A year and a half. Where does time go? Graham has turned into a little person. He has opinions, he has likes and dislikes. He has given us a little taste of the "typical toddler." He opens cabinets, throws himself on the floor screaming in super tantrum mode, and his is our little parrot. That's probably the biggest difference in him and his brother, he will try to repeat anything we say. I love hearing his little voice. I love hearing him have conversations with his brother.
He currently is obsessed with bibs and shoes, his puppy slippers to be precise. He will throw a fit if you take them off. He loves to swing, eat, and play. I'd say about 85% of the time he is a happy sweet little boy. The other 15%? Try to put him in his car seat? A fit. Take him out of his high chair? fit. make him come inside from playing? Fit.
Lucky for him, between his fits, he is a silly goose. Everything makes this kid laugh. Hit him on the head with a balloon, giggles. He is a big fan of the tickle monster, giggles. I think his head is numb. He rarely ever cries because he hits his head. Which he does a lot.
Like I mentioned, his verbal skills are so much more advanced than Dylan's were at this point. He has lots of words, but trys to make me seem like a liar, because he is pretty people shy. Strangers try to get him to smile at them, and he will just stare at them. It cracks me up, and of course he will say " hi or bye bye" as soon as they walk off. I am amazed at how much he already knows. He knows all the parts of his face ( ears, nose , mouth, nose head, hair), and a few body parts, belly, hands, feet. Plus so many more random things that I try to think back on with Dylan and can't remember. W
hich is why I am writing this post! To remember
He loves his brother, but is also happy to play by himself, which makes this Mama very happy. He loves to play with stuffies still. He will be the kid who gets a stuffed animal everywhere he goes. He is just so sweet with them, he tries to carry multiple all the time, and his bed looks like one of those machines you can pull animals out of with a crane! ( ok, maybe not, but if we would let him take them all, I'm sure it would look like that.
He loves to show me his muscles, and point to airplanes, birds, and any car that is coming down the street. Though I would say his favorite thing to do is of course swing on his new swing set. He would literally stay all day if we let him. Sometimes, if he is holding George, I will look and his eyes are closed. He is either really enjoying himself and savoring it, or it puts him to sleep. Silly boy.
He is still our long and lean child, finally broke into the twenty's for weight: weighing in at 22 lbs today! A respectable 33 inches long. He is wearing shorts that I'm sure Dylan could still wear, but I have passed on to him. He is wearing 18 month shirts, and size 5 shoes, though I bet he could move to a size 6.
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| Showing me his muscles! |
He seems to have inherited his daddy's ears. At his last checkup at 15 months, his doctor found a hole in his ear drum. We treated it with antibiotics, and he closed, so we thought. His ear has always been a little yucky. It always has tons of wax, and sounds like there is liquid in it. So today, we got a referral to an ENT, with the probability of tubes. I'm not surprised by this. I knew something wasn't right with his ear, it's been gross for way too long. Even his good ear had fluid in it. I guess one good thing, is even with chronic ear infections or ruptured drums, he still has yet to run a real fever, nor has he shown any sign of being in true pain. So hopefully in a couple of weeks, we will get some final answers from an ENT.
I can't believe my baby is closer to two than one now. I can't wait to see what he has in store for us in the coming months!
One last informative post, then just some funny picture out takes and I'll be all wrapped up with my Australia trip! It didn't take too long right? 
Port Arthur. The Tasmanian equivalent to Alcatraz. Well, at least that's what I pictured as we were getting the tour. I'm not sure about you, but if I were going to be in prison, I don't think this would have been a bad one. Other than all the stories they told us of course!:) The view is incredible. The grounds are stunning ( I'm sure they weren't back then though).
There are rumored to be ghosts. They offered ghost tours after dark. We were not staying that long, but I guarantee you, if my mom had known about this trip, she would have forced me to do one. She was really into that stuff. I'm sure it would have just scared me. 
A year and a half. Where does time go? Graham has turned into a little person. He has opinions, he has likes and dislikes. He has given us a little taste of the "typical toddler." He opens cabinets, throws himself on the floor screaming in super tantrum mode, and his is our little parrot. That's probably the biggest difference in him and his brother, he will try to repeat anything we say. I love hearing his little voice. I love hearing him have conversations with his brother. 
Lucky for him, between his fits, he is a silly goose. Everything makes this kid laugh. Hit him on the head with a balloon, giggles. He is a big fan of the tickle monster, giggles. I think his head is numb. He rarely ever cries because he hits his head. Which he does a lot. 
He loves his brother, but is also happy to play by himself, which makes this Mama very happy. He loves to play with stuffies still. He will be the kid who gets a stuffed animal everywhere he goes. He is just so sweet with them, he tries to carry multiple all the time, and his bed looks like one of those machines you can pull animals out of with a crane! ( ok, maybe not, but if we would let him take them all, I'm sure it would look like that. 
He seems to have inherited his daddy's ears. At his last checkup at 15 months, his doctor found a hole in his ear drum. We treated it with antibiotics, and he closed, so we thought. His ear has always been a little yucky. It always has tons of wax, and sounds like there is liquid in it. So today, we got a referral to an ENT, with the probability of tubes. I'm not surprised by this. I knew something wasn't right with his ear, it's been gross for way too long. Even his good ear had fluid in it. I guess one good thing, is even with chronic ear infections or ruptured drums, he still has yet to run a real fever, nor has he shown any sign of being in true pain. So hopefully in a couple of weeks, we will get some final answers from an ENT. 
Devils are what come to mind when you hear Tasmania right? Well I learned on our trip, of which I only am about 2 months late on writing about, that Tasmanian devils are kind of like cute. Though they don't live very long lives, because they basically have this genetic face cancer that kills them all. 
I wanted to get the boys a Tassie devil stuffy, so we of course had to visit the conservatory while we were there. This turned out to be quite an expensive little stop, but hey, they are trying to conserve the Devils right? They also had some roo's and wallaby's. Wallaby's are like squirrels in the sense that we saw lots of them dead on the side of the road. Believe it or not, Australian's are not big fans of kangaroo's. They are pests. 
Back to the devils. We got there just in time to see a feeding, which was pretty gross. They are carnivores, and you could hear them crunching on the bones that were left. They will eat every part of an animal. The guide told us how a pack would burrow into a cow carcass and stay for days until it is all gone. I know, gross, but also fascinating. I mean, these little guys were not that large. The one that we got lots of pictures of had a snaggle tooth, which was pretty sweet looking. 
It finally happened. We bit the bullet and got the boys a play set. I've been trying to talk Adam into this since Dylan was a baby. He kept thinking he could " build one " himself. Yes, I have no doubt that he could, but it would take weeks, maybe months of short one or two hour sessions. Finally, he caved, and I went to doing what I do best. Online research. I found a place that had great reviews, so we made plans to go check them out.
I have already shared with you the boys Easter baskets, but I thought that I would share some pictures from our Easter Sunday. 
The day, of course started out pouring. Good thing that I didn't have an egg hunt planed for our house. One great thing about the rain was that Adam and I woke up long before the boys did, so we were able to get ready for church and eat breakfast before the boys woke up.
We fed them, and headed to church with Adam's parents. Right after the service was the egg hunt. Dylan and Graham for this year were still in the preschool group. I'm thinking next year I will move them up. They were pro's. Dylan's basket was so full, we moved some over to Graham's which once he got the hang of it was also full. Luckily, there weren't many kiddo's in that group so I didn't really feel that bad. But hey, other than the one I threw in the basket because I stepped on and crushed, they gathered them all alone.
After the service they had a breakfast burrito bar, it was yummy, we didn't stay for long because they were starting to melt down. We headed home shortly after eating, and sadly, Graham fell asleep in the car on the way home, and transferring didn't work this time, so he wasn't in the best of moods for the rest of the day.