You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine, that is for sure. As I rocked my little baby to sleep yesterday after Kellan's first zoo trip, I thought for the millionth time how this little man in my arms never fusses or cries. As I walked around the zoo hearing kids crying or whining, I reminded myself how lucky we are that Kellan has a smile on his face all day everyday.

 

Here's our little sunshine dressed up for Halloween. And yes, he is on 2 feet! This trick doesn't get old! He just realized those little legs are able to stand on and wow does it make mom happy when he does it.

 

 

Kellan has made some pretty huge strides in his motor development the past month. We set a goal for him to be rolling over by Halloween, he beat his goal! He needs to be pretty motivated to actually roll, but if you find the right toy, water bottle, cell phone, or remote control....he rolls right over. We are also working a lot on his sitting, he's pretty shakey at it but he's holding himself upright for longer periods of time every day. The therapist said to be careful how quickly we want him to learn to sit up. Being on his tummy and navigating around that way is still super important.

 

Here's Kellan showing off his sitting!   

 

These days, his fingers or whatever is in reach doesn't leave his mouth. He is cutting a 3rd bottom tooth and we think about 5 top teeth. The first top tooth to poke through is on the side, a little baby vampire until those others decide to poke through. I can't even imagine what that feels like in his mouth, but of course he's not phased. We have also started Speech Therapy to start with some communication skills for him. When the Therapist evaluated him and said he was on the same track of a 3 month old, it was a hard pill for me to swallow. Brett and I are working hard to learn sign language as that will be his main way of communication for quite some time. We had him at the Doctor last week because he was (still is) so congested....in the 3 weeks since he had been there last, he had gained A pound. You can imagine the excitement we had in the room that day. He's now weighing in at 17 pounds 4 ounces....as we like to say, "Big, Big Boy!" And yes, we've learned that in sign language :)

 

Here is Kellan on October 29th, 10 months old. Not really sure how that happened so fast. 

 

I feel better about my mom skills now that I have taken Kellan to the zoo. Though, he was far more interested in the people walking around than some animal that we would try to show him. Not surprised in the least with our social little butterfly. He sure does love being around people.



A week from today, Brett and I leave for Mexico to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary. I must say, I'm pretty excited. For the palm trees, the sun, the pool, the ocean, the margaritas....well, that all sounds great, but what sounds the most exciting....6 nights of uninterrupted sleep! My mom and dad are so graciously taking our little bug while we are gone. I have a feeling Kellan, Poppy and Grandma will be taking quite a few naps together during the day.

 

That's my update for the past month, Adios!