8 months have come and gone…
George had his 8 month pictures taken in his Packers & Bears outfits. He was much more interested in looking at the football than the camera! There are a number of things that have happened since our last post. We had Thanksgiving with the Suwalski Family and George enjoyed some stuffing, sweet potatoes and turkey. It was nice to see the family we haven’t seen for quite some time. It was also the day George took his first tumble down the stairs. He was fine, a bit startled, but he recovered really well.
Last weekend he also experienced his first snow. He was in the stroller when it started to snow and he just opened his mouth and tried to eat the snow as it came down. It was pretty cute. He hasn’t played in snow yet, but after we get some good boots, we’ll get him out there. Seeing we walk him to daycare each day we ended up getting him a snow suit. He is too big for the a one piece, but we found a blue & red snow pants and jacket set for him. It is funny to see him in it….of course we found a fun red hat to finish off the outfit.
Last weekend was pretty exciting as George took his first couple of steps on his own. It was pretty exciting and he has since taken a couple of steps at a time. It shouldn’t be long until he is all over the place. We also put up the Christmas Tree and he does really well around it – he doesn’t really bother it much. That is a huge relief!
Other new things we learned about George include that he loves to feed himself cheerios and puffs, he likes cheese (like his momma), he laughs HARD when he hears you sneeze or blow your nose, he is ticklish under his arms and if you run your finger up his back, he prefers to stand instead of sit, he loves to pull all the books off the bookshelf, he can help you turn book pages, he knows where to touch on the touch & feel books, he calms himself by petting his parents’ arms and faces, he can fake laugh, he is big enough to move to the toddler room at daycare (starting January).
We had our first parent teacher conference last week. His teacher enjoys having him in ‘class’ and says that he plays well alone and with others. He likes to interact with adults and sticks near them if a stranger enters the classroom. She also mentioned how he can look so intently at something as if he is trying to figure it out…overall a wonderful guy.
A final first was his visit and picture with Santa. He didn’t cry and was a pretty good sport when we took him to Tis the Season at UWGB. It was nice to see the staff there and we had a nice time. George looked adorable in his St. Nick outfit!
Overall, we have really enjoyed the past month of watching him grow & change. We can’t believe that he is almost walking, opening cabinets, and pulling things off of shelves. We keep working with him on sounds, but we mostly get some strong babbles…however we think that he is close to saying ball. He loves to play with balls and he chews on everything. In addition to the two teeth he already has on the bottom we see two teeth on top & two more on bottom coming in. This makes him quite whiney, but still in good spirits.
We can’t wait to see so many friends and family over this holiday season!
Hi From George
Attached is a a little movie clip to say hello from George. He is off of his bottle strike…we tried a menagerie of sippy cups, but he just thinks they are fun toys that he can throw around. We have again started the quest for sleeping through the night. Last night he cried for about an hour….but finally fell asleep. He is sick again (or still?) with a runny nose…which makes him cough when it runs down his throat. Yuck.
Other than that our ‘baby’ is growing & developing quickly. He is walking on his own with a walker at daycare. The teacher said that he may move to the 1 year room in January or February because he may be too advanced for the baby room. He is currently in 12 month old clothes….so I am trying to store the smaller stuff. Our apartment continues to look more like a daycare than an adult apartment and we are going to part with the fish (Tim & Linda – thanks for taking Nemo) as George easily & quickly crawls over, stands up, chews on the plastic liner (gross) and likes to put his hand in the water.
Other new things include that he is starting to use his pincher fingers to pick up puffs & cereal. It is difficult to get them into his mouth, but he continues to try. We are working on sounds. He can make m & b sounds…I thought I almost heard ball…but I think that was a momma mind trick & he was only making the sounds. He loves to play with balls, pull all the books from the bookshelf and chew on the end table, furniture, and for some reason the stroller wheels (yep, that’s gross too). When we help him clap his hands, he smiles but can’t do it on his own yet. He loves music. It doesn’t matter if you can sing (as Grma Kleinhans says) because he just loves the sounds. He likes it so much he continually goes to the cd player, opens it, uses the disc tray to pull himself up & take out all the cds. Again…we don’t want him to do that, but he is QUICK!
Needless to say we are excited about the holidays. His favorite toys are the box of the gift Aunt Heidi gave him (he pushes the box around the floor constantly and then uses it as a step to crawl & climb anywhere he can) and the paper tube that Grandpa Kleinhans gave him to play with….it as since been mostly chewed and bent so it has been replaced with the tube from a roll of paper towel. Needless to say, Christmas will be fun as he will most enjoy the wrapping paper & boxes.
He turns 8 months this week…Wow.
Hope this finds you all well!
Love, Sara Ann, Matt & George
A little this, and a little of that…
Ah, October is finally here in Wisconsin. We now can finally begin to wear our sweaters and hats as the winds have now turned cooler. There have still been some wonderful weather lately, but it’s good to see the ole’ fashion Wisconsin fall.
Here at the Suwalski housing things have been crazy the last few weeks as we began the month with a trip to visit our northern friends in Canada. George did wonderfully on the trip and was only cranky a few times. I can’t blame him though because every time I took a nap and woke up I was in a different state or country all together. After that between a conference, classes, and night commitments at work it seems the time just flies by. However, we can confirm that George does already have his costume and it was an easy pick as it was the only one that fit him. Stay tuned for future pics!
George update:
I can now stand up very well and actually prefer standing to sitting. I can actually watch TV, yell our of my crib, or scare everyone in the room when I stand on sometime I shouldn’t. My second tooth has started to come in, showing in the front next to my first. I have not been to a check-up in a while, but can confirm that I am over 28″ tall and weigh at least 20 lbs. I now realize that I can squeak, squawk and screech to get my parents attention. However, a good thing is that I am learning how to plan in my crib occupied by only toys for a few minutes giving mom and dad a break. Well I am looking forward to the new few months as a lot will continue to happen, and Christmas is beginning to look like its going to be a blast. That’s all for now, but hope to post more soon.
-G
It’s almost October!!!
So we have been busy the last month with the start of the new school year, George’s school (daycare), Dragonboat Races, MBA Classes, and… walking, eating, and teething. Things have settled down a little bit now that the races are over, and George has mellow’d out some. He does have a new tooth. The little guy is in the bottom right of his mouth. Hopefully we can get a picture when he is sleeping. As the weather and seasons begin to change we are preparing for winter and out trip to Canada in October.
We hope all is well with everyone 🙂
George at the Dragonboat Races
The funny passport picture we promised people… Yes, it’s for real!
Got Pumpkins!
You want me do what, with what?
My new chair, hmmm nice and cozy. Lots of room for long trips.
What’s the point of having cool hair if you don’t do anything with it?
Keeping babies safe…
6 months & still growing…
George had his 6 month check up today. He is 29.1″ tall (97%), 19.4 lbs (75%), and has a head circumference of 44 cm (50%). So, overall he continues to grow!
Dr. said he is doing fine – he seems to be hitting all of the milestones for his age. He is eating rice cereal and veggies during the day and likes most of them. Seems that peas are his favorite, but he had squash last week & liked the sweet flavor. Dr. House said he should not getting up to feed anymore at night and that as long as I keep feeding him, he’ll continue to wake at night. Tonight I’ll not feed him & see how it goes. That should be fun.
I’m sure you’ve seen that he learned to pull himself from a sitting position to standing position….well, we lowered the crib and now he can’t really do it because his arms aren’t that long. However, he sits well & has started to lunge forward and to get to where he wants to be. He is a very strong and determined little guy. He has also gotten his first tooth in the past week. The lower left tooth has broken through – he is doing well!
Other than that, Matt’s & my schedules have gotten even busier with school starting, our jobs, his classes, and my program responsibilities – but we are figuring it out. George continues to charm the students in the hall, at the Union and at the Childcare Center….not to mention his parents.
George 5 Month Pics
Hi, I’m George!
This is my happy pants picture…
Have you seen my baseball?
Baby “playboy”
Yup, still here!
How you doin?
See you soon…
Cranky Buttons!
Well it sure has been an exciting few weeks lately. Currently George’s menu includes rice cereal in the morning for breakfast and for dinner with a inter-mixing of yummy vegetables for lunch and dinner. He has always been a champ at eating his rice cereal as you can see (movie below) but when we first started serving him green beans… that was a different story. He made “the face” oh yes. It is as good as it sounds. It looks like the face you would make if someone shoved a very old sour patch kid in their that went bad (if they do go bad).
As time wore on so did the perseverance of the parental units. Yes, we have won this round and George is finally devouring his green beans with as much enthusiasm as hungry pup finding his first piece of pizza accidentally discarded onto the ground. The trick we think was to continue to feed it to him and let him become acquainted. Oh it did help that we began warming them up.
Other than this we have not been up to much. This past weekend the exciting news was that we took a trip to Appleton and purchased another addition to our apartment and family… a new leather couch and recliner and three matching tables. All very exciting news especially as the time ticks away and we get ever closer to moving off campus to our own house/apt.
All-in-all things are dandy except the fact that George has now decided to revert to waking up 2 – 3 times during the night and loves to skip naps during the afternoon. Allowing us the pleasure to experience “Cranky Buttons” a child that appears to be sleeping with his eyes open but continues to drool and attempt to eat everything, while only pausing to whimper periodicall and cry when not being held.
Oh, but we love him. So we look forward to the next month as he continue to grow and develop into a little dude.
P.S. Today George is 5 months old!