Titan is 15 months old today!

Physical Milestones:

• He can run (and pretty fast too!). 
• He likes to spin in circles. 
• He can climb stairs.
• He also jumps, but can’t get both feet off the ground yet.

Some words he can say:

• light (which he points to and says when we ask)
• tank ya (thank you)
• herr go (here you go)
• kaikai (eat)
• kaukau (bathe)
• ears
• along with the previously known words like dad, mama, bye, and hi.

He knows where his ears, belly button, nose, and feet are. He eats by himself. He likes to help clean and still loves to dig in the trash. He loves to dance. Oh and he now shakes his head no when we ask him something and he doesn’t want it! 

He is very naughty. He likes to hit. You cannot sleep safely around him because he will pull your hair, slap your face, or poke you in the face with an object. He has recently started throwing little tantrums where he cries and throws himself back, but it doesn’t last long. He fights back when his brothers make trouble to him. Hmm aside from those things, he is still very cuddly and loving. He nurses about 3 times a day, sometimes more. He loves his daddy and his brothers so much! 

I love this kid. ;)

Getting dressed

I'm not sure at what age children usually do this and I can't remember at what age Tay and Trent started doing this, but Titan is already helping me to get him dressed! He has been doing this for a few weeks so since he was 12 months old.

He puts his head through the shirt hole and sticks his arms through the arm holes. When I hold the pants down near his legs, he lifts his leg and puts his feet through. Then when it's time to put on his shoes, he sits down and lifts his foot up for me. I think it is so cute! :)

Now, if he would just lay still for the changing of his diapers! :P

Smart, Sweet, and Sad.

Titan has a new thing.

Every time my husband leaves for work or school, Titan grabs my husbands shoes, passes it to him, and says "here you go" (he says this whenever he passes something to us). Then, he follows daddy to the door thinking he's going to go with him and he says (go.. go). When my husband leaves and closes the door after saying I love you and buh-bye, Titan starts crying. :( Then he runs to the couch to open the blinds and watch his daddy drive away. How sad and sweet is that?

Tayven & Titan's doctor appointment

Titan’s stats at 12 months 3 weeks old were: 25 lbs (77%) & 33 in. (99%)

He cried when the nurse just touched him! He screamed whenever they came in the room. He screamed when the doc was looking in his ears and mouth.. and of course, he screamed for the shots. He just did not want to be there! lol poor kid. 

Tayven’s stats at 5 yrs & 5 months old were: 73 lbs (100%) & 48.75 in. (99%)

He did REALLY well. He had to get 2 shots in his thighs.. and oh man he took it like a champ. It was sad for me because he’s my eldest and he is so mature for his age. It’s almost like he knows he’s the big brother and has to be a big boy :( When the needles went in he was like “ow ow,” and he looked like he wanted to cry but he was embarrassed to do so. How sad is that? I hugged him after the nurses were done and told him how proud of him I am. 

At Trenton’s last appt. his weight was too much for his height, so the doc told me that he would have a nutritionist call me. She called but I never called back. To me, he’s just a growing boy lol. Today, because of how much Tay weighs, he mentioned a nutritionist again and I said ok… because lately my husband has brought it up that Tay eats a lot. When I make his plate, it’s almost as much as mine and sometimes he even asks for second. Their pedi wasn’t too concerned about obesity and such because he said they are bound to be big (look at their dad) but he said it wouldn’t hurt to start giving healthier foods and I agree. 

Milestone wise they’re both great and Tay exceeds things for his age lol. Tay is a smarty pants! :)

Titan is ONE!

He turned a year old on January 14th.

I picked up a cake for him. Nothing special because I didn’t call ahead of time. I just picked from what they had there and had them write on it for me. We sang for him and ate cake here at home. 

This year went by so fast. I know everyone says that, but this year truly did. It went by faster than any other year. With Tay and Trent, I was excited when they turned one. With Titan, though, I’m sad. When I look at him, I still see a baby. I know he’ll always be my baby, but I just can’t seem to accept that he’s pretty much a toddler now. He’s slowly becoming independent. 

He walks and even runs everywhere. He plays rough with his brothers and loves running away from them or chasing them. He babbles a lot more, is making new sounds, and says a few words. He loves to dance. He can now point, but it's kind of with his whole hand rather than just his pointer finger. When we ask him, "where is ___?" (mommy, daddy, or his brother's names) he will look in their direction and sometimes will even point. We do this thing where we make a humming noise in his ear. Well, the other day I put my ear near his face and he did it back to me! 


He is really goofy! Just like his brothers and parents. hehe :) He's also very loving and can be dramatic. He'll pretend cry and pretend laugh. He is a ton of fun. 
Another thing is that it has been one year since I’ve been breastfeeding! I am very proud because with the other two I didn’t make it past 2 weeks of nursing. A whole year! No pumping, no substituting formula, and not starting solids until after 6 months really and even then he didn’t even want baby food, so we waited to give “table” food around 10 months. I’m proud and happy to have nursed this long. Happy that my milk supply stayed up and that he was a boobie monster. 


Here's some pictures of his birthday:

His Cake

His big brothers were quite excited for him. :)

"mm I am going to devour this!"

hehe

Opening his gift from his birthday buddy, Zeb. 

His excited, goofy face!

He loves it. (so does his big brothers haha)

My Day

Got up, went down stairs to talk to our rental manager to get a copy of our old lease, came back up and got Titan ready. I got ready and the two of us left to his dr's appt. About 20 minutes after we left, the hubby woke Tayven up, got him ready and got him on the bus for school. 

Titan didn't care for his doctor or his nurse.. he cried even when they weren't touching him! lol He's still freaking 22 lbs. He gained like 1/2 a pound in TWO months! ugh. I'm going to fatten this kid up. My doctor thinks maybe my milk supply is diminishing but I don't think it is. I honestly am not sure how to tell if it is. I think it's because he never cared for baby food and so I stopped feeding it to him. I've just been feeding him from my plate. Idk but the doc will see him again at the end of January to see if he gains weight. I'm going to be feeding him like crazy lol. He was 22 lbs which is only the 61 percentile and 31 in. which is the 93 percentile. 

He was a bit above average for his milestones and development which is good. :) 

After his appt, we came home, hung out, and waited for the hubby to get home from school to have dinner. Now, we're just hanging out in the living room watching TV. 

Titan will be walking by the end of the month!

He walks every chance he gets. He stands up from a sitting position on his own and just starts taking steps. He can balance and then take more steps. The longest distance he has gone without falling is across our living room. He even tries to run after his brothers! hehe

Here is a video of the big boy "walking"..

Titan is 10 months old

and can now say:

• daddy, dada
• mama, mom
• uh-oh
• ha'u (come in Tongan)
• baba
• go-go
• and I swear sometimes he is saying TayTay (for Tayven) lol

I guess he's doing pretty good with his vocabulary. He is not quite standing on his own yet. I mean he will for a few seconds and then slowly sit back onto his butt because he's still afraid. When I hold his hands and walk with him, I'll let go and he'll take some steps until he gets to the couch. He'll get there eventually. Maybe he'll be like Tayven and walk at 11 months. 

An update since it's been a while

This week has been crazy with school work among other things. This is pretty much my last week of these three classes (I just have a couple things to do next week).  I have a 2 final exams due and a regular weekly exam due this week, along with all of the other assignments, labs, and discussions that I already turned in.

Anyway, I figured I would give an update  =)

Tayven is doing pretty well.  He is bored at home (mostly because I've been busy with school work the last few weeks).  I really wish he was going to school this year-- only for the fact that he wants to go.  My sister, Kandi, sent us a bunch of workbooks that she got from her job, so during my two weeks off after these classes we will be working on those!

Trenton is completely potty trained at 27 months old.  I'm so proud of him! He now can go pee by himself.  He grabs the stool, places it in front of the toilet, then climbs onto the toilet and pees.  All I have to do a bit later is get him to stand and pee.  He is also talking TONS more.  He loves to talk on the phone-- it's his new thing, hehe.  He loves to "fight" (rough & tumble) with Tayven and he loves to bug Titan and make him laugh.

Titan is crazy! He is doing so many things.  He is cruising furniture now and his 4th tooth is currently popping through his gums.  He can start crawling from a sitting position and then sit down from a crawling position.  He's also trying to CLIMB onto the couch and STAND from a crawling position. Basically, he is very mobile.  He calls me mama and reaches for me and daddy.  He does not do too well around strangers, but that is because he is only around us 24/7.  He waved hi for the 1st time today! He loves to "play" with his big brothers and follow them around the apartment.  I think that's pretty much it for right now.

My hubby starts school on Wednesday.  I'm excited for him to get out of this dang house.  It'll be good for him, especially after being cooped up in the house for so long.  The boys and I will miss him though. Like I mentioned above, I get two weeks off in between these classes and the next ones, so I'm super excited to spend time with my boys and get some much needed rearranging done!

Busy Month for Titan

This month is a busy month for Titan.

So far this month, he has started crawling, pulled himself up to stand, has his third tooth coming in (the top left), and can say more sounds. He says mama, baba, the g sounds, and da.

It is really crazy that he is growing so fast.

The weird thing about this is that I do not have "baby fever." Usually when my kids hit big milestones like crawling and stuff, I start wanting another baby. I don't feel that right now.. but like my husband said, "just wait until he starts walking." lol :P I'm just enjoying him and loving it.

He loves his brothers!! Trenton cracks him up all the time. I really love seeing them interact with each other.

Titan Update

Titan can now:

-Sit up on his own with falling over maybe once or twice.
-Reach for mommy when I put my hands in front of him and tell him to come
-Roll over both ways
-Scoot his way around the carpet and in a circle

He's also eating solids now. So far he's tried bananas. sweet potatoes, and squash.

Soon he'll be crawling!

Look what I can do!

I can sit! 

This is fun mommy!

 I LOVE it!!

See how happy I am? I'm a big boy!

Ok I think I'm getting tired..

Oh no... I'm falling...

Yep, I'm done

He was sitting for like 2+ minutes!! Yay my big boy :) Proud mommy moment!

New for Titan & Trenton

Titan had his well baby check up and shots on Tuesday. Instead of 2 months though he’s 3 months lol because I didn’t know they scheduled well baby checks a month in advance. Anyway, my fatso already weighs 16lbs 9oz and is 26 1/4 in. He was born 7lbs 12oz and 21 in. He’s in the 94 percentile for weight and 96 percentile for height.He is starting to sit up! The longest he has sit up on his own before falling is 12 seconds. He can also now roll over from tummy to back, bring a toy to his mouth, and watches me eat. :)

Trenton is saying a lot more words and starting to make sentences. He’s also starting to do things on his own. I’ll starting potty training him sometime next month. He turns 2 on May 3rd. We're not sure what we will do for his birthday yet.

Trying to sit up.

Titan turned 3 months old yesterday. Every time I sit him in his carseat or against the couch cushions he leans forward trying to sit up.

Someone please tell him to stop growing so fast :(