10 months

Crazy cute, right?
Same great, easy going personality, except with a few new intolerances. Baby Bejos does not like to get in his carseat, but settles down quickly once the car gets going. The same goes for his highchair at the sitter's house. All tears and drama and then pure calm. Diaper changing is nearly impossible, as it requires him to stop moving, and he does not like to do that! He is also now sporting 4 teeth. Two on top, two on the bottom.

With those new chompers we are working on food with more consistency than baby puree, but he is not taking to it quite yet. The faces he gives us when he takes a chunk of banana or a piece of rice is hilarious. Hopefully he'll grow into it soon because, as we learned at his 9 month appointment, he is a little guy; weighing in only at the 1st percentile. We also learned that his goopy eye necessitated a trip to the ophthalmologist (what a weird word to spell!).

This trip had Mr Bejos and I swinging between outrage and humor. We had a doctor with the worst bedside manner who did nothing to settle our nerves upon hearing that his clogged tear duct may require surgery. The doctor used the phrase "put him down" when referring to anesthesia and then quite calmly informed us that the doctor in town who used to do the surgery, and does so no longer, made this decision after he lost a child during the procedure. No worries though, they have a new doctor, just finishing up her residency and she's "really smart".

Nevertheless, we've decided to wait this out a bit longer and will, if necessary, do it when baby Bejos is a bit older.

32 weeks

No picture of me this week, just a blurry pic of the chipmunk that I'm incubating :)
Look at those cheeks!

Happy Valentine's Day
xoxo
-the bejos clan

back in time

As I mentioned this weekend, we have been a tad bit preoccupied with life, trying to keep our heads above water. I have been meaning to purge Mr. Bejos' camera of videos and pics from our journey back east and have only just gotten around to it. *Sigh*

So, without further ado, here begins a series of posts that are long overdue.

We start with bejos boy's best trick of the summer.

Day one at Nana & Grandpa's pool I could hardly wrestle this squirmy boy into his muscular swimming onsie that we dug up out of the depths of the basement. He wasn't having it.

Day two he would allow me to put him in the suit but would cling onto any available adult and, occasionally, the side of the pool.

Day three, however, was a whole new story.

Someone is sporting a swanky dinosaur tail.

blurry pics but you get the picture

sweet tooth

Like his father, little bejos has a bit of a sweet tooth. We don't indulge it too often but after another snowy outing we warmed up with hot cocoa, and a peppermint stir stick. As sweet as it gets.

 Obviously it was good to the last drop

drive-thru

So much for a speedy recovery.
Our weekend ick turned into a weeklong ick, and counting.
An eventual visit to the doctor's office identified an ear and upper respiratory infection.
Luckily this guy is a good patient.

But it isn't all doom and gloom around here. The little bejos  is back to his usual self playing drive-thru?? Where do they get this stuff? I can almost guarentee that this little guy hasn't been thru a drive-thru since he was a mere 2? 3? months old and his desperate new mom desperately needed caffeine but couldn't bear taking him out and putting him back into his car seat while holding the precious cup of hot coffee. Maybe it was straight out of his imagination and a matter of pure convenience that the dump truck stopped off for a bite of mid-morning snack.

 

The fever ick

Our weekend didn't go exactly as planned.
The fever ick set in on little bejos.
A nasty cough,
a fever that wouldn't break
and a particularly sensitive disposition.
One minute his usual spastic self, the next a whining toddler, and then a bundle of tears.

It's days like these that break our typical parenting rules. More Thomas the Train? Sure! Another Elmo episode, no problem! At whit's end we tried anything and everything. This morning we experimented with the computer camera

Here's hoping to a healthy and speedy recover!

play tent

A pinterest project for the little guy, and apparently Cooper too

http://mycakies.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-frame-tent.html

little helper

I love this stage of life when they actually want to help.

He sweeps

He rakes

He puts away his shoes

He puts all my laundry, dirty or clean, into the wash

Outside

This little boy loves the outdoors,

and our mild winter has been affording us lots of outdoor time

Winter, indoors

Things with Wheels

Although mr bejos and I have been gender conscious, meaning we are conscious of not pushing "boy only" toys and activities, this little boy is all boy. Sticks are things to hit with, balls can occupy him for hours, and anything with wheels rules. Choo-choo trains are a particular obsession these days.

On this rambling roadtrip we took into the warm deserts of AZ we stopped into the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park. After a couple of hours in the car, the park was a welcomed stop for baby bejos. A train ride around the park, room to run, warm sunshine, and model railroads.

Fine Art

We took baby bejos to a local art exhibition this weekend. Brave, I know. Mostly mr. bejos and I took turns catching glimpses of the show while the other chased the wild toddler, trying to avoid major catastrophes. Mostly he loved the free range of the empty stage area.

Dog Sitting

 We had a household of dogs this weekend. Baby bejos was enchanted with Bambino. Bambino was tolerant of baby bejos. We've been lucky so far with the dogs that baby bejos has fallen for.