19 Months

Boston is 19 months!

He is so fun, yet such a little stinker. He definitely has a personality of his own and knows how to work the system to get what he wants.

He is a very determined kid and doesn't take no for an answer.

He is constantly learning new things everyday and he amazes me how smart he is.

He is still is having a hard time gaining weight, but has managed to get on the charts.

Stats from 18 month check up:

Length: 31.75 inches 30%

Weight: 22 Pounds 5%

Head Circumference: 46.7 cm 25%

He still is struggling with having a decent sleep schedule, but we have been improving. Tips and suggestions are ALWAYS welcome.

He has become very mischievous lately, and wants to get into anything and everything he not suppose to. He likes to run upstairs, get in the tub with all of his clothes on and turn the water on. He also likes to stick his hand in the toilet water, or eat the dog food.

We are in the process of painting a cars mural on his new bedroom wall and he wants to go upstairs about 30 times a day to look at the cars or to jump on our bed. He figured out how to climb up on to our big pillow top bed, by using the night stand to assist him.

Very recently, he has learned to climb out of his crib... interesting!

He is OBSESSED with cars, trucks, and tractors. His new thing is to watch videos from YouTube on my phone.

Boston's new words he can say are:

car, truck, tractor, nana (banana), grandma (nama), peaz(cutest thing ever), bye bye, k (he says this for everything), no, fishy, baby, awe, hat, hot, teeth

He recently starting signing the word more and he always is signing for milk.

He loves to go to the park, and gets really mad when he has to leave.

He really still loves his polka dot blankie and his bottle.

Boston knows where his head, hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, belly button, fingers, arms, knees, and toes are.

He knows the sounds that a kitty, dinosaur, dog, monkey, pig (so hilarious), horse, chicken and cow make.

He can point to cookie monster, big bird, and elmo. He loves to pretend to eat cookies when he sees cookie monster.

Boston loves, loves, loves to brush his teeth and he carries a tooth brush around the house.

We have one smart cookie on our hands and we just adore him :)

 At the park, and in heaven.

 Boston sporting a pretty cool shirt he got from his Aunt Randi from Boston, Mass.

 At my Grandpa Harris' 90th birthday party. He and my Grandma are such awesome people.

 Daddy and Boston at the Hunting Expo.

 Boston loves wearing hats!

 Lovin' his cars jammies, slippers, and his tooth brush.

 The many funny faces of Boston.

I love my little B man!

Tear duct Surgery

On Feb. 29, 2012, Boston went in for eye surgery. From about 1 month until surgery Boston had a clogged tear duct. This is very common in newborns and typically goes away by the age of one. If the tear duct doesn't open up by itself by the age of one, surgery is generally recommended. This was the case for Boston. His poor eye always looked so gooey and red, and would always chap his cheek from having the tears run down his face. People would always comment how he must be sad or does he have pink? It was kinda frustrating. We decided to go forward with the surgery at the start of the new year and had his surgery scheduled for January 12th. Unfortunately, little B man came down with a viral infection and had to be in the hospital overnight. Due to him having a fever, the anesthesiologist will not work on a child within a 6 week period. So we had to wait.

The day finally came. He was not allowed to have any food or liquids after 6 AM and his surgery wasn't scheduled until 9:15. That was one of the toughest parts. We got to the hospital and he got all gowned up, so cute, and he played with toys. He was having a riot. They decided to give him an oral sedative to get him relaxed and it made him loopy. That's pictured in the top left picture. Once, that kicked in he was wheeled back to the operating room in his wagon. I wasn't allowed back at the point, but the team of people at the Primary Riverton Outpatient were wonderful. There was so many people that had contact with us and they were all very caring.

The surgery was approximately 30 minutes. The doctor went in a put a probe down in the tear canal. The opening was really tight, so she made the decision to put a stent in the duct to have a more successful rate of keeping the duct open. In 90-95% of the operations the canal stays open and no further procedure is necessary.

After surgery, I was allowed back in the recovery room, and Boston was not happy. He was loopy and hooked up to a bunch of machines and just wanted his mom. He had a bloody nose for a few days due to the drainage. The whole process was about 4 hours long start to finish. I actually handled my little baby being put under anesthesia a lot better than I suspected I would.

Unfortunately, only 3 days after surgery, Boston was rubbing his eye and the stent came out. The doctor claimed she had never had a patient be able to get the stent out, but had heard of others this had happened to. The stent was suppose to be in place for about 2-3 months and be removed in the office at that time. We are just hoping that the probe did the trick and he won't have to go back under. So far his eye looks amazing and we hope it stays that way.

Corporate Wellness Awards Banquet

My company I work for Corporate Wellness by Gold's Gym held our first annual Client Appreciation Awards Banquet on Feb. 23, 2012. We had about 50 of our current clients come and get recognition for the success they have had with their wellness program for the past few years. We were able to get a really great keynote speaker, Drew Manning. He is known for being a fit personal trainer, who went on a journey getting fat and realizing the struggles of his clients, and is well on his way to being fit again. You can read more about his story HERE. We also had the current Miss Utah USA in attendance as well. It was a fun event and it was great to recognize our clients. My client CLEARLINK won the Diamond award. They have an amazing wellness program as well as culture and company. I love CLEARLINK. If anyone is looking for a career in health and wellness, that has a bachelors in a health field we are always looking to bring people aboard. Also, if you or anyone you know would like to have an awesome wellness program feel free to shoot me a message and we can get you on board.

 My gorgeous boss, Jenny!

 Drew Manning, fit2fat2fit.com

 Kendyl Bell, Miss Utah USA

 The CLEARLINK team. Brian Hall. me. Cammie Cable. Bianca West. Marc Hansen

 The Corporate Wellness team minus a few plus Drew and Kendyl.

The client success story winners, Matt Brochinsky and Brian Hall (my client as well)

Portland.Seattle

 In January, I had a work trip to Seattle. My brother at the time lived in Tigard, Oregon, so I decided to make a little trip out of it. I had never met my little niece Zoe so I was excited to see her. She is 4 months younger than Boston, but weights 5 pounds more than him. Boston, my mom and I went. It was Boston's first plane ride, and he loved looking at the planes! He was in heaven. Our flight got delayed about an hour, plus we were there 2 hours early, so he was a bit fussy. By the time we got on the plane he was tuckered out and fell right asleep. Easiest plane ride ever! The way home was a bit more interesting. Scariest plane ride of my life, there was so much turbulence.

 Cousins Boston and Zoe. Boston 16 months, Zoe 13 months.

 Grandma Lisa and her girl Zoe.

 My brother Bryan and I. One week later they moved to Utah. It's nice having them closer.

 We visited the Nike Campus. It was so beautiful. Unfortunately, due to 9/11 they don't give tours of the campus any more.

 As seen on a popular TV show we went to VooDoo Doughnuts. It was delish. Glazed doughnuts with fruit loops and maple bars with bacon.

 I love this polar bear hat on B. I unfortunately gave in, and bought a leash backpack to use at the airport. To my surprise we didn't need to use it.

After we stayed in Portland for a few days, we drove up to Seattle and visited my Aunt Kiki. She bought wellies for Boston to wear out to the farm. He loved looking at all the animals. He is such a sweet little animal lover.