A Cameron Tornado

It seems our house is in a prime location to be hit daily by a tornado. Every night we assess the damage and wonder how one tornado can cause such a mess. This is a Cameron tornado I'm talking about. The boy plays hard and leaves a mess in his wake. He is good at putting things away when we "clean up" but while he is playing he creates a mess!! It is so fun to watch him play and wonder what he is thinking as he stacks and reads and talks. We Love our little mess maker!!

17 months

Mama is WAY behind on this blog post but I really want to get some of what is happening down in this blog so hopefully ONE day I can put it in a book.

At 17 months you are 26 1/2 lbs 32 inches tall.
You have 12 teeth. You cut one incisor this month and the other one is close and they have given you fits. I think they hurt you worst than your 1st year molars.

- You are more mobile everyday. You like to take our hands and walk around everywhere. You are very determined to get where you want to go. You are getting much better at walking and really only need us to hold one of your hands and are almost down to a finger.

1st day of daycare August 2012

-You started back to school (daycare) this month. Your teachers are Ms. Rosemary and Ms. Dana. You have so many fun toys to play with.  You are still adjusting and are so tired by the end of the day you fall asleep as soon as you get home.

- You are adjusting to school. Drop off is still miserable (for all of us). You start crying when we turn into the parking lot and it turns into full blown wailing by the time we get to your room. I make daddy take you 2 days a week ( he gets to pick you up those days) because it is so difficult to see you so upset.  Your teacher's say you calm down pretty quickly and play really well. You are getting better at walking to the play ground holding your teacher's hand and she said you love playing outside. Naps at school vary. Some days you only sleep 10 minutes but you average about 30 minutes. Ms. Rosemary said you stay on your cot really well even if you are not sleeping.

- Some of your favorite foods right now are nanas (bananas), nutrigrain bars, and cheerios (these are all your favorite breakfast foods). You also love vanilla wafers. You are not a picky eater at all and each any veggie, fruit or meat I give you. You love sharing your food with Albe. I am thankful you aren't picky.

- You still think Albe is your best friend. You squeal with delight when he comes in the room. You call him bubba.

- You are still a pro at your animal sounds. You know sounds and/or motions for about a dozen animals. You love your animal puzzle and books with animals in them.
- You still love Elmo. You are getting picky on which videos you want to watch and will do the character sound to let us know which video you want to watch.

-You are starting to put words together in  little sentences like "bubba side" for Bubba is outside. You understand what I am saying as we talk through the day. When I say its breakfast time you say, yumm. You follow commands like me asking you to turn off the light (of course I am holding you), arms up, brush your teeth, comb your hair. You are becoming your own little person.

-Your inability to communicate exactly what you want has created some frustration for us all. Bless your heart you know what you want and just haven't figured out how to help us know what you want. This has led to lots of screaming and crying. You don't have a lot of patience with us sometimes :) You are using more words but when you get really frustrated you just say Oooooo, oooooo and point.
-You like to climb and your flexibility works to your advantage to help you climb. Climbing on the diaper box gave you tons of entertainment.

-You like playing in the pantry, stacking and arranging the boxes and pulling out all of my bakeware. You like sitting on some of it. You don't like that we have some of the cabinets baby proofed. You also like playing with the magnets on the fridge too.

-You still love to read your books but now you will read your Sesame Street books and do the character sounds as you go through the book or animal sounds. You are so smart, you know what is on the next page.

-Other things we did this month: trip to Hattiesburg where you stayed with Gpa one day so we could go to the dr. in New Orleans. We also saw your buddy Jude and you went swimming. You met Bully.

It has been another month of learning and growing. You are so smart little man and such a cuddle bug. Your cuddles and loving is medicine to mommy and daddy's hearts! You are a blessing indeed. We love you to the moon and back.