Easter 2011

Happy Easter!! This year was Frankie's FIRST Easter, he had so much fun hanging out with family and might I add that the Easter Bunny was very good to him!

We celebrated Easter with my parents on Saturday night so the Easter bunny came a day early.

Checking out what the Easter bunny brought him at our house with Daddy. The balls and the bubbles are his favorite things.

Family photo Easter morning. I am not sure why I wanted this photo bc I don't look the best and I think I had the same pj's on in our Christmas family photo, oh well don't judge me.

This is his new face. Every new family member that he met, he gave this face to them. It is really cute in person though, you can't help but laugh.

Thank Mimi for my super cute Eater outfit!!! I love it! We had a great time visiting with the Boyer family on Easter day, Frankie got to meet a lot of family member that he hadn't met before and some that he hasn't seen since he was born. All in all it was a great weekend!!!

*****Easter evening, Frankie started clapping for the first time. He was so proud of himself and so were we!!!!

Frankie 11 Months

Only 1 month away from the BIG O~N~E!!! Even over this past month you have changed and "matured" so much. You are so handsome and chunky. I love your fat little arms and legs so much! I am also happy to say that you are finally ticklish, I don't know why that makes me happy but it does!

You now have 4 teeth, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom! We can also see a few more coming in, pretty soon you will have a mouth full!! You are a pro at waving and will almost wave bye-bye to anybody. I will note that you have to be the one leaving and you won't do it until we are usually out the door, but none the less it is still super cute!! The other day in the store we were walking down the aisles and you were just waving away. You are also very good in your walker, you use it more as a bumper car and will hit anything in your path (including dogs, feet, chairs, etc.) Currently it is your mode of transpertation besides rolling for being carried. Da da is a word that you use a lot and you say it in such a happy voice. I think that you know who your da da is but you say da da more than just when you are lookin at your daddy. It's used most of the way home from the babysitters and any other time you get really happy. Ma ma is also one of your favorite words, however you typiclly only say it when you are upset or about to be upset. You start saying ma ma ma ma in a really sad voice so of course I come running and say yes baby boy what can I do for you. Aunt Katie taught you to say boo, you can say it but you say it really quietly, so cute!! You will try to do and say anything that we do. Papa B is really trying to get you to say Papa but you haven't quit got it, but you are working on it. Papa H is teaching you to raise your hand up and point and let me tell you after just one day you have about go it mastered and do it anytime you see him. He is also trying to teach you to whistle (because it gets on Grammy's nerves) but you can't whistle yet, but you do try to blow and them make this sweet little noise at the end. Suprisingly your case of mommy separation anziety seems to be almost gone. You will reach out for people to take you and will play by yourself on the floor for longer periods of time as long as you can see someone is in the room you are fine. You also have been doing great and not even crying when I drop you off at the babysitters in the morning. You are really wanting to be mobile, you try so hard but still seem to be content with rolling for now and of course walking while somebody holds your arms. You even sometimes power walk..........it's really funny.

You are becoming such a big boy now! You are not really wanting to eat your baby food anymore but some days you can't get enough of it. We have found that if we feed you the baby food with a big people spoon you eat more and seem to enjoy it more. You are also lettin you try most things that we eat from our plates, it is almost like you expect that now and that's why you won't eat you baby food anymore. We decided to slow down a little bit on that though because your belly has been hurting because you were having a little trouble pooping. Hopefully your belly will be able to handle big people food soon becaues you seem so ready to try it and are very good about getting the food to your mouth.

I can't get over how fast you are growing up!! If there was a stop bottom I would push it for a little bit to soak up more of your cuteness!!!!

Stats from home: Wegith 21 lbs

Lenght 27 1/2 inches

Head Circ 17 1/2 inches

You are still wearing size 12 month clothing.

Easter Pictures

Caught Up/House

Well I am finally caught up on Frankie's monthly posts, just in time to be late on the 11 month post. But the 11 month post will be posted while he is still 11 months old so I feel pretty good about that! I know it has been all about Frankie but he is a big part of our lives and the main reason for our blog. My plan is to at least write a weekly post with pictures to keep family and friend updated with our lives from week to week. I am not usre with our busy schedule that I will be able to keep this up but I am going to try my best. I also do plan on writing about other things that just Frankie. Maybe :) Now on to the house!! We are so excited to know that we have a house under construction!!! We found a subdivision that we loved and put an offer in on a house that was almost completed but another family had already put an offer and they got the house. We looked at a few more locations and houses and just couldn't fine the one that we wanted. We kept going back to the other subdivision. We decided to put an offer in on a house that was already under construction. Since we got in early, we get to pick out some on the finishes for the house!! It is very exciting and kind of stressful because we don't want to pick out something and then if not look good and be stuck with it. I think that we will make good choices though! They seem to be getting it done pretty fast, our closing day is June 17th at the lastest!!!! Next time we go out there I will try and get some pictures and post them! :) Frankie 11 month post and Easter pictures to come sometime soon!!!

Frankie 10 Months

OMG (Oh My Goodness- for those who don't know)!!! Time is just flying by, I wish that I could make it stop to keep you this age for a little longer. We are now just 2 months away from your FIRST birthday, it is so hard to believe last your this time you were still in my belly. It amazes me how fast you are growing up and learning new things. You take everything in so well and then you attempt to try it. Now that you are feeling better (see 9 month post) you are so happy and have tons of smiles for us. It is still hard to see all 3 teeth when you smile but when you laugh the teeth come out. I think that new top tooth is my favorite so far! Either way it is cute!! You are talking even more now that you were last month. When I put you in the car in the morning you try to start fussing but by the time we get to the first stop sign you are just talking away!! Same thing on the way home you just talk and talk to me about your day! I just talk right back to you, which seems to keep you happy. You still squeal with excitement on many different things and are also laughing at a lot more. Simple silly faxes make you laugh now! You try and imatate most of the words that we say to you and you try and copy of actions that we do. You still love to dig in the toy storage containers to fine the perfect toy to play with. You love digging in there and tossing everything out. YOu have a pretty strong arm and can throw the toys pretty far. You still are not crawling but you do army crawl a little bit, it usually turns into a roll though. From what i ahve seen you army crawl once and then roll till you get to where you want to go. When you get stuck and cry out for help, we come and sit you up so you can continue playing. You have also started to like your Rock N Frog that you got for Christmas. You sit on it and move your body back and forth, it is so cute!! You get really happy when you are doing it like you are really rocking. :) You have also started to dance a little, you rock back and forth on the floor when you hear music and also when you are standing you bend your knees up and down. I am not sure if I mentioned this in a older months post but you still love the song Baby Got Back. It is a calming song for you, when you get really upset and nothing seems to work I start to sing "I like big butts and I can not lie....." and you usually stop crying and it turns into dancing. Speaking of I like big butts, you also love to dance to "to much booty in the pants." You are getting much better about pulling up on things, however you forget that you can't walk and try to let go of whatever you are holding on to and fall unless someone is there to catch you. You are also really good at walking when someone is holding you hands, you might skip crawling all together and just walk. Moving on, you are still eating mostly baby food but we have branched out a little and have been letting you try more things from our plates and of course the lifesaving food for you is Cheerios. Sophie has also been enjoying you getting more table food and Cherrios because you usually share some with her. When we feed you your baby food we tend to get a shower of whatever fruit or veggie you are eating because you spit it out at us and then smile. Since you are already smiling at us it is very hard to get a NO out with out laughing while saying it, but when we do manage to get the NO out you started smile even bigger and then laugh which then makes us laugh. In return you keep doing it.....if only your weren't so cute. Hopefully you will grow out of them fast. Well I failed to get a weight and take a picture with your 10 month sign. I will try better for the 11 month post. Please enjoy 10 month pictures by Christian Berens!!!

Frankie 9 Months

I can't believe how much of a little boy you are now! You hardly even look like a baby anymore. :( Everybody still says that you look just like mommy but we are also getting a lof of people saying that you look like your daddy with your mommy's eyes. I think that you are great mix of both of us. You have my eyes and ear and probably my temper (whoops). You hve your daddy's hair line, mouth and eating habbits. You kind of make this humming noise when you eat. It is really cute!! You squeal and talk all the time. You try and imitate most noises that you hear us make, it's pretty funny because they usually sound a little bit different. We love having conversations with you, when we act like we know what you are saying and talk back to you it makes you so happy. I can't get enough of you sweet little laugh. Sometimes when I act like I am going to "get you" (tickle) you laugh before I even get close and you laugh even harder when Grammy is going to "get you'. Daddy also "gets you" right before bath time every night. He gets the biggest reaction out of you. I love the smile that you put on his face, it's priceless!!! You are so busy and into everything that you can get your hands on. Everything also goes in you mouth, it doesn't matter what or how dirty it is. You love to dig toys out of the little storage containers that I have them in, you will do this for the longest time by yourself. No toy is left in the box. We had a busy Month: We started to tak you to a class called Water Babies at Healthpoint Fitness that meets on Mondas and Wednesdays for 4 weeks, this class started on February 21st. You loved it!! You kicked and splashed the entire 30 minutes each week. We got some of the classes on video and got lots of good pictures. Since you got sick (see below) you only got to do 2 weeks of the class but it was still a great experience for you and we will be ready for summer!!

You started a new inhome daycare on February 28th that you go to Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday. Then Aunt Annie still watches you on Thursday & Friday. Wednesday of the first week you started to throw up in the middle of the night and had some kind of 24 hour virus. You started to feel better on Friday. In the mean time you passed the virus to Aunt Annie, Grammy, Papa H, Daddy, Mommy & Aunt Katie. Saturday you still weren't feeling the best but the sickness changed toa caugh and really runny nose. I told daddy that you were sick but we waited to take you in because I had taken you to the doctor on Friday and your ears were clear and they said that you were probably just getting over the virus still. Sunday you felt even worst and I felt awful for you. I wanted to make it feel better but couldn't go anything for you. You looked so pitiful and were very fussy. Monday is when I got hit with the 24 hour virus so daddy got you out of your crib and came in to our room and said that you were very sick and we needed to call the doctor. You just laid on his chest and watched Sponge Bob while we waited for the doctor's office to open. At 8 am I called and they couldn't get you in right away so we went to the emergency room. It was just as we thought, you had RSV and an ear infection in your right ear and fluid in your left ear. We were sent home wiht an antibiotic and a cough medicine. We went to the doctor on Wednesday of that week because you were just so fussy and we couldn't seem to do anything to make you happy and you would still hardly eat or drink anything. Your doctor changed your antibiotic, after that change you finally we could see that your were making and improvement. The improvement happened just in time for your first top tooth to start to come in. That made you fussy for a few more days but then it broke through and you became happy again!!! Not to mention how cute that little top tooth is!! You now have 3 teeth (2 on the bottom & 1 on the top).

At your 9 month doctor appointment your weight was 19 lbs 3 oz, 50%

length was 28 1/2 in, 50%

head circ was 44 in, 25%

You are were size 3 diapers and size 12 month clothing!