What Stephen's been up to...

Playing with Flat Stanley - sent to us by Clare,

Helping Mom with the laundry,

Having very animated phone conversations.

All the better to bite you with, my dear!

At the beginning of the week, I noticed that Stephen's 1-year molars have popped through on the top and bottom of the right side. He's now up to 10 teeth!

A belated Thanksgiving

Stephen and I ventured to Nebraska this past weekend for a late Thanksgiving celebration with my family. We flew for the second time together. We left on Thursday, and it was snowing in Denver. We got to our gate around 8:00 am for our 10:04 flight. The aircraft we were supposed to get on was late coming in. Once it got there, there was a maintenance issue. We finally boarded around 11:15. Then we sat on the tarmac for about 2 hours as we waited in line to get deiced, got deiced, and then waited for our turn to take off. We finally landed around 3:30, only 3 hours late! Considering the circumstances, Stephen did a great job. He was definitely excited to get to Aunt Megan's house where he could be "free."

On Friday, Stephen and I went to Clare's school to eat lunch with her. I also got to see some of my former coworkers. That evening we all went to Grandma and Grandpa G.'s house where we spent the rest of the weekend. It was the last time for all of us to gather in my parents' current house in our hometown. They'll be moving to the "big city" in a few weeks. Our Thanksgiving meal was wonderful! (Thanks, Mom!) Stephen loved getting to play with his cousins, aunts, uncle, and grandparents. The flight home on Sunday was much less eventful. It left on time, and Stephen slept the entire way. We had a great time. I'm glad we were able to go.

Looking out the airport window

Bonding with cousin Monica

Playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house

More cousin bonding

Bathtime with cousin Jacob

Crazy after-bath hair

Jacob, Stephen, Clare, Monica, Emily

Sisters, sisters

Introducing Baby

I had my 12-week ultrasound today. It was fun getting to see our little tyke. Everything looked good. The heartrate was 170 bpm.

Car show

We went to a car show yesterday. Stephen loved walking around with Daddy and riding on his shoulders.

I had never seen a black fire truck before, so I had to take a picture.

Happy Thanksgiving!

On Thanksgiving we went to Grandma Rose's house. Stephen enjoyed eating turkey, broccoli, roll, and mashed potatoes. He also had his first tastes of pumpkin and apple pie! He had fun playing with his cousins Audrey and Morgan as well.

Playing with Uncle John and Morgan

Playing with Audrey and Morgan

Aunt Anne and Uncle John

Stephen didn't want to leave me, so I got to be in the cousins picture. :)

12 month stats

Talking on his phone

Stephen had his 12-month appointment today. He did really well. He didn't want to let the doctor look in his mouth, but he allowed everything else. He even survived 6 shots! He did cry but recovered really quickly. Here are his stats, as measured today:

• Length: 29 1/2" - 34.13%
• Weight: 18 3/4 lbs - 2.79%
• Head: 17 3/4" - 13.23%

He's definitely on the small side for his age, but I think that's partly because he is SO active. He burns all the calories he takes in. Guess he'll have to start eating more...not that he'll complain. :)

Here are a couple other things I forgot to mention about Stephen last week...

• He is my little cuddlebug. He loves cuddling and snuggling up with me, and I love it too!
• He has a phrase that sounds like "Where did Daddy go?" Daddy likes to play peek-a-boo and hide under blankets, and this is what I say. Stephen has started imitating it. He'll sometimes say something like "Where did it go?" when he drops something as well.