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Mar 092009

Erik has his first eye Dr. appointment today. He did well. The Dr. said his eyes do cross in slightly, and he does have a slight eyeglass prescription, but nothing too serious, yet. He has to go back every six months now until he will inevitably be fitted with a pair of glasses. Poor kid. At least they didn’t make me get them now! He goes back in September. We all knew he was destined to have glasses, poor kid. His Dr. was really nice though.
He did really well with the Dr. too. They used a spray instead of eye drops, which even though he hated, was much easier than the drops. I was impressed.
He has been doing pretty well other than that. He has stopped taking naps almost all together, but then crashes at like 8p.m. (or sometimes earlier). So obviously he still needs the nap, just doesn’t want to take them. I guess that’s normal for being 2, right? He is so funny, because he’ll be so tired he fall asleep while eating. Last night we had him up in bed with us watching a movie and he passed out about 5 minutes in to it. I don’t know what to do to get him to nap! Ah well…I guess he will just keep crashing really early at night.

Erik and his goat cheese

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Mar 032009

Erik’s Dr.’s appointment went well. He ended up being in the 50th percentile for his height and the 50th percentile for his weight. How more normal could he be? Can’t complain though.
When we were in FL I contracted some kind of stomach bug, and sadly passed it on to Erik. Mine last about 48 hours or so, but his lasted about 5-6 days. Poor kid. He is doing better now. Had me worried for a little while. The Dr. wanted to see him but he was doing alright so no worries.
Erik has been doing good with his vocabulary. The only color I can get him to point out is blue. He can say pretty much everything now, but has a lot of abbreviations and funny ways of saying things. Like “cookies” sounds like “goat cheese.”
He is slowly starting to be potty trained. He has finally gotten to the point of where he knows to ask to go potty, but by the time we get there he has already gone or mostly. The Dr. said that he should be potty trained any day now, so we’re working at it. He has made the first steps, and is starting to become more interested in it. He understands it now, which is good.
Erik has started saying Baba for his cup every now and then. He acquired this from his favorite cousin Caitlyn, who has stolen Erik’s word, cup, and used it. They somehow swapped. I have been told that Caitlyn can’t pronounce cup very well though, and it sounds like something else. Haha, oops.

Erik’s Birthday

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Feb 022009

Erik had a great 2nd birthday party. He had a really good time and was in a really good mood the entire day. His favorite new toy is his ride on disney airplane. It’s cute. He picked it out.
He got a lot of new movies, which is great for me! Helps keep my sanity!
Erik goes to the Dr. on Thursday for his 2 year check up with his new Dr. I’m excited to see what percentile he falls into now. He seems a bit bigger than other kids.
Erik is talking more and more as well. He can talk in sentences now. He will say things like “I closed the door.” We’re still working on our colors and potty training. Hopefully soon.

Erik got his costume!

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Oct 152008

Well we finally got Erik a costume. It was much debate, as the kid decided he hated anything that would go on his head. But for risk or ruining a surprise, I save telling everyone what it is until they see pictures. I suppose you probably could get it out of Erik’s Aunt as she got a matching costume so she could come trick-or-treating with us. She cracks me up.

So we finally figured out what the “ba-ba” thing he has been saying means. In nepalese, which his sitter is from Nepal, the word for sit sounds like “bah.” So, that’s what he has been saying. It’s funny because if he won’t sit I will then ask him to do so in spanish, and then if that doesn’t work I’ll use “bah.” He sits immediately. I guess he knows his sitter means business!

Erik burned his arm on the pellet stove at the camp last Friday. Poor kid. He has this tub of toys that set a little off to the side of the pellet stove. He has this set of a shovel and rake, and he was trying to pull the shovel out of the tub. He kind of flung his arm back and hit the stove. This is all assumption really after examining the crime scene. I was right around the corner on the stairs painting, but Erik didn’t start crying. He just came over and sat on my lap and then I noticed he was trying not to cry. He was doing the lip quiver thing. I kept asking him what was wrong and he wouldn’t tell me, so I finally started like turning him over trying to figure out if he hurt himself. I then noticed the red arm. I asked him if he burned himself and he nodded and then started to cry. Poor kid. I think he thought he was in trouble because he knows he is not allowed to touch the stove. What a well behaved little man though. It didn’t look so bad at first, but then it got huge. It turned colors as well, so Brandon and I decided that we should get it checked out by the dr. The dr. said it was okay and gave us some prescription burn cream, but it gave us a scare anyway. He also had hives, which we are assuming is from one of the laundry detergents I decided to use. They are finally starting to go away though. Thank God.