Hello there!
A little delayed, I know...As usual. Gosh! It's been an amazingly busy month, which is fantastic! Elliott is growing and exploring and thriving.
At E's 6 month appointment, he weighed in at a whopping 18 lbs. 10.8 oz! (Not as big as I thought for my little chunky monkey). He is around the 75 percentile for weight in babies his age. He is 25 3/4 inches long which is the 25 percentile...meaning, a little shorter than babies his age. Doctor said she is not worried and we could chalk it up to him being early! His little noggin' is also growing well! His curiosity is expanding and it makes both Evan and I laugh daily.
Elliott now has a pending diagnosis of a underdeveloped Larynx. The fancy term is far to difficult to spell, and honestly sounds like Larynsldhwidfteugbvdsvweguloujpgr to me....What we now have to watch for is his breathing during feedings. Since birth, he's always had a little wheeze as he exhales, and I guess breathing becomes more difficult when eating/drinking for him! We will watch it, and if it is still a concern we will look further into it. She assured us not to worry and should grow into his Larynx around age 2.
Developmentally, this has probably been the most fun so far! He is so active! All the kid wants to do is bounce. You cannot just have him sit in your lap with out his little leggies pushing back and forth like...lets go mom! You can really tell his leg muscles have strengthened. He also is WAY focused on whenever Evan and I eat food. Rice cereal worked for the initial introduction to food, but now he only vomits the stuff up so we switched to oatmeal and he LOVES it. He devours it. I literally cannot get food back on that spoon quick enough for this kid! We have been doing Oatmeal with every meal and usually a fruit at breakfast, veggie at lunch and then a meat/veggie mix with a fruit for dinner. He is a great eater. He prefers green veggies. Peas are a favorite it seems, bananas he loves...He also really likes pickles! Pickles you ask? Why yes...pickles. Today, I had gotten back from a hair show in Fargo and stopped at Jimmy Johns for dinner. I always choose a pickle over chips and E was in his high chair eating with daddy when I got home. I have adored pickles my whole life so I bit into the pickle and put a small corner into his mouth...CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP! If he had teeth, that pickled would have been long gone before it had even had a chance to hit my lips! He continued to gnaw on it as we finished dinner, and if I ever in the slightest way moved it out of his reach he would lunge for it! Haha! He is his mothers son! I cannot wait to share in a pickle at the state fair with my little man!
Elliott is still doing very well with sleeping. He now is solely in his room and mostly is always in the crib. Sometimes, if he is fighting sleep so hard, we put him in his swing and he peacefully rocks to sleep. He, thus far, has never woken up upset. I usually will walk into the room after I hear some movement coming across the monitor...and there he is, wide awake greeting me with the hugest of smiles. Speaking of smiles...wow. His melts my heart. Lock up your daughters, Elliott is on the prowl!
At Elliott's baby shower back in November, Cousin Leah and Cousin Hailey got Elliott his snuggle and play puppy that he is obsessed with. He laughs and laughs and tries to eat his nose. It is amazing seeing the happiness in his eyes as he discovers something more. He will pass objects back and forth from hand to hand, remember that he has to pull a certain part of a toy, or push a certain button. It is so cool to see!!
Alright folks! That is all for now...Evan has been working feverishly on organizing the iPhone photos from both phones and I hope to get all the pictures and videos up of little man as soon as possible. A lot of fun things have been happening in the Horton household and we couldn't be more excited for the upcoming months! I was just recently hired on as a contributing writer for the Grand Cities Woman Magazine here in town, and Evan is still exceedingly busy at work, but loving every minute of it!
We are HAPPY!
With that, Happy Easter to all!
Love, Rachel, Evan and Elliott
