Klay Family: Doctor Visits and Tidbits

Two weeks ago, right after Mommy and Daddy got back from Cozumel, I decided that I owed them a "pay back" for them leaving me, so I developed a viral infection. It lasted a good 4-5 days and my parents scrambled to find sitters for me so they could be at work. Thanks to auntie Judie, I was able to hang out with her and go for some walks in the stroller. Mommy didn't think I was acting sick at all, besides the fact that my temp. hovered around 102! She even caught me pulling myself up on my toy shelf, which is my latest trick. I grunt and groan and eventually, I can pull myself up if I really work at it!

I didn' t know that Mommy was watching me. "Grrrrr" I said... I wanted my music cube!

Almost there

Nothing to see here! Besides my drooly face (still cutting 5 teeth by the way)

Some of my other new tricks, besides pulling myself up, is that I play pat-a-cake with Mommy, I can stand for a few seconds unassisted, and I am now army crawling on my belly. I decided that crawling on all fours is only for backwards motion and to stress my Mommy out, I have decided to army crawl. It is almost a must for me to wear long sleeves to avoid rug burn. Here is a short clip of me playing pat-a-cake with Mommy and Daddy.

Last week, I had my 10 month appointment, since Daddy "forgot" to take me on his day off when I was 9 months old. So, I went with Mommy (she never forgets) and here are my stats: Weight= 19.07 lb, Height = 2' 3" and head circumference= 17.48 inches. All in all, I am in the 25% in all of these areas. Quite proportionate I might add! I don't think there is much hope for me to be a basketball player. I liked this doctor's appointment because I didn't need any shots, although in two more months, for my ONE YEAR (YIKES!) I will need quite a few of them.

Before my haircut

To prepare for my pictures this past weekend, Mommy asked Daddy to take me to get my 2nd haircut. She thought it would be "OK" to not do the salon this time, so Daddy and I set out to Sports Clips. UNFORTUNATELY, they were closed, so Daddy took me to Great Clips. Mommy wasn't too happy because she says that I look a lot like Larry from the movie "Dumb and Dumber." They cut my bangs straight across instead of "fringing them." I guess you can tell the difference. To make up for it, she is putting "product" in my hair and will probably insist that Daddy doesn't take me anywhere without her from now on.

After my haircut (Mommy fixed my bangs so that you wouldn't see the full affect)

HELMET NEWS: I have GREAT news to share about my helmet. I saw Mike last week and he said my head is symmetrical and that we could decide whether or not to discontinue it. Since I have only worn it for one month, we decided to continue with the helmet during naps and bedtime only. Mike was very happy and surprised to see how quickly my head re-shaped itself. Mommy still thinks it's a little flatter in the back, but a big improvement overall. We are going to go back in two weeks and see if all looks well still. If so, we will stop with the helmet and I can save this for head protection as I am learning to walk (ha!)

Yes, I finally fit into my Chucks. Thanks Uncle Jimmy! Sorry about the sideways picture.

Happy Easter! Since it is a little hard to keep up with the blog on a weekly basis, I am putting in my adorable pictures that were taken this weekend. I went to have pictures taken at the portrait studio because they advertised a live bunny. We thought this would be fun, so I got all dressed up in my Easter outfit for the occasion. I did a great job, until they introduced the cute little bunny. I pulled on its ears, tipped the bunny out of the basket (luckily it didn't escape), and nearly squashed it because I was squeezing its fur so hard. I guess they aren't as hardy as our Golden Retriever, Liberty. The lady decided our portrait session was done about this time, so luckily I was in good spirits before this mess. Mommy and Daddy were a little embarassed about the bunny situation, but the lady seemed to understand "a little." Here are the pictures from my big photo shoot! Happy Easter!