Wow has it really been almost a year (April of 2011) since I last posted? This last year has been a wild ride and I hate that I haven't made more updates. Our lives have changed drastically over the past year and I am not really even sure where to start. I know many are following my blog about my mom's journey, but I also wanted to make sure that I was not forgetting about my family and the wonderful things that are happening in our lives.
In early November we found out that we are expecting Maples baby number 2. We are so incredibly excited and could not be more blessed. W
Sterling has had a lot of changes lately but for the most part he is doing well. He is such a happy spirit and fun loving kiddo. He went from being with my mom every day to starting daycare full time and not seeing my mom hardly at all while she was in the hospital and now is seeing her on a much more consistent basis. I know he didn't understand all of this change and starting acting out a little but he has adjusted now and is doing great! Except for the occasional bite reports I think he has fun at daycare.
He has changed so much! He is a little bit of a late bloomer talking but the past few weeks he has not stopped jabbering and trying tosay all kinds of things. For a while he was just saying momma and daddy but now we are up to momma, daddy, gigi, hi, bye bye, and every once in a while we will get a thank you. He is trying to say light and pointing to the fans and I could have sworn I heard him say toes the other day and grabbed his foot, but Shon thinks I am making up things to make his vocabulary seem bigger :). I am sure in the next couple of weeks he will be telling me about his day :) That is a true mom's expectations right!
I will try to do a "quick" update on his growth below so that I can try to stay up with my blogs especially with baby #2 coming!
7 MonthsTeeth
Sterling started to get his teeth in around 5 months. The bottom teeth were a breeze and I didn't even know he was teething. The top ones were another story. He wouldn't take any teethers except for Sophie the giraffe, which I am so excited they have made new versions of her for the new little one! As of now (almost 18 months) he has all of his teeth and we are working on the back molars as we speak! He has a full mouth and he is using it!
8 MonthsSleeping
He has been such a wonderful sleeper! We have been so spoiled with him because he has always slept through the night and he never really got attached to a pacifier. He would take it at night, but other than that he never wanted it. One day around 9 months we just stopped giving it to him and he didn't even blink an eye. From the beginning we only gave it to him when he was sleeping so I think that helped a lot. Iam very thankful that we didn't have to go through the long process of getting rid of the binky! He has been sleeping in his crib since he was 3 months and has only slept in our bed maybe 3 times when he was sick and couldn't breathe lying down. We are definitely blessed with a layed back child. I am sure we will get pay back with a high maintenance little girl!
9 MonthsSterlings Growth
I guess Sterling is taking after his Uncle Cory because he has always been off the charts for his height and around the 80th percentile for his weight. Neither Shon nor I are very tall, but we aren't complaining! Shon is already getting him ready for baseball! I heard now they can play at 2!! Craziness! He keeps up with me eating and I am pregnant! He eats so much and when people watch him I am sure they think we haven't fed him in days!
10 Months I really have to take the time to be thankful for him and how chill of a kid he has been. Of course we are getting into the wild stages and his personality is really coming out, but I don't know how I would have made it through the news of my mother's cancer with a high maintenance little one. He made it easy those couple of week's when we didn't have child care while my mom went into the hospital. I think a different person was watching him every day and he just acted like it was a normal day. He is the joy and light of our lives and we can't wait for the next adventure with McKinley.
