Sitting Up Pictures

He's starting on his belly and trying to push up.

He's halfway there and watching television as he does it.

He's all the way up, balanced and smiling at the camera.

Sitting Up is So Cool!!

Wow! I never thought this day would get here, but Jeremiah is finally able to sit up unassisted. He can push himself up from the floor into an upright position and balance himself. I just love seeing the smile on his face as he accomplishes this goal and hears his mommy and daddy cheer for him. We have to thank Ms. Kim for helping us get to this point. Jeremiah has been going to therapy for a couple of weeks now and she is teaching us techniques to work with him at home to build upper body strength.

Now that we have accomplished sitting up unassisted, we are working on crawling on his hands and knees. He crawls now, but just by scooting around on his belly. We go back to therapy and look forward to showing Ms. Kim the progress we have made this week. He likes holding himself up with his hands, but doesn't like putting those knees under him. I hope to be able to post some pictures this week of him sitting up like a big boy. We are going Saturday to take Easter pictures made and this will be his first photo session that he will not have to be propped up.

I can't believe he is 19 months old now. We have done away with the pacifier and he has done fine without it. I think Robert and I liked it more than he did...it sure did keep him quiet. Without the pacifier, there is much more babbling and words forming daily. Here's his word list: dada, momma, bye, hi, thank you, papa, and uh-oh. He also has learned how to move his hands to resemble leading a song in church like his daddy. You can start singing him a song and he will move his hands like he is the song leader. It's cute and something that he just picked up on his own one day.

18 Month Check-up

He's still growing!! We went for our check up today and to put it mildly, Jeremiah was furious the whole time. We had to change our appointment to mid-afternoon and it interrupted his nap time. He weighed 18lbs and 8 oz. and 26.5 inches in length. Our doctor was pleased with how he is developing physically and developmentally, but he is going to refer him to a physical therapist to be evaluated. Once the evaluation is completed, our doctor and the therapist will decide if any therapy is needed and to what extent. I am so happy that we are done with shots until school entry! Our next well - visit will be in August when he turns 2!!

Jeremiah also got a new haircut this week and it makes him look so grown.

We were able to travel with Robert this past weekend to Florida and I took a picture of them in front of a palm tree by the church.

Snow Day - February 2010

Wow! Jeremiah is only 18 months old and it has snowed three times in his lifetime. I can remember snow being a rare event when I was in school and now it just seems normal. We did take time to go outside to play in the snow today, since Robert and I were both off from work. Jeremiah still does not like snow and could care less if it snowed again. Hopefully, one day he will learn to appreciate it and love playing in it. Here are some pictures from our day.

Jeremiah started off the morning reading a book and waiting for the snow to stop falling.

This child of mine will eat bugs off the floor, but refused to taste the snow!

Jeremiah hanging out with his buddy, dada, in the snow!

The one and only smile I captured while we were outside in the snow.

We are suppose to be heading to Florida in the morning to fill in at the church in Crestview. I pray that we will be able to go and have a safe trip. We have a busy week coming up: Jeremiah gets a haircut on Tuesday, he has his 18 month check up on Thursday, we're going to a church meeting on Friday night and Nate is having his birthday party on Saturday. Yes, we have a busy life, but I wouldn't change it for anything.

Snow Pictures 2009

Jeremiah and his mommy enjoying the snow.



Jeremiah and his daddy in the snow. Jeremiah loves his daddy so much and it's special to watch their bond grow deeper all the time.



Yay! Jeremiah sitting unassisted in the snow. I was amazed and surprised, but later learned it was the coat that was balancing him.

Christmas 2009

Jeremiah did not sleep through this Christmas! He did not really get into the whole unwrapping of gifts, but he did enjoy playing with the paper. He received a lot of neat gifts and spent quality time with family. We were not able to go anywhere on Christmas day because Robert woke up sick that morning. I am loading up some pictures that we took at JC Penney's.

He does so good each time that we take pictures that it is hard not to buy them all!

I just love my sweet family!


I loved spending the two weeks with him that I had off from Christmas. He is so close to sitting up unassisted. We have been working on it and now he just has to learn to balance. He has the strength to hold himself up, but keeps loosing his balance when bending over to pick things up. However, I told Robert that I think he is also being a little lazy. I had him outside Friday playing in the yard and he refused to touch the leaves with his hands, so he would push himself back up in a sitting position all by himself.

We did have to spend a few days in the hospital in December due to bad chest congestion. The doctor has put him on singular daily and he's also taking a daily breathing treatment to keep his lungs strong. This has helped him stay well and we're praying that it will last the rest of winter.

January has been a slow month for us and we're thankful we have had some restful weekends at home. However, I know it is not going to last long. Our calendar is starting to fill up in February including, a trip back to Florida and Monroe, LA. I am going to try to post more because he is growing up so fast.

Germs, Germs, Germs

It seems like if there are germs floating around that Jeremiah will catch them. We have been sick numerous times in the last couple of months. Thankfully, we have not had to revisit the hospital like we did in October. Currently, he has a sinus infection that we are treating with antibiotics and hopefully we will be well for a while after this episode. His daddy and I are praying for a sick-free December, so no one has to take off from work.

Well, the week of Thanksgiving has finally gotten here and I am enjoying my week off from school. I have really enjoyed spending this time with my son. He has gotten to be quite a character and is so much fun to be with. He is in that stage now where he will imitate things that you do and say. His vocabulary includes: dada, momma, bye, and hi. His tricks include: clapping, clacking his tongue, waving bye, blowing rasberries with his lips, giving sweet eyes and many other things. We're still working on sitting up and walking, but he is getting into enough trouble just crawling.

I am looking forward to seeing all of my family this week and feeding Jeremiah his first turkey and dressing. I will have to post some new pictures soon.