Why?

Quentin has taken to waking up at 5 am (for the 3rd time today). Aaron and I are both so tired because of this. I think he's going through a growth spurt and is hungry at this time. We've been spending about 45 min to an hour trying to get him back to sleep and then give up and go ahead and feed him his breakfast. And then he takes a nap for about an hour, waking up at his former usual time of 7:30ish. Please tell me this isn't going to continue for much longer.
Also we've been frustrated with him not drinking much formula or milk. He pretty much only drinks 6 oz of formula first thing in the morning and then nothing the rest of the day (formula or milk-wise). He gets apple juice in his cereal both morning and evening plus some out of a sippy cup mid-morning. Otherwise he only takes a couple of sips of either formula or milk at lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner. Any suggestions on how to get him to drink more milk? I did try chocolate milk yesterday with no luck.

Netbook

I love the new HP mini netbook that Aaron and I got Sat. It's so great! I can easily browse the internet and watch Q at the same time. Our desktop is down in the basement which is not so convenient (and colder). Anytime I thought of something I wanted to check/look up on the internet I had to run down to do so. Sometimes Quentin did just fine with that and other times he would stand at the top of the stairs and yell and scream the whole time. I'm very happy with the improvement!

One Year Checkup

Quentin recently had his one year checkup. Overall he's doing great. He is 31 inches in height (75th-90th percentile), 18 lbs 12 oz (3rd-5th percentile). Since he hadn't gained much weight since his last visit 2 months ago we have to take him back in to have his weight checked again in a couple of weeks. We're hoping that his lack of weight gain is from a cold he has just recovered from. He didn't eat so well for about a week and a half. He seems just fine otherwise and has been eating much better the last day or two, so we're hopeful that that is the issue there. The only other thing is that he has a large cyst (most likely according to the doc) on his ankle so we're going to have to take him to an orthopedic to have it looked at. I'm assuming we're going to hear what they said about the one on my wrist - we can leave it, drain it, or surgically remove it. It doesn't seem to bother him any, but I think we'll see about having them drain it. I certainly hope they'll be able to just do it right then and be done with it.

Birthday Parties

We did indeed have more than one party for Quentin for his birthday. First we did a party in Elgin which went fairly well. Quentin got upset a couple of times, but we managed to calm him down. The party in Ames didn't go so well since Q was sick with a cold, but Julie made a cake for him that looked fantastic (and tasted it too!). Finally, we did a party for him here which went quite well. No getting upset, just running around having a good time. Next year I think we're going to be able to do just one party and have everyone come to our new house in Iowa. Yay! So keep your calenders open for sometime around Dec. 31.

Happy Birthday

It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by. It seems just like yesterday I was wishing the baby would hurry up and get out of me! We're so glad to have you in our lives Quentin. Happy Birthday!

Dancing Quentin!

Quentin doesn't like pants!

Here are some recent pics of Q. He keeps taking his pants off! He also likes to throw things and bite me. I'm not sure how to get him to stop. Any ideas? Anyone? Please.