How Big Are You?
We will see in a couple of months but you have gained some weight, that is for sure!
What’s Your Temperament?
You are up and moving all of the time. You don’t like when you get told no. You have learned what time out is and you don’t like it at all. It takes lots of organization on mom’s part to make sure you have enough to do during the day.
What Are You Eating?
Everything and anything. You eat about five times a day and love graham crackers and animal crackers as snacks. You also love applesauce and especially from a packet.
What Are you Sporting?
2T everything but your pants still are a little long. You have started to wear 3T pajamas because of your big belly!
How Are You Sleeping?
Now that you are back home in our Maryland house, you have slept sooooo much better. You were very happy to be back home in your bed!
Fun Moments, Favorite Notes, Guyon Quirks + Milestones:
– You like to play with Pop Pop after he got home from work. Many nights all of the trains ended up all over the floor.
– You starting playing with the colander and pipe cleaners.
– You enjoyed spending mornings playing and laughing with Mom mom.
– You like to ride Uncle Andrew’s car.
– You spent an overnight with Mom Mom and Pop Pop while mom and dad looked for a new house.
– You moussed your hair with caramel one day.
– We enjoyed Thanksgiving at Great Grandpa’s house with lots of family.
– You watched Home Alone for the first time surrounded by lots of family.
– Uncle Andrew and Allie came to visit.
– Back home to Maryland the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
– You love being home with mom in Maryland and with all of your toys.
– Family photos at our house!
– Spending lots of time with Granny and Grandpa.
– We picked out a Christmas tree. We didn’t get to cut it down this year but we still went and explored the farm a little bit.
– We took lots of fun Christmas photos. Lights, bells and more!
– You love playing with the train under the Christmas Tree.
– We celebrated St. Nick day.
– We took a picture in front of the crab pot tree in Chesapeake City before dinner out with Granny and Grandpa.
– You played with the camper for the first time.
– You helped daddy fix the train at his makeshift work station in the kitchen.
– You started rocking your Thomas robe again.
– It snowed for the first time this season and you played in the snow with daddy.
– Playtime at the Bel Air library.
– Gingerbread man hunt in the house. You loved that we hid them and you found them and we re-hid them again!
– Color paint in the bathtub and you were covered in blue!
– You dressed up in a Santa outfit,
– You started your countdown to Christmas. You got a Thomas calendar to countdown and you enjoyed it a lot.
How Big Are You?
About 30 lbs and no idea how tall.
What’s Your Temperament?
You were a champ while traveling. There were a lot of changes and a lot of strange places but you took them in stride.
What Are You Eating?
Anything and everything and all the time. There have been days where I really question if you have a hollow leg.
What Are you Sporting?
You wear mainly 2Ts but the pants are still sometimes too big. 24 month pants fit you a little better for the length. You wear 2T pjs and are in size 4 diapers if wearing paper diapers.
How Are You Sleeping?
This month was crazy. You woke up a lot at night. You were also sleeping in the play pen for the whole month at Mom Mom and Pop Pop’s house.
Guyon Likes + Dislikes:
Likes
– Building train layouts
– Spending time with PopPop
– Eating
Dislikes
– Fried food and ice cream together
– Being in unfamiliar places for
Fun Moments, Favorite Notes, Guyon Quirks + Milestones:
– You spent a couple of days at daycare while mommy and daddy took care of a few things at home to get ready for the big move.
– Trains on the couch.
– We packed the car and drove to Grandma and PopPop’s house to spend some time there while Daddy had adventures in Indianapolis, Des Moines, Asheville, and home.
– You spent a whole day with PopPop while mommy and daddy looked at houses.
– Your first five or six days were a little rough.
– You got car sick on our first day of travel.
– You got sick on our first night at Grandma and PopPop’s house. You had fried
chicken nuggets and Ice Cream at Polly’s for dinner and you didn’t do well
with that.
– You were ok for Saturday and Sunday.
– We went to Indianapolis to meet up with daddy while he had to go to meetings.
– Monday you decided to stay up for a long time at night. Daddy didn’t get much
sleep and had to sit through meetings all day.
– Tuesday night you also got sick multiple times. Daddy decided that it was
time for you and mommy to leave so we came back to Grandma and PopPop’s.
– You rode on the cart at the hotel in Indy and you had the bath of a king.
– We had lunch with some of mommy’s college friends in Indianapolis.
– It got really cold, really quickly. Outside play was limited.
– You got your first haircut!
– We explored Mt. St. Francis.
– Grandma got you a vacuum cleaner.
– We went to the Halloween Party at the Louisville Zoo.
– You played with Uncle Andrew’s mixer truck. PopPop didn’t like you sitting on it though.
– You like to swing in the garage.
– You had your first Lunchable. It was cheese pizza.
– We painted a pumpkin.
– You played with homemade slime. You were not a big fan of it at all.
– We made mummys and monster eyes for Halloween dinner.
– You were a train engineer for Halloween.
– You met the Wimsatts for the 1st time.
– You like playing with Grandma’s pumpkin that lights up, running through the leaves, and riding around on the car.
– You went out to lunch with Grandma and her friends.
– You like to put the puzzle pieces in the right places and read books.
– Uncle Sam came to visit for a couple of days.
– There was no electricity on a Sunday morning and we went outside to play because it was so nice out. You wore PJs and boots.
– We visited the library. You played with the blocks and we got some books.
– You painted with leaves and colored some pictures.
– We went to brunch with the Whites, Aunt Jeannine, Uncle Sam and your grandparents. You loved watching the trains at the restaurant.
– Daddy sent us your heavy coat and you were able to go outside.
– Train layout after train layout after train layout.
– You made a banner for daddy when he came back after all of his other adventures.
– You love playing with Winnie the Pooh and rocking him in the little chair.
– You love swinging in the garage!
– Lots of time playing outside and riding the car around the driveway.
How Big Are You?
28lbs 14 oz at your 18 month appointment.
30 1/2 inches tall.
What’s Your Temperament?
Pretty chill. You do whine a lot more especially if you aren’t getting your way though. We did have to start sitting you in timeout for very short periods of time.
What Are You Eating?
Anything and everything. I don’t think there was anything that was out of the ordinary this month.
What Are you Sporting?
24 month pants, 2T sleepers, 24 month – 2T shirts
How Are You Sleeping?
You still sleep like a champ.
Guyon Likes + Dislikes:
Likes
– Pointing at airplanes.
– Playing with friends at daycare
– Building train layouts
Dislikes
– Being told no
– Not getting what you want
Fun Moments, Favorite Notes, Guyon Quirks + Milestones:
– So much fun at daycare this month. You painted, played outside, dressed up in pretend clothes and so much more.
– Pirate week at daycare.
– We finally had your 18 month checkup. A little late!
– You helped celebrate mommmy’s birthday
– A visit from your grandparents and days at home with them. They took you to the park, played outside and brought you a new sweatshirt.
– We also visited the Wilmington Children’s Museum.
– We had all of the grandparents over for dinner and to play.
– We made the hard decision to move to Indiana.
– We rode a small open air train on part of the Ma & Pa Railroad. You loved it!
– You got lots of special treatment at daycare. You helped deliver snacks, play in the big kid room at the train table and more.
– We stayed at the Red Caboose in a caboose for a weekend. We explored Cherry Grove Adventure park and rode the Strasburg train.
– We had lunch for all of your teachers at daycare.
– You had your last full week at daycare.
– We went to Trunk or Treat at daycare and all of the older kids recognized you.
I seriously can’t believe that you are already half way to two. You, little one, are such a joy to be around and each day is so exciting. Thank you for bringing so many smiles to our faces during such a transitional part of life.
How Big Are You?
Almost 28 pounds. Not sure how tall you are right now.
What’s Your Temperament?
You are still a pretty chill kid except for when you are tired or really want something. You will throw a fit and throw yourself around on the ground. Mom and dad will ignore it most of the time and let you finish before we console you.
You communicate with us a like a champ too. You have your own sign language for so many things. The common words are: more, please, thank you, shower or bath.
You are starting to form more sounds but we haven’t quite gotten full words out of you yet. I can only imagine though what it is going to be like when you start talking though. I have a feeling you won’t stop.
What Are You Eating?
Lots of food. Your typical eating schedule is as follows:
Arrive at daycare – Eggs
9:00 am – Snack
11:00 am – Lunch
After nap – Snack
5:00 pm – Dinner
You dink lots of milk and water out of your straw cups and love to drink water out of big kid water bottles. You like to pour the bottle out when you are finished with it.
You are such a sport about trying new foods. For the most part, we still haven’t found much that you won’t eat.
What Are you Sporting?
24 month pants
2T Pajamas
24 month and 2T shirts
You wear mainly button down shirts and shorts or pants to daycare most days with your boat shoes. You are definitely a Maryland boy when it comes to the boat shoes.
At home, a lot of times, you are in a diaper and t-shirts.
How Are You Sleeping?
Coming back from vacation was rough on you. You have started to adjust back into your schedule but you still have nights where you cry for a little while before you fall asleep.
Towards the end of the month though, you were back to sleeping like a champ. You sometimes need a book in bed with you to help you fall asleep but it does keep you quite. You seem to always choose the largest books though to keep in your bed with you.
Guyon Likes + Dislikes:
Likes
– Playing games with Daddy to get cookies after dinner
– Eating dinner on the front porch
– Books!!
– Playing outside. After daycare almost everyday and all weekend if we let you.
– Your basketball blanket
– Watching the cows and for airplanes
– Food!!!!!!
– Playing in the bathroom.
– Cleaning tools. Vacuum, dust buster, broom etc.
– Wagon rides
– Pointing out airplanes and helicopters
Dislikes
– Going to bed too early
– Daddy being away
– Being woke up from naptime.
Fun Moments, Favorite Notes, Guyon Quirks + Milestones:
– You tried eggplant for the first time and you liked it. It probably helped that mom made eggplant fries.
– You enjoy playing basketball and being outside.
– You went back to daycare… and caught your first sickness. You ended up staying home on Friday due to your highest temp to this day. (101.4)
– You enjoyed crawling in the cabinet where the garbage can goes because mommy broke the garbage can and it made a good hiding place.
– You and daddy bought mommy flowers for her first day back to work.
– You have done so much in your new room. You paint, play pretend, play in the sensory bins, and play in the water at daycare.
– Mommy built you a playhouse out of a couple of boxes that she was able to get at work. You LOVED it.
– You helped daddy install the new garbage can.
– You like to clean your cardboard playhouse with your broom.
– We stayed home instead of going to the boat for the weekend. You dumped out your cloud dough, we played in the drive way, had wagon rides and played outside all morning. We had Granny and Grandpa over for dinner on Saturday night.
– You slept through the solar eclipse on August 21. Hopefully you will see the one in 2024.
– We explored Chestertown and visited the Farmer’s Market on Saturday. We explored the park and found a fun playground.
– You have gotten carsick several times. It’s never fun when that happens.
– You explored the hay bails in the backyard with daddy.
– Your first day in the Toddler class.
– You played in the rain for the first time.
– You endured another couple of days of daddy being away. This time he went to Wisconsin.
– Sweatshirt weather has started and you wore your “Cat in the Hat” sweatshirt for the first time.
– We cheered on Purdue football in your vintage overalls.
– You hung out with our friends Jim and Leyna. You were an awesome little dude and sat for over two hours while we ate crabs. Labor day weekend was a blast!
– Tons of fun at daycare including box parties, PJ day, marker drawings, sorting pom poms.
– We had breakfast at the Farmer’s Market. You had your first donut, an Apple Cinnamon donut from a local bakery.
– Granny and Uncle Daniel visited for dinner and play.
– You wore your Ravens jersey for the first game.
– You celebrated the River Bandits winning and going to the Championship.
– Uncle Andrew sent you an awesome new backpack that you now take to school with you. 
I have transitioned back into working and in the first week back, as new things were being unpacked around school, I noticed big boxes. I stopped our maintenance men and asked if I could have them. They wanted to know why and I quickly answered with “I am going to make a playhouse for G man.” They loved it. They helped me flatten them so that I could get them in the car.
I got home and when I was supposed to be working on many other things (including this blog), I built his house. When he got home and saw the playhouse, he ran to play.
The playhouse has now been swept with his broom, a blanket bed built, a table inserted and then removed, and best of all the door opened and closed many times.
I think that this over sized, dining room encompassing contraption will stay awhile. (Or until daddy makes us take it down!)
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