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March 22, 2014

Finn is taking more and more consecutive steps with every day. He is pretty much “almost” walking! Sometimes I look at him and then turn my back and start to do something and when I turn back around to look for him he’s in a totally different place! He can move pretty quietly when he walks so I find him in surprising places!

We started off this week by going to the pediatrician on St. Patrick’s Day for Finn’s 12 month checkup. He was a happy boy that morning, we put on his green shirt and gave him the lucky bear. He is really loving cuddling with soft animals and blankets lately. He checked in at 19 lb 11 oz (24th percentile), 28.75″ (12th percentile), and his head circumference was 46.5 cm (63rd percentile). He was still on antibiotics for his ear infection (through Thursday 3/20). His weight was down 4 ounces from a week ago (at his ear infection appointment), and it was down 4 ounces at that appointment from the previous couple of weeks. So I’m a bit nervous about that, but I asked the doctor and he said since he’s been sick with the ear infection he isn’t concerned right now. He said we’d let him get over the ear infection, and would want to maintain or increase his weight once he’s kicked that. He definitely hasn’t had his full appetite for bottles or finger foods. He’s also getting in his 7th tooth so that could be some of his lesser appetite too. His mood has definitely gotten better since he’s gone on the antibiotics for his ear infection. Poor little guy got a finger prick to check his hemoglobin (which was great), two shots in the arm (measels and chickenpox) and one shot in his leg (Prevnar). He was worn out for the afternoon and the next day – he got in some extra sleep!

Thursday we went over to Aunt Amy and Uncle Andy’s to celebrate with dessert for Amy’s big 40th birthday! On the ride over Finn and I had some fun in the back seat playing high-five. He loves to give high-five’s when you ask him to 🙂 The kiddos had fun playing and we all enjoyed a nice strawberry cake made by Andy and the boys.

This week at Millcreek we nearly completed our office renovations, which include a new office for me! I feel rather spoiled, as my new digs are quite spacious and very nice. The server rack will be moved out, but for now it is in my office. Here is before I moved in and after! I still am working on getting everything in its new place and laying everything out, but it’s a start!

Friday after work we headed to Mansfield. My parents were gracious to watch Finn for his first official overnight without momma or daddy! Kevin gave me tickets to a David Nail concert in Medina, OH. So we took Finn, Cammie, and Lily to mom and dad’s and had a nice dinner with them. Then we left Finn to play with Grandma and Grandpa while we headed to the concert. We had a fun time and at the end I got an autographed t-shirt and cd (which I really haven’t ever done, but I figured, hey, why not? It was a small venue and was a short wait!). We arrived back at mom and dad’s Saturday morning, just after Finn got up. Our little man slept so well they woke him up around 9:15 (he’s usually up by 8) so dad could see him for a bit before he went to a church work day (and he hadn’t made a peep so they were getting nervous, I think! I do the same thing when he gets up much later than normal!).

Saturday we headed back to Columbus and had a family dinner with Mom, Dad, Amy, Andy, Graham, Rowan, Greta, Kevin, Finn and myself to celebrate Amy’s and my birthdays. We went to a Japanese Steakhouse, which turned out to be tons of fun for the kids as they could watch our chef’s skills with his utensils and tricks! Mom crafted another lovely birthday cake that we enjoyed afterwards back at our house. Then everyone went home and it was lights out – it was a busy week and weekend and we were beat! Kevin and I are enjoying our shakes and making some headway on our weight loss. My parents brought us back these lovely Tervis coolers from their trip to Florida. Now each day I take two shakes to work in these nice travel coolers. Can you guess which is mine and which is Kevin’s?Finn and Sam continue to have fun together and this week they’ve enjoyed playing with so many new toys. Here they are playing with Finn’s new Mega Block wagon – pretty cute, eh? Sam’s a strong boy!

Finn ~ 52 weeks

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Look at this big boys haircut! That was the highlight of our week, Finn’s first official haircut! We met over lunch on Thursday at Cookie Cutters – a place for kids haircuts. We had to wake him from a nap to go, so he was quite still and very calm throughout the whole process. Not to mention he got to sit in a blue airplane and watch Sesame Street! First is his “before” haircut and then his new look – doesn’t he look handsome? And so much more like a toddler. Kevin and I both have mixed feelings about the haircut – we love it but our baby is growing up way too fast!

On Tuesday we took Finn to the doctor again as he was tugging some on his right ear (still) and didn’t seem to have his regular appetite. He wasn’t really interested in food or his bottles, which is pretty unusual. He is also working on getting in tooth number 7, so we weren’t sure if that was a part of his crankiness or if it was possibly that his ear infection hadn’t completely cleared up. Sure enough, he has an infection still in his right ear. So, we are on the third round of yet another different antibiotic. If this doesn’t clear it up we will likely be referred to an ENT, so I am hoping this does the trick! He is much better now – he was the fussiest he ever been!

With every day, it is becoming more clear than Finn understands so much of what we say to him. He often responds with actions or “words”. It is amazing to see. He is like a little sponge, and he is VERY good at mimicking sounds, like when we cough. He pretty much has that one down pat!

Friday evening was the annual Millcreek Spring Fling, our kick-off event for the spring season. It was in Powell, at Liberty Tavern, and was a fun night for everyone. Lots of fun conversation and it’s nice to interact with everyone outside the workplace! We brought Finn along, a little party crasher, and he had quite a good time being passed around by everyone – and peering out the window.

Our week was pretty busy with all kinds of activities leading up to Finn’s first birthday party. We had a lovely gathering at our house with family and lots of friends. Finn woke up at 3:30 pm, just before the 4 pm party time. He was awake throughout the entire party and didn’t hit the hay until 9 pm! He was happy up until the end and even then he was going strong, just a bit bleary. He loved eating lots of berries and a cookie. It took him a minute to finally tear into his birthday cake, but once he did he enjoyed himself. I think having a large crowd staring at him made him a bit unsure. He was showered with so many lovely gifts – we are all to excited to explore so many toys, books, and games! Here are tons of photos, and some are from Amy too!

Finn ~ 33 weeks

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We started this week off on Sunday at the zoo! We walked around for a couple of hours in the brisk afternoon breeze. Finn was the warmest of us all in his cozy stroller!

Monday we celebrated Lily’s 5th birthday with some treats, new toys and playtime in the backyard. It was a lovely fall night.

Thursday was another story! It was trick-or-treat in our neighborhood and unfortunately, the weather was awful! Huge storms and tons of wind and rain came through town and the end of the night we had 6 trick-or-treaters! Finn dressed up to help daddy greet our visitors and pass out the treats.

Finn is moving all over the place these days and getting into everything. He loves to stand up and pull magazines off the end table, empty the dog toy bucket, and play with the curtains. He is most definitely developing his likes and dislikes and in particular, will let you know when he’s not happy you have taken away something he was enjoying or move him away from something he shouldn’t be near. He ramps up the pipes every now and then. And especially when he’s a bit tired and you leave the room (even if you weren’t really playing with him, you were just there) he will fuss. He hears everything and looks the direction of any noise he hears. He in quite intrigued by the littlest of things. He loves the dogs and often crawls to the closest bone on the floor…see one of the videos. His face lights up when the dogs come near him, and especially when they greet him in his room after a nap.

Finn loves to upright himself on his knees. He is getting much more confident while standing up and often only uses one hand to balance himself while he’s standing. Sometimes he lets go and thinks he can just stand there! So far we’ve only encountered a few bruises, I’m sure more are in our future.

Bear and Cammie are doing better and mostly recovered from their infections. Bear is having a harder time kicking it completely. This week I was on the floor with Finn and had my feet near her and she cuddled her head right on my foot. Sweet Bear. She has always been the best of cuddlers.