Checkup and Milestones

Chase had one last appointment with his pediatrician in Baltimore. We were super sad to say goodbye, after all we've spent a lot of time with doctors over the past year. I am proud to report that he is finally on the bottom of the 12-month old chart for his weight! He is now 20lbs and over 29 in. long. Besides receiving the another round of vaccinations and reviewing Chase's developmental milestones the appt. was relatively routine. Well not so uneventful for Chase, double shots for the little man is painful for Mama as well!

Since his well baby checkup I am happy to share that Chase has made even more progress.

Here's a rundown...

Chase is growing fast and continues to love to eat-some of his favorites are guacamole, chicken, pork tenderloin, string cheese, asparagus, broccoli, ground buffalo, wheat bread, any kind fruit or cereal and of course black and white milkshakes. Oh, and with MomMom and PopPop H he regularly eats french toast from Cracker Barrel. No wonder why he's catching up on the weight chart:) Yay for our little foodie! To ask for "more" to eat we worked on teaching Chase sign language. At first he just laughed at us and then yelled to get what he wanted, but now I am happy to report he will clap if he wants more of something. Its been great-except that is, when you aren't getting the food to him fast enough. Again he'll starting yelling, not screaming or crying, just vocalizing loudly. Needless to say, eating out just got a bit more difficult.

Our "Nut-Nut" also continues to be a madman doing laps around the house. He gets into everything and some days could care less about his toys. He has always been fascinated with technology and is even trying to figure out how things work. On a daily basis he turns on the PS3, "types" on the laptop, and sometimes sets the DVR. After getting bored downstairs he now also ventures up the steps with lightning speed. Although he still isn't walking unassisted he navigates quite proficiently between furniture and loves walking while pushing his car, tricycle, or stroller. He does fine until he hits a wall and can't figure out how to turn around, so then he just yells until you help him.

The little man is also quite chatty these days! We still can't get him to say Mama or Dada directed toward us(probably because we are constantly trying to do this), he does however make a woo(f) sound when he sees Summer. Although he still says ba-ba for lots of things he has started saying it when he gets his bottle at night before bed. "Vroom" is still car, and he loves babbling throughout the day. He now tries to imitate more sounds and actions, and it is hilarious to watch him try to figure out what you are doing. Chase could spend most of the day putting things in containers and taking them out, and now that he knows how to turn on quite a few of his toys it gets a little overstimulating in his room some days. He has a new toy that is like "Whack a Mole" and that in combination with the air popper has Summer going crazy with all of the balls. I will say that she has behaved and not destroyed any since his birthday:)

Each day Chase comes up with something new, and its truly awesome. Its also neat to see what he learns while he's staying at MomMom and PopPops' houses. One day my mom told him to "blow" to turn the ceiling fan on. Now anytime he is in a room with a fan or lamp he thinks if he blows at it that it will turn on. Its pretty cute, and he gets an absolute kick out of it. All his new skills are incredible, we are not looking forward to that walking piece-I know its any day now!