1 year stats

Today we went to Wyatt's 1 year well baby check up. He is off the charts in height and 50-75% in weight. His head circumference is 25-50%. All in all, we have a healthy toddler. He got all of his immunizations and so far is doing well. He is a little less moody and clingy today so I'm assuming he is re-adjusting back to life after vacation.

I really should take a picture of our toy infested house... He is really enjoying all of his new toys however. My parents are on their way up from Fresno as I write with the 2nd half of his birthday toys... so there will be even more.

I started the 4th book of the Twilight series last night and am thoroughly enjoying it. I am thrilled that our heat wave is starting to pass and am looking forward to going to the Portland Zoo in a couple weeks.

Well I better go and take the bottle of Tylenol and my Costco card away from Wyatt... hmmmm

I've neglected you sweet blog

We've had a busy last couple weeks.. Just got home from a nice vacation to CA where we celebrated Wyatt's first birthday. It only got to about 100 degrees that day so although it was still hot, it was nothing compared to 112 the weekend before. Wyatt got a ton of wonderful presents and really enjoyed his birthday cake it seemed. It was a lot of fun visiting with family and friends even though it never feels like enough time with everybody. He was a good sport about it all but seems to have developed some stranger anxiety this weekend. I was hoping we had escaped that but it doesn't appear so. In fact, once we returned home we found that he is now throwing temper tantrums; Mainly when he decides he doesn't want to walk and wants to be held or when he is put in his high chair to eat. So it would appear as if we brought the CA heat home with us. It has been over 100 degrees for the last couple of days without a respite in sight. Tomorrow we have his 1 year well baby check up so I am excited to see how much he has grown. We are in the process of transitioning him from formula to milk and from the bottle to the sippy cup. He is still sleeping through the night and nappy 2X a day. Well I better go, because 'someone' isn't falling asleep for his nap like he's supposed too and needs some help...

ramble on

It's Wednesday and we will be vacationing to Fresno to celebrate Wyatt's 1st birthday very shortly. I find it ironic that the place we moved away from is the same place that we now 'vacation' to- and in July no less. I hear its around 105 degrees there today. Of course our family and friends all still live in CA so theres no getting around it. I am actually very excited to 'go home' this time. Will is going to be off work and we'll get to see everyone we've been missing. My sister has told me more than once that Fresno is not my home anymore, but until we settle in our own home here, I think Fresno still feels kinda like 'home.' (cuz it certainly is no place to vacation to!)

Anyways- today Audra and Mikey met us along with my new friend Sara and her two girls at the water park in Corvallis. We took a picnic lunch and even though it was a bit crowded, it was a perfect day to be out in the sun and water and we had a blast.

On Sunday, we went to Eugene and hit Costco and Fred Meyer but got caught in the most amazing summer rain/thunder storm. SO much rain and loud thunder. Apparently the rainfall more than doubled the record set previously. Too bad we were in flip flops and shorts haha.

So Wyatt has been walking really well. He still needs to use the couch or wall etc. to stand up, however I did catch him just tonight going into a standing position from his knees. He woke up from a nap the other day speaking a new language. It's rather funny/bizarre and very guttural. I'm not really sure what its about, but am going to assume that he is NOT possessed like his father suggested, but that he's going to start saying more words or something soon. He's been into taking things out of bags/bins and putting them back in (which is nice and keeps him occupied for a few minutes here and there).

Well that's enough rambling outta me for now..

to get you up to date..

It was a quiet week for us.. Because Wyatt still had a snotty nose, we didn't go to our usual play dates earlier in the week. We hung out at home most of the week and enjoyed getting back on a good nap schedule. On Friday, we did go to story time and then to the play area afterwards. It was our first time playing in the play area and Wyatt had a blast. There were so many cool toys and activity centers to play with. He especially enjoyed one of the train sets. Luckily the tracks were glued down or he would have made a huge mess I'm sure. Oh yeah- we also made a new friend who recently moved here from Australia. After we finished up at the Toy Factory I put Wyatt in the Ergo (carrier) and we walked across the street to a Vietnamese sandwich shop and got a sandwich. SO yummy. We hit Kmart for some odds and ends and then drove home. Later Friday evening, I went out to dinner to Ruby Tuesdays for "mom's night out," with a group of moms I 'met' on an online Parent's network. We had a lot of fun and ended up going to see the movie, The Proposal after dinner.

Today (Saturday) we had our weekly swim lesson with Wyatt. He seemed to really enjoy himself today and could have stayed in the water much longer I think. We were planning on going to the water park after his lesson, however it was cool and overcast today so we got Taco Bell and went to the Blueberry Festival. We picked blueberries and enjoyed some music and checking out what the local vendors were selling.

Wyatt got his first birthday present yesterday... Grandma Pat and Papa sent him this play structure (shown above).. He was slow to warm up to it at first however today he showed much more interest, even climbing through one of the holes. He will surely have lots of fun with this in the days to come!

his first wave

We've been working on getting Wyatt to wave 'hello' and 'bye bye' and I luckily captured it on video today!

our 4th of July 09

Wellll lets see.. it wasn't the most exciting 4th we've ever had. Will came down with a cold and Wyatt seems to be recovering from his so needless to say we didn't end up going to Corvallis for fire works like we planned. We stayed home, bbq'd and ate strawberry pizza. Will and I did get to see some fireworks from our front deck though.. It was a beautiful night but they were about 17 miles away so it wasn't very dynamic. Still- we saw fireworks haha. Earlier in the day Wyatt and I hung out on our front lawn and I took some pictures of him on his first 4th of July.

Caves and waterfalls

Today we drove up to Silver Falls State Park. It was an almost 2 hour drive but so worth it! We saw the most incredible waterfalls I've ever seen. Unfortunately I left my camera in the car while we hiked and didnt get to take pictures of them. We got to walk behind The 'North Falls' and under this huge cavernous rock cutout which kept us cool and covered. We had a picnic lunch back at the swimming/picnic area and then headed home. Here are a couple pics I found online tonight.

he's a screamer

Our little sweetheart is becoming a big boy as we speak. He's starting to scream an ear splitting scream when he's happy AND when he's frustrated and wanting something. I am trying to make him "use his words" when he does this (rather obnoxious) scream or just tell him "NO" depending on the situation. (Let the disciplining begin-ugh). Usually its when he wants up or across the baby gate etc. He seems a little bored with his toys lately so I am excited that his first birthday is right around the corner. It's sad to admit but toys make a parent's life a lot easier. So in the meantime, we've started rotating out his toys so he thinks he has new stuff here and there.

Today we are planning on heading up to Silver Falls State park which Will read about and heard is really beautiful. Gonna take a picnic lunch and check it out in a bit. Tomorrow we plan to bbq hamburgers, make a strawberry pizza and head into Corvallis for fireworks etc.. Can't wait- and am excited that our 'heat spell' here is still not over 90 degrees!

first steps

Here is a short video I took today of Wyatt walking. He doesn't initiate walking at this point, obviously preferring to crawl still, but its a start!