Olivia turns 3 and Nate turns 1!!!

I am a bit behind yet again on my blogging but man is Summertime busy. Anyway, I wanted to share some pics from an awesome party with really great friends. Olivia and Nate sure know how to have a big celebration. It was so much fun catching up with some friends I have not seen in a while as well as running around like crazy with many others!! Happy Birthday Olivia & Nate and thanks for including me in the celebrations!

Aunt Bevie & Uncie Dave visit me

Check out Uncie Dave sporting my Batman cape...pretty cool!!


What fun we had with Bevie and Dave! We played hide N' seek, chase, read books, went shopping and so much more. I am so lucky to have these 2 really special people in my life and am so glad they came all the way from TN to see me(well...us). Mommy, Daddy, Luey & KoKo enjoyed their company too.:)

P.S. they brought us so many wonderful veggies from their garden and I have been living on OKRA for days...I love it!!!

A trip to another "muzezum"

Who knew we had a museum right here in Ct with dinosaurs??? Me and Mommy had a great day visiting the Peabody museum in New Haven the other day. It is certainly alot smaller than the museum in the city but we had such a great time. Mommy took me out for a little lunch date afterwards and I was super excited b/c they had outdoor seating.

Three year update...

Monday I had my appointment with Dr. Lori and though I was a bit hesitant about going, "no Dr. Lori house, I can't"!!!!!!! The visit went well. I weighed in at 33lbs. (50th percentile) and my height was 38 1/4"(70th percentile). Dr. Lori asked me a bunch of questions an I was able to answer appropriately though she wanted me to draw a circle and I mostly scribbled. I recognize a circle but am not into the arts and crafts, drawing, crayons and such...Mommy says we will work on that.:) I was not impressed with the needle to the leg but apparently these immunizations are necessary???

DEVELOPMENTAL UPDATE & RANDOM INFO ABOUT ME:

Cognitive development

I know my name, age and sex

I can follow 2-3 step directions (though this skill is selective at times):-)

I have a very active imagination and often pretend my stuffed animals or even cars/trucks talk back to me

I can consistently count to 11, sing the "A,B,C song" as well as recognize about 10 letters of the alphabet independently.

Social development

I openly express affection

I understand "mine" vs. "yours" (though may not always agree)

spontaneously plays with others anywhere at anytime!!!

I have been potty trained during day-time hours since February...still wear pull-ups at night

Speech/Language development

uses plurals, pronouns and complete sentences

often asks "why" or "what"

speech is understandable by most almost all of the time. Dr. Lori said I am right where I need to be with articulation, annunciation and vocabulary...YAY!

Sensory and motor development(Gross motor)

I can run, kick a ball, jump, pedal a tricycle and climb really well.

I am pretty good on my new scooter too

fine motor skills

I can get myself almost completely dressed & undressed with exception of zippers, buttons etc...

I can go peepee on the potty completely independently

I can pretty much stack blocks up to a tower of 10 plus, string beads and am pretty crafty with the PlayStation controller though I do not get to play much.:(

Just a few other notable things about me...I LOVE books and a few of my faves are "Green Eggs and Ham", Curious George books and the best ones of all are the "How do Dinosaurs..." series. I have pretty much all of them and read them 10 times a day. I really love motorcycles, airplanes and red cars. My favorite color is orange without a doubt. I am pretty obsessed with wearing a batman shirt(not really sure who the character is) and my rain boots. I sleep in my boots almost every night. I can point out Tennessee and Ct on a map and Texas too but not real sure why??? I guess that's enough for now.:)

Mommy thinks it only fair to add that my sleeping is TERRIBLE!!!! I changed to my toddler race-car bed the last week of May and since then I stay awake until almost 11PM at times, wake up between 5 and 6AM and on occasion I am waking between 12am & 3AM. Dr. Lori made some suggestions and I think a plan is in motion. I have also dropped my nap 2 or 3 days a week and it has become apparent that I am simply over-tired. Something about skipping some steps in the sleep cycle brings about bad sleep habits so my new bedtime is 7 or 7:30PM depending on if I nap??? We will let you know how it goes!!

My Nana was here last week!!

I did not intend on this getting posted so late but man is it busy around here!! Anyway, my Nana was here for my birthday week and I love when she visits. She played in the pool with me, Spent the day at Lake Mohegan with us, went to my birthday party and did other fun stuff like read me books and watch a couple my favorite shows. We also went to an outdoor children's concert at Waveny Park in New Canaan which was really fun. I danced my booty off and was glad to see my friend Aidan there dancing too. She likes Max and Ruby too.:) I hated to see her go but hope to see her soon!!

more birthday fun...

So clearly I am a lucky little boy, check out all the "prizes", another cake and all the fun that my birthday brings!! All this after the awesome party I had last Saturday...thank you Mommy & Daddy!! A special thank you to Nana, Mamaw, Aunt Helen, Gigi & Poppy for my awesome swing set...Daddy has a little more work to do on it but I am enjoying it so much. I hope you enjoy the video, I could not have been more excited when I opened up my Spider-Man scooter, watch me go!!

Didi sent me a croquet set that will surely have videos to post by the weekend.:)

My Birthday activities part I

I have certainly had a jam packed day so we will break this post up. I LOVE THIS BIRTHDAY STUFF!!! I hope you enjoy my singing.

I am 3 today!!!

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I do not really feel any different but man is Mommy driving home this birthday thing.:) She is excited and so is Daddy, they both agree they have no idea what they did to keep busy before I came along. Mommy wanted to travel back in time a bit with some pics so here you go. I have my 3yr appointment with Dr. Lori Monday so we will certainly post that info then.

I'm turning 3 this week...

...and we celebrated big time yesterday with a really fun party. I am so excited to have my Nana here this week for all the celebrating and I am pretty sure she had almost as much fun as me yesterday at my party. Mommy & Daddy had me a fantastic party at Pump-it-Up! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and even luckier that they all showed up to help me celebrate my 3rd birthday. We bounced, ran, jumped and even fell down so much that by the time they called us for pizza, drinks and cupcakes everybody was more than ready!!

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can...

While shopping at party city this weekend for last minute birthday supplies I spotted this super cool outfit. My 3rd birthday party is actually dinosaur themed but I had to have this. I know the entire theme song and am pretty spider-man obsessed at the moment!!! I wore this outfit around in the 90 degree heat as well as to bed the first couple night.:)

PS, the snow boots are an added bonus as my rain boots that I sleep in 7 nights a week were wet!!

"Toddler Bed" freedoms....

...being exercised! After a crazy busy long weekend and very little napping Chandler appeared to be passed out asleep by 8:30 last night in his bed! However, as I made my way up the stairs at 11PM I found him like this in the window-seat at the top of the stairs...thank goodness he still had his shoes on?????

Happy 4th of July 2010!

It has been a super fun weekend so far but last night was soooo much fun! We were invited to The Seymour's for a Holiday celebration. I was so excited to see so many of my friends and their baby siblings. Me, Charlotte, Aidan, Mia and Ella had a great time running around and playing. Check out how cute Dylan, Beckett, Sophia and Jonah are...and how fast they are growing up. Kids & parents alike enjoyed alot of yummy food and the walk to the beach for the fantastic firework show rounded out a great evening. BIG thanks to Char-Char's Mommy & Daddy for being such wonderful hosts as always!