The other day we pulled a baby gift out of the closet for the first time. Jean and I would both like to Thank Meranda, Ryan, and Ryella for the gift, as well as give them a stern look for buying something that does NOTHING but make noise. Its a musical activity center that is on legs so Wyatt can stand up to it and play with it. The first thing we noticed when we put the legs on and set it up (even though we noticed the box says for 12+ months) is that its too short already!! Wyatt loves beating and banging on this thing, and in the last week or two, has already worn out the batteries. The big question now, should we replace them??
The last time we went grocery shopping we bought a tub of pre-made pudding. The purpose of this was not for our consumption but for that of something for Wyatt to play with and maybe do some art with. As much as he loved playing with it, I saw fear, worry, concern, and many other emotions cross Jeans face. None were because of Wyatts well being, but because of the mess that he was creating. I however, was not worried. I was going out to the garage as soon as he was done!
For your viewing pleasure, a short video of the event.
Another video we have been meaning to share with you all, is Wyatt finding his shoe basket. He loves pulling them out to play with them, and I have to say, the game we have come up with does make me smile as well.
Today, Wyatt wanted to help out with some household chores we were doing. He found it to be his job to help dad with some work stuff, and go through the blueprints for an upcoming project. As much as I appreciate his help, and attention to detail on this, I think I am still waiting for one page to "come to pass". Just kidding!
Wyatt has also become very well read lately. No matter how often we put them away, he always pulls his books back out and flips through them. He has told me that he is working on a theory of a car that runs on water or something like that. At least I think that what he said. He gets into that technical jargon and it all seems like a different language to me!
We also had a quick lesson on fishing this evening. From as near as I can tell, the reason I havent been catching fish has to do with my legs actually coming over the front of the seat, and I have the boat in the water. Just a guess.
Oh my how the time flies. Part of me is totally amazed by the fact its been a month since a bona-fide update, and another part of me is saying, "Well, you have worn yourself out a bit lately chasing that kid around!".
Now, I will admit, I have never seen a young child or baby act like they were stiff or sore. Kids just don't get that way, and sleeping is not exception. As an adult (or as close as I have ever been), if you sleep in a position your body is not used to, the next day you are miserable. I am jealous of kids for that reason. Every morning is a new adventure as to how Wyatt fell asleep, or moved into while he slept.
Over the last month, we have also ventured to the park. The nice early spring we had for awhile gave us that chance, and we took advantage. Even though it was all very new to Wyatt, and probably a bit overwhelming, we did at least let him try a few new things while we were there.
Dad, do I get fed in this chair too?
Just so you know, mom, the only reason I am sitting still for a picture is so you guys don't send me down that slide again! That thing is creepy!!
The mobility that Wyatt has gained is astonishing. He sits still for nothing, and they even have mentioned at daycare that "Wyatt does not let anything get in his way." Even the things that he really should sit still for, and refuses to can get interesting. I am not complaining, because Wyatt has been an awesome kid, and we have no complaints there, as well as I understand that every parent goes through this, but as a first time parent, I think anyone who has been there can agree, its interesting, and at times, funny.
I really don't remember this tub being this short last time I was in here. Look, my feet touch the end now, and my head is all the way over here touching this side......
The warm weather also let us take Wyatt out into the yard to see what his reaction would be to that. The good news, he sat still for nearly 2 minutes. The bad, 2 minutes outside was almost too much. Baby steps I guess.....
Yeah, its kinda soft like carpet, but tastes terrible!!!
We spent a day over helping a friend of ours with some household chores while her husband is overseas in Iraq. Her 5 year old daughter, Madison, and Wyatt got along great, and played together all day.
Yeah, sorry Madison, you are NOT going to be able to lift me!
Wyatts crawling has turned to climbing. He has now turned every chair and piece of furniture in our house into a ladder. This increases the time that we laugh and smile at him and with him, but also scares the crap out of us that he is growing up so fast.
OK, daddy, I am up, and I smiled for you, now will you PLEASE help me down?!?!?!
The time also came for Wyatts first haircut. As you can see in some of the pictures above, his hair was actually long enough to get into his eyes.
Before
After!!!!
This past weekend presented us with Mothers Day. Wyatt woke up promptly at 5:30 as usual, and we let mommy sleep in. That afternoon, we all met the rest of the Kaproth gang for supper at Banning Junction.
Yeah, I know I look pale, but really, its not me! She is just that dark!!
I know what your all thinking, and I have no clue why our grandparents cant figure out this camera stuff! Seriously, who are the babies here?!?!?
Yeah, my parents are right! I AM CUTE!!
Yesterday was also Wyatts 8 month birthday! Here is the birthday photo we took for his timeline.
The last few weeks have been a bit out of the norm for us. Easter weekend brought us to Cold Spring on Saturday to spend some quality time with the Frank family. Wyatt was a bit off normal himself , and as we drove to Foley Saturday night, it became clear why, when he got sick all over the back seat of the car. Sunday morning we left Grandma and Grandpa Kaproths house early, without seeing any more family, to get home and try to get Wyatt on the mend.
As the week went on, Wyatt became closer and closer to his usual self, and by the end of the week, we had our Wyatt back.
Also, on Wednesday, Jean called Jeff early in the morning, to tell him that Wyatts first tooth had come in!! Another milestone reached!!
This past weekend, Saturday brought us down to Andover for a little surprise party for Wyatts Aunt Jill. It was her 30th (ok, its on the 17th, but its hard to surprise on the day, right??) It was an 80s theme, and the costumes that came out were great! Wyatt took part, along with his mom and dad, and we did what we could to bring the 80s back for just one night.
Rocker mom, stylin' Wyatt, and lineman dad
Some other notables, and pictures that I want to make sure I post:
Wyatt after his walk.
Definitely Notable: Wyatt has started crawling. He does prefer however, to do what we call "The baby worm"
Wyatt causing trouble in the bathtub.
Wyatts car that Jeffs godson Devin made sure Wyatt had. He is ready to drive already!!
It became obvious to us that we were not always fast enough feeding Wyatt when he started taking the bottle away from us, and feeding himself. As nice as this is, because it frees up some time to get something done, it also means he is growing up.
Most notable, Saturday was also Wyatts 7 month birthday. He has grown so much over the past months, that it is absolutely amazing. We look forward to the next months and to see the changes that they bring!!
The events of the past weekend are less than blog-worthy, but I think everyone deserves an update.
On Friday, we all headed down to Cold Spring for Jean to attend her sisters Daisy Blue Naturals party. Jean stayed upstairs for the party, as Wyatt and I hid out downstairs until all the women left. Saturday morning Jean and all her sisters headed down to the cities to go shopping together. Thanks to all of you for your help with Jeans shopping!! While they were gone for the day, Wyatt and I hung out with Grandpa Ken, and after she got off work, Grandma Mary.
Saturday night we headed over to Foley for the night, as Grandpa and Grandma Kaproth were getting home from their cruise, and needed a little Wyatt time. Sunday morning, they finally got that. We hung out in Foley for lunch, and a visit with Great-Grandma Dolores, before heading for home. Wyatt had a great weekend, and little was astonishing.
After we got home on Sunday, Wyatt started up with a little different action that we are used to. Late last week, Wyatt had on a few occasions uttered "MAMAMAMAMA" or "DADADADA", but on Sunday evening, "DADADADADADADADADA!!!" was everywhere!!! Not only that, Wyatt, after about a week of coaxing by his parents, had started to clap.
Our weekend was one of the few that we did not end up with something planned. Friday night we layed low around the house, with all three of us calling it an early night. Saturday, we decided to run into Duluth to pick up a few of those things that were starting to get scarce around the house. Wyatt did wonderful all day considering he was seldom out of his carrier. On Sunday, Wyatt slept until nearly 7am. Unless we take into consideration the fact of daylight savings time.....then he was up by his usual pre-6am smiles. Sunday we spent the day around the house again, doing odd jobs, and ran to get some groceries. We also took some time to swap out the car seats. Wyatts carrier/base combo was swapped with his "big boy carseats" in both vehicles. As this will probably be easier in the long run, its also a sign that our little guy is getting to be a big guy very quickly. Wyatt also spent some time outside today. I think he was more than slightly confused as to what all was going on, but we got a nice walk in with him anyway.
As I said, I don't think he was thrilled, but it was fresh air
Almost forgot to mention it, and another thing we probably would not have mentioned or blogged, but I was here anyway. On Saturday both Wyatt and dad got new shoes. Guess who is who in this picture?
I know! I almost couldn't tell a difference either!!!
Jean dropped Wyatt off at daycare today, and his teacher Susan asked if we were the type of the parents that didn't want to know if he did something at daycare. Jean told her, no, we want to know, and are not the parents that wish to think that every "first" is going to happen right in front of them.
At this point, Susan says, "Wyatt will be crawling soon. Yesterday he was on all fours rocking back and forth."
As exciting as this news is, its also very nerve racking to think that soon Wyatt will be even more mobile than he already is with rolling from point A to point B in about 2 seconds.
On another note, something that would have gone unblogged, but since I am here anyway......
The last two mornings, as Wyatt woke up in the morning, he woke us in the usual manner of just playing and talking in his crib until we go in to get him. However, the last two days were notable by the fact that both mornings, Wyatt was in his crib, with his pajamas fully zipped and buttoned up, but one arm worked loose and coming out the neck hole. Wyatt "Houdini" Kaproth, or Wyatt "Tarzan" Kaproth, its up for a vote now.....
Well, I want to start a little before the weekend. On Friday, we had Wyatts 6 month appointment. As a new parent this is a feeling that is hard to comprehend. Our baby is 6 months old. As I picked him up at the daycare, his had a light rattle in his chest that had been there a few days now, but had really progressed. Not good to hear, but he was very happy, and as I said, we were going to the doctor anyway.
Now, in case you are not aware, his doctor is at the same clinic that Jean works at. This means that as soon as Wyatt hits the door, he is swarmed and surrounded by women. Like a champ, he plays it up to no end, and flirts his way through the crowd.
Wyatt is now 27" long (75 percentile), 20# 9oz. (90 percentile), and has a head circumference of 18" (90 percentile).
Dr. Schaefer also listened to his chest and lungs, and feels it is just an upper respiratory "thing", and leaned away from RSV. Her recommendation was to get him back on the nebulizer that we had from his scare a month or two ago. We gave him one treatment of the Neb before we left the clinic, and she had another listen. She was very pleased with the difference after just one treatment. This adds to our daily routine, but it really does seem to make a big difference.
On Saturday, the family ventured out to Superior High School for a departure ceremony for the 950th clearance group. One of Jeans co-workers (Danielle) had invited us to attend as her husband is going to Iraq for 13 months. Thank you Billy for serving our country, and thank you Danielle, Bryce and Madison for giving Billy to our country for the next 13 months!
Saturday night we had a visit from Kari. She was coming for the night to visit, and Wyatt again flirted his night, and the following sunday morning away.
Wyatt and his Girlfriend Kari
Wyatt also learned a new game on Sunday, and it was so much fun, we wanted to share it with all of you!
Since our last post, Wyatt has had many visitors. The weekend of the 20th we had Aunt Amy, and Uncle Brad visit from Saturday into Sunday. Wyatt enjoyed showing off all the abilities he had learned since he last saw them. Unfortunately, the one thing he had not learned was telling mom and dad "Maybe you should take a picture of this", and thus, we have no photos of the visit. On Sunday the 21st Wyatt loaded Jean and I into the car and said, "Take me to Ruby!", which worked out well, as it was the day of her baptism!
The family at Rubys Baptism
Great-Grandma Kaproth with her two Great-Grandchildren
Wyatt making sure noboyd messed with Ruby!!
On Monday night, Lisa, Dan, Mary and cousin Keagan came up to visit for a few days! Another playmate!!
What up Cuz?!?!?!
This weekend, we had a pretty laid back time on Saturday. Wyatt enjoyed just playing by himself, and entertaining his parents all day!
All too soon I will be able to do this all on my own mom!!
I didnt do ANYTHING!!!
Well, maybe that smell was me!
As the day turned to night, I suggested to Jean, that Wyatt, when he cleaned up his bowl of cereal and green beans, get a bonus of a taste of bananas. What kid wouldn't like the taste of bananas when all they have had was veggies?
I guess, that would be Wyatt!!
Today, Grandpa and Grandma Kaproth made the trip north to have some computer problems solved. (I think it was just an excuse, as the computer repairs were not the priority once they walked in the door.) Wyatt wore himself out showing off for his grandparents, and will more than likely be looking forward to the week at daycare to relax!
Our time since last entry has been as uneventful as life can be with such a youngster. On Sunday the 14th, Wyatt experienced his first Daytona 500, and seemed to enjoy it!
There is something about bright shiny cars I think that would get any guy interested.
Monday morning, we sent Wyatt to daycare as a happy little boy, and he returned home that evening with what seems to be another cold. He is in good spirits, but seems to be stuffed up. As we looked back at some pictures, we noticed how long his hair has gotten.
Wyatt is a roller. By that, I mean, he doesn't lay still. If you lay him on the floor, DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK!! As fast as you can turn around to grab something, he has rolled across the room, and is laughing at you from under the rocking chair. He has even decided that sleeping on his back is not the way to go. He has taken after dad, and sleeps on his tummy. At daycare, we were told today, it is very common that he wiggles one foot outside the crib and sleeps like that. Guess I can't really say that surprises me either.
Today, we also decided it was time for Wyatt to start "training his palate". He got to try his first flavor of food.
Yep, hes an eater....
his first taste....
And shortly after.......
He seems to like anything we give him so far!!!
One more photo that kind of explains itself, and gives us a glimpse into what Wyatts personality may bring us.
