The Big Move

We finally made it to Iowa. It has been one long week for us. Two days of packing and loading all our stuff, one day of driving, one day running around town getting papers signed and various utilities set up, and so far one day of getting everything in the house and working on unpacking. A big thanks to our parents for all their help - it wouldn't have gone nearly as well without you!

Q Drinks Milk!

So the trick is to give it to him out of my cup and he drinks it just fine. Whatever works.

Weight Gain

When we took Q in to the doc for his one year checkup he had just been getting over a cold of which he hadn't eaten well for about 1 1/2 weeks. Therefore he had only gained 4 oz since his previous visit of 2 months earlier. So we had to bring him back in for a weight checkup. Since he's been eating like a little piggy the last 2 weeks I haven't been too concerned. This morning I took him in for the weight checkup and he has gained 10 oz in the last 3 weeks! His grand weight total is 19 lbs 6.5 oz. Go Quentin!

Juice

Back in Nov. Quentin said his first words - Bow wow wow and quack. Both come from the book Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton. Since then I've heard him say la la la as well. Then on Friday he added a new word - juice. Which has nothing to do with a book he's heard repeatedly. I asked him if he was ready for some juice and O's (what I've been calling cheerios) and he replied with "juice".

Quentin in a Box, Plus Bedhead

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!