Abraham turned 22 months on July 1st. Yes, this post is REALLY late. There are so many changes happening with this little guy and since pictures are worth a thousand words…here you go!


Obie One Hambo

It was so much fun intruding Abraham to stickers! He loved them! He put them all over his PJs! It was too cute!

He likes RUNNING when he is naked!

Big Brother

He loves cars and trucks!

First Bandage
Abraham got his first decent “ow” as he calls them and it required bandaging to keep the blood off my carpet. He did great letting me doctor his foot up. Of course as soon as he went to stand up, his foot was somehow broken. He couldn’t walk with this bandage! It took quite a bit of coaxing and he still limped. Absolutely hilarious! Now if you bandage anything, that part of his body just doesn’t work. It is “broke” as he will say or it is “ow” and it can’t work. Kids are so funny:)

Big OW
This happened on Father’s Day. Abraham was acting silly and not watching where he was going and tripped and fell right into our living room coffee table. He hit right on the side of it with the side of his head. Usually our first reaction is “did he hurt the table” because his head is so hard and he takes falls/bumps/scrapes all in stride. However, this time he screamed bloody murder. It was horrific. The swelling and discoloration showed up immediately. We got ice on it right away to help but knew we might have to go to the doctor. We observed him the rest of the night and he showed no signs of a concussion but the ear did worsen by morning so we did end up at the pediatrician’s office. We never saw any blood from the ear canal but deep inside there had been some bleeding. Had Abraham not already been on antibiotics from a previous infection (of which I will explain here in a minute) he would have been put on some to prevent infection of his ear with the bleeding. Fortunately he was okay:) And yes, our table was fine too!
Ok, so the antibiotic story…it was a week or so before Father’s Day and I had several errands to run in Greenwood. Aaron volunteered to come with me and both kids. As the day wore on, I knew we would have to come up with some form of outlet for Abraham as he would need to run around instead of being couped up in carts or strollers. I had heard that there was a playground in the mall. We couldn’t find it at first but we did eventually find it and we let Abraham play. He had SO much fun! He loved it. After about 30 or 40 minutes, we needed to go. Abel had had enough and wanted to be in the nice AC in our car. So we left and didn’t realize at the time that we were taking a present from the playground home with us. Abraham got sick first. He was super tired for about a week and then ended up with a BAD fever. This was his first fever EVER. 103! I of course did not like it one bit. It passed and then I got slightly sick. I felt feverish for 2 days but it was very mild and chalked it up to sleep deprivation. Then Abraham started exhibiting symptoms again and on the Friday before Father’s Day we rushed off to the After-Hours clinic because during teeth brushing I found white spots galore on his throat! No wonder the kid didn’t want to eat or drink anything. Poor baby. So the doctor at the clinic couldn’t be sure whether or not it was viral or bacterial so they opted on antibiotics “just in case” and our life mostly returned to normal by the following Monday. But we did get to have our pediatrician re-evaluate his progress since we were there for his ear anyway! They said his throat and ears looked much better than what was described from the clinic:) It could have been viral or bacterial, it is still an unknown. Aaron ended up getting this illness too. Unfortunately, he got it on Father’s Day. Poor guy. He went down with a 104 degree fever for a couple days and that was NO fun. Had it gone much higher or lasted any longer, I was taking HIM to the hospital! Fortunately, it subsided too but Aaron will NOT let me take Abraham back to any playground indoors…kinda. I will explain that later:)

Starting to get close to little brother

Look At ME!
Abraham has started undressing and dressing himself. He loves to put anything on. My clothes, Daddy’s clothes and even Abel’s clothes (pictured above). It is so cute to watch him. He gets better every day! Of course I have had to eliminate certain outfits or else he will be totally naked in about 30 seconds!

Ham

I did buy Abraham a pool this year since going to the neighborhood pool is just out of the question with Abel and all the crazies at our pool. I got a GREAT deal on this pool and it deflates for easy storage! The best part is that Abraham loves it! He was very timid at first and didn’t care to get his swim diaper wet and pretty much refused swim trunks. He ended up slipping and getting his swim diaper soaked and realized it was okay and ever since has had a blast in the water!

Big Boy
He looked so grown up in this picture. Sniff sniff.

First Big Boy Jeepy Ride

Look at that face
Abraham got to experience his first REAL Jeep ride. We had a “Safety Day” event in our neighborhood with food, firetrucks and bounce houses. I screwed up on its location and had to walk a bit with Abel in the stroller but Abraham got to ride with Daddy in the Big Jeepy as he calls it. That boy was so excited! His smile was plastered on his face the whole day! It was a very short ride but he loved every second.

First time in a bounce house
He wasn’t too sure about the bounce house. He didn’t hate it but was ready to come out pretty fast. There was only one other child in the house with him but it was a girl and I think he was too shy! I am sure that will change. He will be just like every other child and LOVE bounce houses!
Abraham did a great job at playing this game! He was so sweet and really enjoyed learning new skills! Plus the candy he won was a great bonus!
Now for his 22nd month birthday celebration, I decided to take him to McDonald’s and let him play in the playland! I know, you are probably thinking I am crazy since we ALL got sick from the last indoor playground. I did things a bit different. I made sure we had TONS of sanitizer and nothing that was worn at the playground stayed on. We changed clothes before heading home. It worked great! No sickness! Abraham had so much fun. He climbed all the way to the top (3 stories) and had no fear. He followed some other kid that was a few years older than him into a spot that wasn’t quite for him. It was a little advanced. Sure enough, he fell. He saw me right before he fell and then he shrieked and yelled for me. I was already half way up the playland thing before he could scream. It was okay. I got him and let him know all was okay. No tears! He did have a much greater appreciation for heights though. He didn’t go back up the rest of the time we were there. He played on the floor level and had lots of fun with that. Abel slept through the whole ordeal. He loved the super cold AC!

Counting pace beads

Say CHEESE!

In playland

At the tippy top

Ground Control to Major Tom


Abacus play
That sums up our little man for his 22nd month of life. He is a wonderful little man with a heart of gold. He is very independent and wants things done a certain way but that’s okay. He is an individual and we love him for it!