Spring-like weather!

Nolan’s 9 month checkup:

Weighing in at 19.2 pounds (40%) and standing tall at 28.5 inches (55%). Our little boy is starting to average out, but the drastic drop in height percentile required measuring Nolan 3 times which he was not too happy about. Developmentally Nolan is doing great! The pediatrician mentioned that within the next 3 months he should be able to say 1-3 words and then was surprised to hear that he already has done that! Way to go Nolie! She asked about crawling and we told her that he just figured it out. She predicted that he will be walking by next month. She also asked how he was taking to table food…Nolan seriously hates food! He LOVES to eat the pureed stage 2 baby foods, puffs and yogurt melts. We have tried stage 3 and table foods but they just get spit out of his mouth. Maybe once he gets a tooth or two he will like food more? This boy seriously is just as picky as his mama!

Then during his appointment we found out that Nolan had a double ear infection, meaning an ear infection in BOTH ears! I seriously have never felt so awful in my life. At that moment, I felt like the world’s worst mommy. Our pediatrician did a good job to make me feel better by stating that this happens a lot with babies that have a high pain tolerance. Nolan did not have a fever and has been in such a good mood. We called the pediatrician last week because he had an awful cold, but he didn’t have a fever. They told us to monitor his temperature and make sure he didn’t get a fever and that the cold just had to run its course. He did tug on his ear a few times, but was not fussy. He is always in such a great mood. Even when we pick him up from daycare and Aunt Ginnie’s house we hear about the great day he has had. How were we to know? Needless to say, our little boy is on antibiotics for his ear infectionS. :(

The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous! It really made me excited for spring and taking trips to the parks and playgrounds. We had such a busy weekend and were able to spend a great deal of time outside soaking up the weather! On Friday night we went to my dad’s house for dinner to see Aunt Nora. She was my mom’s childhood friend growing up and I love that she still makes it a point to see us every time she is on the east coast. Before we left for my dad’s a UPS delivery showed up at our house and it was an LA Kings pillow pet that Aunt Nora had sent to Nolan so he would have a Stanley Cup Champs souvenir!

Saturday morning we woke up to gorgeous weather, bundled up Nolan and headed to Rockburn Branch Park to take Nolan to the playground. He went down the slides and was put in a swing for the first time since the whole My Gym debacle. I am so happy to say that Nolan was all smiles when swinging! This boy also loves, loves, loves the slides! We spent a good bit of the morning at the playground and then went home to squeeze in a nap before Colby’s 1^st birthday party.

I still cannot believe that Colby is already 1! We had a great afternoon celebrating the little guy and watching him enjoy his smash cake. Kim did a wonderful job with all the decorations and food. I absolutely loved the Colby banners she made. Watching all the babies play together (or ignore each other and play on their own, but close to each other) was so fun! Colby’s birthday party has me very excited for Nolan’s first birthday, but at the same time I do not want to rush away those months at all!

After Colby’s birthday party we went downtown to Sabbatino’s in Little Italy with my family! Nolan was a little rock star at dinner considering he was on the go all day with maybe a 45-minute nap during Colby’s party. Not-so-fun Fact: I did learn that Sabbatino’s does not have changing tables in the restrooms of their bathrooms. Luckily, we were tucked in the back corner of one of the rooms in the restaurant so yes, I changed Nolan on his changing pad on the floor behind our table. You got to do what you got to do, right?

Sunday was daylight savings time. Nolan followed his schedule according to daylight savings. This meaning, he sprung forward and took his morning nap at 11am instead of 10am and same with his afternoon nap, dinner and bedtime! Saturday was Ryan’s dad’s birthday and since our day was jam packed we met up with them on Sunday to celebrate. The weather was just as nice as it was on Saturday and so we met at Patapsco State Park for a nice afternoon walk. After our walk we grabbed some lunch and went to Rockburn Branch Park had a picnic and played for a little bit. Nolan went on the slides and swings again on Sunday! We topped off our weekend by taking an evening walk to the grocery store. Leaving the grocery store we ran into Brent, Kim and Colby and talked with them for a bit before heading home. We really made the most of the nice weather this weekend and I cannot wait for spring to be here.

I apologize now for the massive amount of pictures...nice weather + busy weekend = LOTS of pictures!

Nolan playing peek-a-boo at dinner on Saturday night!