You are loving Hannah's room right now. I am pretty sure it is because we kind of try to keep you out of there more than we should. Of course, this makes it more appealing I'm sure. She just has so many little pieces to things in there that it is just easier to keep the door shut. But when you can get in there, you do and you have a blast checking everything out.
One day you pulled your diaper off in the hall. I couldn't resist taking your picture. Sweet little bottom.
Here is our monthly bathroom shot. Ha! You have at least switched your focus from the toilet to the sink. I must say I feel a little bit better about this. You think you are so big that you can climb up the stool. I don't think you really know how to get down yet though.
You have also discovered what I call my pantry room. It is the little room off the kitchen where we have our pantry and extra fridge and freezer. It has a step that you found and have spent quite a bit of time going up and down. You think this is so much fun. Anytime you can get near some steps, you are all about them. It has actually been good because this helped you figure out how to sit down to go down a step safely.
You had a rough couple of weeks this month. At the end of July, you were having lots of diarrhea and had some bloody stools which concerned us quite a bit. We were afraid that you were having platelet count issues again. We took you to the doctor and they did a CBC and had your stool cultured to see about bacteria or parasites. After some trouble with the machine at the doctor's office, we were told your platelets were fine. We were told to call back the next day if you still had bloody stools and we would have to go to Children's Radiology to have an ultrasound and exray. We ended up having to do that and thankfully nothing showed up. They even repeated your CBC to just verify your platelet count since there had been some confusion at the pediatrician. It was really high, so we felt good about that. We were back to wondering if it was a bacteria. A few days later, the cultures came back fine. SO, you did have to take an antibiotic, but we never really figured out what the deal was. The diarrhea and bloody stools went away. WEIRD!! You were teething at the time. I can't help but wonder what roll all that played in the diarrhea. Who knows.
Speaking of teething, you have gotten 4 new teeth this month. Lots of teething going on. You got both of your bottom lateral incisors and the top and bottom right first year molars. You now have 10 teeth.
Just about every time I get the broom out to sweep the kitchen floor, you will go get it back out after I am done and try to "help" me. You drag it all over the house.
You are still loving to be outside. I can't wait for cooler temperatures so we can go outside more. You are really starting to explore the back yard now. You will walk across the grass in your bare feet. You try to climb the slide and just take in everything around you.
One of your favorite games is to get into our dirty clothes and drag them around all over the house. Here you have one of my dresses. I often find our underwear in different rooms though! Ha!
You definitely know how to let us know when you are frustrated about something. Now that you can walk around, you really love this freedom. Here we had just had shaved ice. I wanted to get your picture with Hannah and Lincoln but you wanted to keep exploring. Another time where this is showing itself is at church. We have let you go up to the front and play on the steps after church on Sunday nights, so now you think you want to do this during church service. You try to escape out the pew and let us know that you are upset with us for not allowing it!
You are really giving us kisses these days. These are those open mouth, wet ones that are oh so yummy! You will just randomly come over to us and open your mouth and lean it towards us to give us a big wet one. Your Daddy and I just LOVE this!!! You have also learned how to give love or hugs. I want to remember this one little moment I had with you where you gave me the sweetest hug ever! One day I was playing ball with you and was trying to get you to hold your hands out to catch the ball. I was saying "Hold your hands out!" and showing you what to do. You would make this little grunt sound like "Huh". I started laughing alot and you looked at me and died laughing because I was laughing. You had this huge smile on your face and then you reached over and gave me a hug. Precious precious moment to me. You showed me your love!
This face. I could just eat you up!
Layton - 14 months
Lots of discovery this month, buddy! So SO much fun!
