Movin' Movin' Movin!

 Family and friends...we have a walker!!!  Just days after turning 15 months, Vinnie took his first steps.  And, he hasn't turned back since.  These days, he is walking (or at least trying to walk) everywhere.  It often takes a few attempts, with a break or two in the middle, but he gets there eventually!  We are so proud!

With his first steps and came a trip to the doctor for his 15 month well visit.  This trip came with some good news and some bad news.  Which would you like first?!?  How about the good...  This "little guy" is growing like a weed!  He is finally out of the single digits for his growth percentiles!  Here are his stats as of 10/31/12:

Ht: 30" - 20%

Wt: 21 lb 8.5 oz - 15%

Head 46.4 cm - 30% 

Those are some huge gains!  And we know why...this kid is an eating machine!  He loves to eat whatever mom and dad are eating, especially spaghetti squash with a meat marinara sauce on top...and of course FRUIT!  He cannot get enough fruit.  Now for the bad news...upon our well visit it was discovered that Vinnie had was in the early stages of yet another ear infection.  That makes 10 ear infections in his whole 15 months of life :( !  So, we have started down the path of getting tubes put in.  This isn't terribly bad news, as we now know we have a solution.  We were just trying to hard to avoid the tubes if possible.  The chiropractor works when Vinnie visits about once every week to two weeks, but with the office being on the other side of town, and a $25 co-pay each visit, that was just not cost effective either...and not really a long term solution.  So we have an appointment set up with an ENT on December 3rd and will go from there on scheduling the tubes surgery.

We couldn't let the visit to the doctor get us down, especially not when it was on Halloween...so we ventured home, ate some dinner and headed to our two favorite neighbors for some "Trick or Treating."  Vinnie also enjoyed handing out candy to the other trick or treaters with Daddy.  He loved seeing all the kids...so much, in fact, that he cried as each one left!

We are so enjoying this next new phase with Vinnie.  He is talking so much more and taking an interest into everything.  He has developed a love (or obsession) for Elmo and lights up whenever he hears or sees him.  On a recent trip to the mall he even rode on a Carousel for the first time...and loved it.  His new found mobility opens so many doors for play and socialization and he is just loving it.

We are all getting very excited for the upcoming holiday season and looking forward to spending time in Minnesota with family and friends!