15-ish months

Today was Sammy's 15 month check up, almost a month late, and he finally got his 12 month shots. What?! It's been a crazy couple of months! Weighing in at 29 lbs 5 oz and 34 inches long he is in the 95% for height and 90% for weight, as always the noggin is in the 95% as well. As you can see he still will not sit up to drink his sippy's.


I think Andi had a harder time with his shots today than he did. I kept telling her to stay in her seat, but since she NEVER listens to me these days she was right at the Nurse's side while she was giving the shots. And Andi was screaming at her to stop poking Sammy with the needles and crying. Seriously, Sammy calmed down before she did.
Here's what I really don't get. She abuses him constantly. Yesterday for example he was running up behind her, so she stepped to the side so he could get by, and stuck out her foot so she could trip him on his way by, and it's not like he fell on carpet, we were outside going on a walk. She see's no problem with this and gets mad when I spank her and put her in time out. But the minute someone else hurts him she freaks. She's been super nice to him since we got home from the Dr's and keeps saying poor Sammy. If only I could get her to see the connection between shots, and her knocking him around, and get her to treat "poor Sammy" better.

Crafty

So I was feeling crafty this weekend, and looking for a solution to a problem. The Problem: Andi's "art" piling up on the fridge and being pulled down by Sammy so my kitchen floor is constantly covered in paper. Solution: Make a cute magnet board to hang in Andi's room. So we grabbed some fabric, ribbon, sheet metal & wood and a staple gun and ta-da! The shiny flowers you see on the board are the magnets, and I'm not sure who was more excited about the board, me or Andi.


And this is a great picture because we have been trying to capture this scowl on Sammy's face for a while now. He shoots this look at people often, usually when we say no, and it always makes me laugh, which he does not appreciate.

The Stealth Bunny

So Sammy has become INSANE the last few weeks. He's constantly climbing, or pulling things down, or taking things apart. He's like the energizer bunny, only stealth. He's so stinkin quiet that I think he hasn't moved from where I left him, when I turn around he's gone. His new favorite thing to do, that he does at least 5 times a day is this.


He climbs on the couch and pulls the back pillows off. I took this picture because I thought it was cute that he got this one cushion off, but then he proceeded to pull them off both couches and now, like I said it's a daily ritual. And he is always proud of himself for doing it.

This was annoying because after the fourth time that day I pulled him off the drawer I couldn't get it back in. He had busted the bottom out of the drawer and Thad had to put it back together.


And this I'm sure is going to result in having to get new blinds. Ugh, do they make baby gates for couches?
He's seriously crazy. He is not talking yet, but he has started making all kinds of weird noises. He also has started to recognize when we think he's being funny and will totally ham up whatever he is doing to get a laugh.
Andi spends almost her entire day asking me to write words for her to copy, or how to spell things, and drawing pictures. She fills the fridge with her letters and drawing every day. Once we got about 3 pages deep and the magnets wouldn't hold any more I started pulling some pictures off, but she just keeps making more, and they all have to go on the fridge. She can now spell her name, Mom, Dad, Sam, and love all on her own. She can recognize and read about 24 words now. All rhyming, mostly from the cat and the hat, which she can "read" from memory. She also "reads" Are you my mother, but the thing is she wants to read it to you, and then wants you to read it to her. Story time is becoming quite the ordeal every night. I've really got to get some work books and flash cards while she's still in to this.