Thomas Gets His 1 Year Immunization Shots

Thomas went to the doctor today for his 1 year immunization shots. His weight is 22 pounds, 12 ounces, and he is 29-3/4" tall. The doctor said he's a little over the 50th percentile, which is good. He used to be in the 90th percentile. She also said all his motors skills are fine, except he should be saying at least 3 words by now. Right now, he can only say 1 word...have to try to get him to say more!

She also said that Thomas should be eating most things, except nuts, whole grapes, popcorn, chunks of meat, peanut butter, whole hot dogs, hard or sticky candy, bagels, or raw vegetables. Also, not too much sweets. She also said to go gradually on the seafood, since he has eczema, because most people with eczema are allergic to seafood. Thomas can start drinking whole milk too, and should be switching over to drinking his milk in a sippy cup. His intake on milk should be only about 2 cups because milk should not be his main food anymore.

I also told the doctor that he's still not sleeping through the night, and she said that I have to let him cry out and not feed him, or else he will continue to wake up in the middle of the night and expect his milk each time. He's been back to waking up about 3-4 times each night...I don't know if he can handle suddenly not having milk the whole night. I guess I have to cut back maybe one feeding every 2-3 days instead of doing it all at once.

Afterwards, Thomas received 5 immunization shots. When the nurse gave him the first shot, he started crying and jerking his arms and legs around while kicking and pushing the nurse's hands away. After all the shots, he refused to go near, or even look at, the nurse...it was as if he knew. When all his immunization shots were given, I had to take Thomas to have his blood drawn to make sure all his red and white cells count were ok. He was crying so much again. Luckily he stopped once I got him out of the building. My poor baby was so good on the way home. I'm so glad he didn't get any fever from all the shots today! It's been a long morning for him.

Father's Day and Thomas' Birthday, Sunday, June 17, 2007

Sunday was both Father's Day and Thomas' Birthday. For Father's Day, I made Tony one of his favorite dish - spaghetti. I also made some salad, garlic bread, and chilled red wine. We had a wonderful Father's Day meal. Thomas even loved the spaghetti! Happy Birthday, Thomas, and happy Father's Day, Tony!

Thomas' Birthday Party, Saturday, June 16, 2007

We celebrated Thomas' birthday a day early. We had a big birthday party for him. He had a really great time and loved his new toys and clothes. Thank you to those who attended, and thanks for the presents! Here are some pictures of him with his cake!

Thomas Understands Chinese!

I told Thomas to clap his hands, speaking in Chinese, and he started clapping his hands! I was so surprised! He looks so cute when he's clapping his hands. I showed my parents, and they were excited that he understood a little of Chinese. He started clapping his feet too.

Tomorrow is Thomas' big day...his birthday is actually on Sunday, but we're having his birthday party tomorrow. Here's a card his cousins made for him! Thanks, guys!

Thomas finally claps his own hands!

Usually when I clap my hands to get Thomas to clap his, he doesn't. Instead, he'd reach for my two hands and gets me to clap some more. However, this morning, he was sitting in his crib, and he started to clap his hands. It's so sweet how he does it...he seems to stare at his hands while clapping, seeming so fascinated that he's able to do it himself. He'd sit there clapping, stops, looks at his hands, and then claps some more. He clapped a lot the whole day.

Thomas biting and licking

Thomas has been biting a lot lately. Last week, he grabbed my arm and bit me. I yelled out, and Tony checked up on us. Thomas then turned around and bit Tony on his arm!

He likes to bite so much, and I always have to tell him to stop. I sometimes tell him to kiss me, and instead of kissing my cheeks, he'd go for my chin and bite me. Sometimes he'd lick me too! This morning, and yesterday morning, when he woke up in his crib, I had placed my face to the poles, and he'd crawled over and lick my face between the poles!

Here's some pictures of him taken today.

Thomas kisses his Daddy for the first time!

Thomas has been kissing me a lot lately, but only when he feels like it...sometimes he bites me though! He has never kissed Tony yet. Today, when Tony came home from work, he went into the bedroom and picked Thomas up from his crib, and Thomas kissed him! Tony was so excited! He rushed out of the bedroom and showed me his cheek where Thomas had kissed him...it was still wet with Thomas' saliva. This was the first time Thomas had kissed his daddy!

Our Weekend Trip

We took a trip to the Silver Saddle Ranch Resort and Club this weekend. This resort is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 2-1/2 hours driving past Orange County. There was many activities there, such as gold, archery, trap and skeet, boating, cycling, horseback riding, camping, petting zoo, and many other sports. Tony, Thomas, and I had tried horseback riding. It was a first time for all of us. Thomas sat on a horse with Tony, and I had sat by myself. The man leading Tony's horse went slow for them because of Thomas. When it was my turn, however, he walked quicker, and I was going up and down on my saddle. It was kind of a scary, but fun, experience for all of us. Thomas didn't seem afraid of the horses. Here are some pictures!