Favorite 1st Birthday Gifts

These are our favorite 1st Birthday gifts.

1. Little Tikes Deluxe Cozy Convertible Car
2. Fisher-Price Little People Build 'n Fun Jungle
3. Radio Flyer Scoot-About
4. Melissa & Doug Fresh Start Jumbo Knob Puzzle
5. B. Wheeee-ls! Soft Cars 4-pk.
6. Fisher-Price Little People: Racin' Ramps Garage
7. B. Parum Pum Pum Drum
8. Edushape See-Me Sensory Balls
9. Climber Playset

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Reece Patrick is 10 months old!

Weight: 20lbs - 28th percentile
Height: 29in - 56th percentile

Reece still only has two teeth.  He started to do the sign "more" while he is eating to ask for more food.  Reece found Grady's water bottle the other day and started to drink from it, he LOVES it so now he has his own.  He is now drinking his formula from just sippy cups, no more bottle.  He loves to eat snacks from his snack trap.

The boy loves to babble and yell (he learned that from Grady).  He recognizes his own name.  Reece likes to read books and especially in the car.

He can walk behind his walker and pull himself up on it.  Reece is cruising around on the furniture.  He can stand himself up in the tub.  Reece can throw balls.  He is starting to be able to stand alone for a little bit.

Reece loves to play outside, go for walks in the wagon and being pushed in his car.  He started to sit on and can scoot a little on his Radio Flyer Scoot-About.

Reece went to his 1st Crab boil at my parents house for Labor Day.  He can not have crabs yet but he had fun hanging out and swimming.   We went to Exxon Mobil Family Day Picnic at Blue Bayou Waterpark the other weekend, both the boys had a great time.

Grady's 10month update!!

1st & 2nd Week of School!

Grady started school at La Printaniere Montessori on Sept 3.  The first week the new kids went for only one hour a day.   Grady wanted to undo his own carseat at school and was a big boy when his teacher came to get him in carpool line.  During that week Grady started to say words then sound it out to find the letter it starts with.  He has been doing this at least 4-5 times a day.  He also drew oval like shapes on his manga doodle and told me they were "ontinents" (continents).  

This week he started going to school full time (8:30-2:30) with no nap.  He did not want to get out of the car today at school and told me that he cried at the window this morning.  I think he has a lot more rules and routines to learn this week so I am sure it is overwhelming.  

This week he has been telling me a lot of interesting things.  

• Like he does not want any "lessons" at school because he can do it by himself.
• Everyday he tells me what they have for snack... one day he told they had hummus and potatoes but he did not eat it.  I asked if he meant tomatoes he said no potatoes.  (well last night we tomatoes in our supper and Grady called them potatoes so i think they had tomatoes)
• He showed me his back and said "it is rude to turn your back on people while they are talking to you."  I asked him if he did that he told me yes to his teacher.  
• Then today Grady told me that his teacher told him they are NOT allowed to eat cookies at school. HAHA it is 3rd day Grady brought lunch school and I packed a cookie each day.  
• Tomorrow is Grady day to bring snack so all week I have been asking him what he wants to bring yesterday he told he wanted to bring his friends gummies.  I told him I did not think that was the best idea I thinking about fruit or veggies.  After today news about cookies I see that would have been a VERY BAD snack :) 
• He also told Peter got mad it him today when I asked him why he said because he knocked down his blocks.