Applewhite Adventures: August 2012

14 Months

August 4, 2012

Pierce is 14 months old. I cannot believe it. The most exciting event that has occurred this past month is Pierce learned to walk. He is most comfortable walking at home. He has a fast crawl so he definitely prefers to crawl at times.

I love this age because I can see that he is starting to soak up everything. Pierce's favorite animal at the zoo is the elephant. We read many animal books with elephants in them. If you ask him what an elephant does, he will make the noise and do the trunk motion. Yes, I get a lot of satisfaction seeing him do this. I can't wait to teach him so much more!

Pierce currently weights 18 pounds 14 ounces. Unfortunately, he is still off the charts for his weight. We are working hard to get him up there on the charts. He is on formula until 15 months, and we will reassess the situation then. We go to a GI specialist in late August so I look forward to seeing what he has to say about his situation. Since he is underweight, we are doing everything that we can to get him extra calories. He is taking prevacid which appears to be helping his appetite. He loves to eat rice. Rice is probably his favorite food aside from sweets. He will consistently eat rice, but most foods are hit and miss. He is 29 inches tall so it's time to move him to the next car seat. He wears a size 12 month clothes and a size 4 shoe.

Pierce is talking like crazy. He is trying to repeat everything that we say. He obviously doesn't get all of the syllables, but he is doing his best. His favorite thing to say right now is "bye bye". He wakes up in the morning and starts saying "bye bye" immediately. Once he is up, he is ready to go. Needless to say, we get out of the house each morning to do something. We had a busy month with a ton of fun activities such as going to the play scape, zoo, fish gallery, several parks, Memorial City Mall play area, etc. We also had several play dates; he loves to be around other kids.

Pierce had a new tooth come in yesterday which makes 7 teeth now. He also got a haircut this morning. His blonde curly hair is growing so fast! We taught him to throw the ball. It was so fun to sit with him in the playroom and have him throw his ball to Brad and me. Now, he throws everything. Oops! We are trying to differentiate the difference between balls and basically everything else. Yikes. He loves to write on his magnadoodle. He also likes to chew on the pen, but that's ok with me. He started off chewing books before he really developed an interest in them. Pierce loves music and dancing. He will dance during commercials, in the car, or anytime that he hears the slightest tune. He loves to play with his cars, trucks, and trains. Any toy with wheels is a big hit in our house right now.

Pierce is curious about everything around him. I love to watch him explore the space around us. He wants to touch everything. He likes to turn out the lights as we leave a room, turn on the lights as we enter a room, open any drawers that he can find, etc. He will play with anything too. The saying that kids could play sticks and boxes is so true. I am constantly giving him some random find from around the house to peak his interest.

I cannot believe that we are already in August, and Pierce is 14 months old. It's time to start thinking about what Pierce will wear for Halloween. Before we know it, I'll be shopping for his Christmas gifts! As the days fly by, I'm trying hard to take lots of photos and enjoy each and every moment! Pierce is a blessing in our lives, and I love him so much!

Pierce has learned to open the drawers in my jewelry box.

Hmmm, what's in here?

Look at that face. G-U-I-L-T-Y

Big kisses from Mommy

We went to Javier's house for a play date. The kiddos enjoyed crawling under the coffee table.

Hey, look at me.

Our coffee table is too short. How fun!

Ok, I've had enough.

Mr. P is walking.

And he is oh so proud!

He is trying to get into the cabinets.

Happy walking boy

Our silly boy loves to stick out his tongue.

I think that I'll play with my cars and trucks on top of the coffee table.

Fun times

Vroom, vroom.

Pierce loves his slide.

Wheee, he went down all by himself.

Let's do that again.

Up he goes...

I've got this Mom.

Off to the water table

Someone is in deep thought.

Busy bee

Oooh, what can I do with these?

We went to a play group at Haven's house. Pierce loved baby Owen.

He said hi to him.

He gave him a gentle pat.

Hi Baby Owen

Pierce played with Wyatt.

Haven, Jacqueline, Pierce, and Wyatt

He had so much fun.

Psssst...they are taking more pictures. Grrr.

Adley and Catherine came over to play.

They had fun and pulled out all of the toys.

Pierce loves to do crafts because he can eat the paper.

Mmm, paper tastes good.

Silly guy

Daddy shared his ice cream with Pierce.

He LOVED it.

Pierce watched Mickey Mouse.

He hasn't been much a tv fan so I was shocked that he was watching it.

He liked it.

Now, get me out of here.

While Mimi and Mommy cooked, Pierce played with pots, spatulas, and cookie cutters.

Hey look at me. I can stir.

He will crawl into any space that he will fit.

Pierce colored for the first time. He also took a bite out of the back of the blue crayon.

We went to Sophie's house to play.

They enjoyed the bubbles.

Pierce played with one of his favorite pals.

Pierce loves to hit the balls with the hammer.

Someone got into the baby wipes. What!?!

Chyna and Ashton came over to visit. He loved playing with them.

I will comb my hair and then eat the comb.

We had a Briargrove pool party at the Anchondo's house. Pierce loved the stairs.

They were so kind and gentle with him.

He loved their homemade castle.

It was very cool!

Taking a cruise in his car

His walk is still a little wobbly.

Someone took a few bites out of my sponge. I guess that it's time for a new one. I admit that it does kind of look like a cookie.

Murree waited for food to drop.

Mommy and Pierce

Daddy and Pierce

Pierce and Catherine enjoyed bbq.

Pierce moved to his big boy car seat.

Catherine, Pierce and Gretchen at the zoo.

Pierce crawled through the tunnel for the first time.

We looked at the meercats.

Sophie and Pierce liked the chimpanzees.

Hey Mom, look at those guys.

Stroller pose

Pierce brushed the goats.

He chased this guy across the tank.

We painted with pudding again.

Yummy!

Pierce likes to paint.

This is my kind of painting.

We like edible projects.

Delicious!

Pierce moved the rug across the kitchen floor.

We had a play group at Jacob's house.

4 Guys and A Gal

Pierce loves peanut butter.

He loved to climb in the bottom drawer oven.

We now have a lock on it.

Water tastes yummy!

Hey Mom, look at me.

He is so proud. I thought that it was cute at first, but it quickly became a bad habit.

We had a play date at Jacqueline's house.

Hand print and footprint art

Mommy went to a Honey Boo Boo Party.

We went to Mimi's house and Pierce played with Mimi and Buddy.

We played at Catherine/William's house. He had to check William out.

We had lunch at Tommy's house. We spiked Pierce's hair just like Tommy's.

Pierce, Tommy, Amy

Pierce loves these HUGE bears at Costco. One day, I will have to break down and buy one for him. I just don't have the room for it though.

We played at Alex and Santiago's house.

Pierce rode with Ago.

Ago gave Pierce a kiss.

While Brad was in Austin enjoying his guy's golf trip, Pierce called him from the remote control and said, "Dada, dada, dadda." He really missed his Dada.