18 Month Check-up

Thursday was Carson's 18 month check up and of course he has grown! He had a much bigger growth spurt than he did between the 12th and 15th month visits. Since his 15 month visit, his head has gone from 47" to 48" around, he has grown from 31" long to 33 1/2", and gained four pounds from  24lbs at 15 months to 28lbs 2 oz. He is in the 79th percentile for weight and the 76th percentile for height, so he is tall for his age and his weight matches his height. The doc says he looks great! But Kyle and I already knew that ;)

 

It's the Holiday Season!

The last of October got past me and so did the whole month of November without me being able to update the blog!! This is just one of the many signs that the holiday season is in full swing! So I will start with the end of October and hopefully can remember enough to update our friends and family!

 

 

This Halloween was so much fun with our little man! Last year, he hated being in his costume, couldn't sit up and his favorite treat was baby oatmeal! This year on the other hand, he enjoyed wobbling around in his dragon outfit, carrying his bucket full of suckers, trick or treating, and play games. We went trick or treating about a week before the actual day at my sorority house in Norman. We wondered how he would do walking up to strangers, but once he saw he could put stuff in his bucket he was in love! Then on actual Halloween we went to our church, Crossings Community, and did their trunk or treat activities. He really enjoyed the little games and the live band.

 

 

From the picture it may be hard to imagine but he is a very lively dancer. You can tell that the music takes over his entire little body!

Also, in October we visited Downtown OKC's Pumpkinville. They decorated the children's park at the Botanical Gardens with hundreds of pumpkins and all sorts of fun activities for the kids to do. While we were there we got to try fresh pressed apple cider and listen to a story in a gigantic candy corn tepee. Carson seemed to really enjoy all the climbing around on the pumpkins. That was one of my favorite October memories so I hope it is something our city will continue to do for many years!

 

 

November was extremely busy at the Bertholf house. We had OU games or other activities every weekend and during the week either I had school activities in the evenings or Kyle had to work a few extra hours. It felt like we were always on the go! Between all the busy we did get to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving. We stayed here and went to my mother's and grandparents house for dinner. My brother and sister-in law and sister and brother- in law also got to join us for the holiday and holiday weekend. It was so much fun to have them in town and to spend so much time with them. Adam and Devan are expecting a baby boy in March and we were thrilled to get to see her little baby bump! It'll be so fun for Carson to have a boy cousin close in age.

Right before Thanksgiving we also had some family pictures taken. A sweet first grade teacher at my school has started doing photography on the side and had a little photo shoot near Lake Arcadia. The entire time Kyle and I thought we'll be lucky to get one good shoot because busy one year old was being a ONE year old!! He either wouldn't smile, wouldn't look at the camera, or wanted to be left alone, but she managed to do it!

 

 

Carson turned the big 1-8 (months)  Dec. 1st! We have his 18 month wellness visit next week so I will definitely update you on his growth next week. He is very much a boy and loves doing all things boy, playing in the dirt, wrestling daddy and doggies, and playing outside. He has started repeating everything he hears and holds little conversations with himself or whomever will listen. He loves books, music, Jake (our dog), Elmo and most the gang, any ball he can throw, playing in the backyard with his fake mower, and helping around the house (pretend sweeping, dusting, feeding the dogs, and throwing trash away). He doesn't like to stop, so any activity where he may need to stop you'll hear a little bit about it from him :) It is really fun to see his toddler personality come out the older he gets.

 

Until next week take care!