BJ updates

It has been a while since I have shared anything about my son. He is 11 months old now and crawling up a storm! I was really worried about BJ not crawling since he seemed to want to bypass the whole process and move quickly to standing and walking. His earlier digestive issues seemed to impact the desire to be on his tummy, but now that he realizes that he does not have to have his head down while crawling, he is like Speedy Gonzalez!

Other than the crawling his personality is really beginning to shape. He loves to laugh, especially at his sister. I think that MM is his number one toy! The other day she entertained him for about 20 minutes pretending to "spit" out a soft block. BJ was into full bodied laughs at the end of it. I can not tell you how relieved I am about this. The first five months of my life with him was not the most magical and I really worried there would be other issues developing. Who doesn't worry about autism or some other issue when there are so many complications with the pregnancy and then the first five months being so rough. Not that it compares in anyway to parents who have children with severe issues, but since my only comparison was with my sister's children and my first born, BJ was a challenge. To add to that, I have been under so much stress with work that I know that my stress can be felt by my children. I did not want to do anything to create an issue where there might not have been one otherwise.

I also think that BJ is going to be clever like his sister. He saw the vacuum cleaner cord the other day and crawled with it over to the outlet (covered of course) and tried to plug it in. Now, I do not vacuum in front of him, but he made the connection that its plug got put into the wall at that point. You know I went out and got more outlet covers that day! He seems to sit back, analyze, plan his attack and then makes his move. He has also gotten his sister down a few times (revenge!) and I have had to rescue her.

Oh, the teeth are coming in with a vengeance and his is getting huge. The teeth all decided to arrive at the same time. For awhile he only had two teeth, then a third one appeared, but all on the bottom. Well, the upper teeth are making an appearance, but it is the eye teeth! So just in time for Halloween, he had fangs! I am going to guess that by his first birthday he will have another six making an appearance if the little gum buds are any indication. He is now 25 pounds and 28 inches tall. For a little perspective, MM is 3 years old, 31 pounds and 36 inches tall. BJ better be a professional football player!

I know that there will be many more interesting firsts with him, I just hope that I appreciate them as much as I did with his sister. I do not want to treat him like the second born, but his own unique self.