that Kase needs an Alpaca. :)

Yea! Alpaca!

Kisses from an adorable Goat.



Bacon?

Aww but I still love the Alpaca

Once we got home Kase enjoyed applying everything he learned at the rodeo and did a little steer wrestling of his own.

TGIGSC?

Thank Goodness Its .... Girl Scount Cookies!!!

We love this time of the year, the Girl Scouts camp out in front of Walmart. This year we were lucky because we had a friend of ours as Cookie mom! Yea Short Breads!


PS this should have been posted on Feb 7th. I'm a slacker :)

First Words and First Groundhogs day!

Not even 11 months old and we officially have our first word!! He has been saying the mamma, dadda stuff for a while now. According to speech pathologists, mamma and dadda do not classify as first words. :( On Sunday night we were playing with his big plastic ball that he got as a Christmas gift from Mangaw. He was rolling it back and forth with mommy and daddy. I rolled the ball back to him and he caught it and said "ball." It was all very exciting. Not only did he say the word... but his a pretty good catch. He has amazing hand eye coordination. Ball is a pretty cool and very boy first word! Mommy is so proud. So an interesting statistic that the doctor shared with me yesterday was that children that are 11 month should say 1 word. 12 months should say 2 words. 13 months should say 3 words, etc. This continues until 18 months when their vocabulary grows exponentially and the rule then doesn't apply. Of course not all kids follow this, some say more, some say less. Our doctor however thinks its a fun stat so he shared it with me.

Speaking of doctors! We had to make a visit yesterday. Kase was starting to get fever over the weekend and started running a 103 by Monday morning. I took him in thinking it was an ear infection, but nope! the tubes are doing what they should and his ears are clear. The doctor thinks that the problem is a sinus infection. Yuck. So we started an antibiotic. Then last night his fever spiked all the way to a 105. I felt so bad. I put a cool cloth on his head and let him sleep it off. The Tylenol finally helped and brought the fever back down. Of course then he was feeling better and didn't want to go to sleep. Hopefully today that antibiotic will start to work and the fever will go down. :( We shall see. I hate it so much when they are sick, I just wish that I could take it all away! Heads up to all my friends with little ones. The doctors warned me that RSV has been very bad this year. They are testing every kid that comes in with fever and a running nose. They tested Kase. He had to hospitalize 4 kids in the past day with RSV... So all my friends that think it could just be a cold, be on the look out. One of the major ways to know is if they have a stuffy nose and their breathing starts to Wheeze instead of rattle. Take them in immediately, the test for RSV is just a swab and wait about 12 mins. Painless and totally worth knowing.

Kase also had another first today! It is his very first Groundhogs day. On Kase's 1st groundhog day, Mr. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow :( . Sadly 6 more weeks of winter. Now we tend to forgive those weather men that are wrong. Especially really cute huge fuzzy groundhogs. Since Phil has only been right in 34% of his 124 prognostications that he has made. The video is on Youtube for all those that would like to see the presentation :).

I wish every one a wonderful Groundhog day!