Dining with Joaquin

Time has gotten away from me these past few weeks. Joaquin is growing and changing so much. He now refuses to let us feed him most of the time, so as you will see meals are quite the messy affair at our house. He has also become very clingy to me. This last weekend I was home with him all weekend and he wouldn't let me out of his sight and much more than usual wanted me to hold him. He still loves running around but since he doesn't get much time with me usually I think he just didn't want to let me go.

We gave Joaquin a small piece of american cheese the other day and he did fine with it, and a few days later gave him mac and cheese and he did fine with that as well. So today grilled cheese was on the menu at daycare and we told them it was ok for him to have it but he broke out in a rash on his face after eating it :( We think maybe it is cheese food that they use at daycare and that is why he reacted? I guess we will just have to keep trying cheese at home for a while. We are going to start mixing his soy milk with regular milk and see how he does with that.

Joaquin had his 12 month well check visit in the middle of August. He weighed in at 24 lbs and is 31 inches tall. So he is still average for his weight but in the 90th percentile for his height and head circumference.

More B-day Pics

More pics from Joaquin's birthday party. First my friend Beth's daughter Emma playing in the baby pool. Second, how messy Joaquin really got with his smash cake.

Birthday Photo Shoot

Here are some of our favorite shots from Joaquin's birthday photo shoot Sunday evening. If anyone is interested in seeing all of them, or purhcasing some for yourself they should be available on sricephoto.com soon. Any of you that live in the area and are interested in Shannon's work let me know and I'll pass all her info on to you. Joaquin had a great time at the photo shoot but right after it ended he got tired and cranky so we had to head home.

Mac and Cheese

Tonight Joaquin got his first taste of mac and cheese. He is still allergic to milk, so I made him mac and cheese using soy milk and vegan cheese. He LOVED it! Maybe this weekend we'll make him some grilled cheese using vegan cheese.

Joaquin is walking all over, almost running now. He can walk down the hall without sitting down. He was started in a new class at day care and loves it. Now he can go outside at daycare :)

Birthday Pictures

Some of my first steps

Batman to the Rescue!