The Little Sir is ONE!!!

Time for a math quiz.  Got your pencils out?

Question: Take this…

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And subtract this…

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 And then add a year…
(and about 1 zillion smooches)

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What do you end up with?

Answer: A ONE YEAR OLD Little Sir!!!

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The sweetest ONE YEAR OLD Little Sir you ever did see!!!

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Though don’t let his sweetness fool you. With each passing milestone the boy is showing us that he possesses a wellspring of personality, determination and opinions.

And he ain’t afraid to tap into it.

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We had a blast celebrating our Little Sir Birthday Boy over the past week,
with treats and family galore.

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Birthday cookie – devoured.

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Birthday cake – demolished.

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Birthday boy – DELIGHTED.

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It was so much fun to have lots of family over to help us celebrate our Little Party Animal.

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And as a true third-born, he certainly didn’t mind being the Little Life of the Party!

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We are so thankful for our darling ONE YEAR OLD Little Sir!

Happy birthday, baby boy!

Little Sir Math Facts:

31.75in height (98%)
+ 23lb 6.5oz weight (81%)
+  46.5cm head circumference (63%)

= Our growing 1 year old Little Sir William!

(And a shrinking waistline for Mommy…Well, maybe after I work off all of the birthday treats I’ve been eating…)

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Little Sir: First Year Milestones and Special Events

William Henry Christopher Wright

Due date of Saturday, February 22, 2014
Born on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 2:15pm
Durham Regional Hospital
21 3/4 inches, 8 lb 11 oz (just like his Big Sis!)
Grey-blue eyes and brown hair
1 1/2 hour labor…my fastest yet!  Induced by Dr. Fetko and delivered by Emily the nurse because he came so fast…not even time to get an epidural!  The epidural cart was being rolled in as I pushed him out!  I had to induce a few days earlier than expected because the doctors were worried about my level of amniotic fluid (which included a stressful trip to the hospital after a snow storm to get a very uncomfortable hour-long ultrasound).

1st Month (February 18 – March 17, 2014)
2/18 – Visited at the hospital by Grammie, Nena, Pops, Annabelle and Elliott
2/19 – Released from the hospital weighing 8lb 7.5 oz
2/20 – First doc appointment, weighed 8lb 6.5 oz, Visited by Poppy
2/22 – Visited by Uncle Paul, Aunt Courtney, and cousins Ethan, Luke and Maddie
2/24 – 1 week doc appointment, weighed 9lb (83%), height of 21.8 inches (99%), head circumference of 36 cm (78%)
2/28 – Ultrasound at Duke Hospital to check out sacral dimple – all perfect and healthy!
3/2 – Visited by Uncle Adam and Aunt Erin
3/4 – Grammie spent the night to help out
3/17 – 1 month doc appointment, weighed 11lb 13.5oz (93%), height of 23.5in (>99%), head circum of 37.7cm (67%)

2nd Month (March 18 – April 17, 2014)
3/24 – 1st smile!
4/1 – 4/3 – Nena in town to help out
4/15 – 1st roadtrip to Annapolis.  Slept soundly and was a great traveler!
4/16 – 1st coos!  With lots of smiles.

3rd Month (April 18 – May 17, 2014)
4/20 – Met Aunt Laura and Uncle Jon
4/22 – Ticklish!
4/23 – 2 month doc appointment, weighed 14lb 8 oz (88%), height of 25in (>99%), head circum of 40 cm (71%)
4/24 – Sucking fingers.  Met (and visited by) Uncle Will.
5/8 – Grabbing toys overhead
5/12 – Sucking on fist

4th Month (May 18 – June 17, 2014)
5/18 – Baptism!  At All Saints Church, officiated by Thomas Kortus and Brad Acton.  Attended with Nena, Pops, Grammie, Poppy, Paul and Courtney family and Adam and Erin.  Adam and Erin are the Godparents.
5/21 – Sleeping through the night
5/23 – Scooting forward on belly
5/27 – Rolling onto side
5/28 – Rolled tummy to back
6/7 – Rolled back to belly
6/10 – Sticking out tongue
6/14 – 6/21 – Nena visiting (and Daddy away on a work trip to Boston)
6/17 – Grabbing toes

5th Month (June 18 – July 17, 2014)
6/22 – Attend first birthday party…for Annabelle and Elliott!  At Little Gym.
6/23 – 4 month doc appointment, height of 27.5 inches (>99%), weight of 17lb 4.5oz (82%), head circum of 42.5 cm (73%)
6/24 – 1st laugh!
6/27 – 7/6 – 1st trip to the beach, Emerald Isle.  Accompanied by Nena, Grammie and Poppy.
7/5 – Laughing and audible “ha” with Poppy’s tickles
7/6 – Sleeping out of the swaddle for full sleep training.  Cut 1st tooth (mid bottom left).
7/10 – Cut 2nd tooth (mid bottom right)

6th Month (July 18-August 17, 2014)
7/22 – 7/27 – Roadtrip to Annapolis
7/28 – Pushed up with straight arms
8/3 – 1st solids!  Bananas
8/7 – Loves trying applesauce
8/11 – 6 month doc appointment, height 28.5 inches (>99%), weight 19 lb, 12.5 oz (89%), head circumference: 43.7 cm, (67%)
8/14 – Pushed up on hands and knees
8/22 – Cut 3rd tooth (top middle, left)

7th Month (August 18-September 17, 2014)
8/28 – Cut 4th tooth (top mid right)
9/4 – Using pincher fingers to pick up puffs
9/16 – Sat up on own

8th Month (September 18-October 17, 2014)
9/29 – Cut 5th and 6th teeth (top left and right, to the sides of the middle teeth…4 on top now)
10/2 – Crawl/scooching all over the house
10/7 – Saying “bah bah bah”
10/14 – 1st real crawl!

9th Month (October 18-November 17, 2014)
11/3 – Pulled up to stand on own
11/5 – 9 month doc appointment, height of 30.25 inches (>99%), weight of 22lb 5.5oz (91%), head circum of 45.5cm (71%)

10th Month (November 18-December 17, 2014)
12/5 – Waved hello
12/12 – Gave high-5s
12/16 – Clapped

11th Monday (December 18, 2014 – January 17, 2015)
12/25 – 1st Christmas

12th Month (January 18-February 17, 2015)
2/6 – Said sounds close to “Da-Da”

1st Year! (February 18 birthday)
2/19 – 1 year old doc appointment: height 31.75in (98%), weight 23lb 6.5oz (81%), head circum 46.5cm (63%)
2/21 – Wright family birthday party
2/26 – Says “T” and “Ta” for Teddy and signed “all done”
3/5 – 1st real words!  Says “Ama” for Mama, “Hi-ya” and “Hi-Te!” (for Hi Teddy).
3/16 – Says “Te-deh” for Teddy
3/21 – Says “uh-oh!”
3/26 – Says “Da-Da”
4/1 – 1st steps
4/2 – Drops cup on floor just to respond with “uh-oh!”
4/9 – Says “Ah-ba” for Annabelle and “Done!”
4/11 – Takes 3 steps in a row
5/28 – 15 month doc appointment
9/15 – 18 month doc appointment

2nd Year
2/13 – Wright family birthday party at Grammie’s house
2/18 – Turns 2!
2/20 – Garbage truck birthday party with Nena and Pops, the Millers, the Potters, and the Gilboas
2/23 – Annual dog appointment: height of 35.75 inches (89%), weight of 28lb 1oz (51%), head circum of 48.5cm (45%).  Steady growth means he will grow to be 6’2″ (though I think he’ll be taller).

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Snowpocalypse 2015

Roads are closed.
Workdays are suspended.
Schools are cancelled.

For the much feared…much discussed…much dreaded…
North Carolina Snowpocalypse of 2015!!!!

Or otherwise known as…a light snowy dusting.

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As in maybe an inch of snow with a bit of ice on the tippy-top.

But there is enough for our snow-deprived Littles to enjoy!

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The Little Sir was hankering to get in on the action too.

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So of course Daddy obliged.

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Light though it is, it’s a good thing this snow finally showed up.

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Because the Little Miss was starting to show some real doubts in the veracity of her parents.

Here we are, night after night reading her books about “winter.”
Books that are filled to the brim with pictures of snow and snowflakes
and snowmen and snow angels and snow dogs and snow cones…

Okay, so maybe not the last one.  But you get my point.

SNOW, by golly!!!

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She got to the point recently that she told me (in her most adamant and irritated Little Miss voice),

“Mommy, it is NOT winter.  It is FALL.
Because all of the leaves have fallen off the trees and there is NO SNOW.
So it’s NOT WINTER!”

Thankfully for us Mother Nature finally got her act together
and gave our Littles some snow to play in.

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All is well in the world again.

And Mama still knows everything.

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