15 months old

Dexter turned 15 months old earlier this September and I have neglected to put up his stats:

Weight 18 lbs 3 oz (>3 %)
Length: 30 1/4 inches (25%)
Head: 46.5 (40%)
Teeth: 7

He is still a little guy. I don't understand it because he eats and eats and eats. I don't know where it goes. He is still following his curve so the doctor is very pleased with him.

Dexter can: , get down from the couch, walk/run/sprint, plug the headphones into the TV, dance, and cause all sorts of mischief.
Dexter can say: mama (mom), da(dad), uma (grandma), eye, ide (outside), go, mall (ball), woof, roar, sound like a monkey, vrrrr (sound vehicles make), chat chat chat (penguin), hi.

He loves to be outside, look out the window (especially his bedroom window with all the semi trucks), play with his trucks, throw balls, pull me around the house by my finger, see any and all animals, and read books. I'm sure there are more things, I just can't think of them all.

Dancing King

Dexter is a dancing fool! He just loves to dance. Every morning we dance, and we dance, and we dance. He really gets into it and has a ton of fun. In this video we are dancing to "Brown Eyed Girl" sung by The Standards.

Just Thought I'd Share

I liked this take on Taylor Swift's "Love Story". Enjoy!

Oh the Thinks You Think To Do

I'm sure every child goes through this faze, but it is one that I have loved. Dexter puts his stuff (toys, sippy cups, the whatnots) in the most unusual places. My favorite is when I open a drawer and find a toy much to my surprise. This isn't a new thing. Just something I wanted to share. The other day I told Dexter to help me clean up his room. He is usually pretty good at it. This particular time though, instead of putting the toys in his cubby, he put them in the hamper and proceeded to move everything in the cubby to the hamper. He is so silly. Filling up his hamper is one of his favorite past times when we are upstairs. I just love this boy!

He loves to put stuff he can reach in the tub

Surprise! At least it didn't have milk in it. Caught in the act.

Allergies: Pennicillin

I suppose we should be used to things not being so routine with this little guy. He went in to the doctor a couple of weeks ago for an ear infection and was put on amoxicillin. Well, come to find out he's allergic to it.

Dexter with calamine lotion on

He started the medicine that Monday, and Friday night had a fever, and then Sunday, he had a little"freckle" looking rash on his chest and back. I called the nurse and she said he might have a virus that is going around but if he isn't better by Tuesday, to go to the doctor. Well, Monday morning it had spread to his face, and by that afternoon it was on his arms and legs and was getting very red and blotchy. I called the nurse that afternoon, and she scheduled us for the doctor the next day. He had just been not feeling good and wasn't itchy until Monday night, and nobody got any sleep. He hurt/itched so bad. The only way to make him happy, was to hold him and look outside his window and watch the big semi trucks as they unloaded at the Hy-Vee.

That morning, I went to Hy-Vee and got some calamine lotion to put on his back and neck since that is where he itched the most. He got about an hour of sleep after I put it on him.

We go into the doctor and he said sure enough it was the amoxicillin. Luckily, his ear infection was gone so we didn't need another antibiotic, just some benedryl to help with the rash.

I am happy to report that the rash is almost gone and he is most definitely back to being my mischievous Dexter.

CCA Kids

September is craniofacial awareness month. If you were planning to go picnicking this month, I think that September 11th, would be the perfect day. That is the day of the annual picnic that is held all across the US for families involved with CCA kids to get together and to raise awareness for kids who may look different.

We haven't been involved with CCA kids like I have wanted to, but to have the support of the Yahoo! group and the newsletters is all that we need right now. I hope to one day be able to go to the retreat that they host, but I think that will be after we are done with school and can afford to go.

Check out the website (there is a link on the sidebar) for more information about CCA kids or for information on any type of craniofacial disorder there may be. If you do, look at summer 2010's newsletter. There is an article about Trevor, an 8 year old boy, who is just like Dexter. It made my heart happy.

Well, enjoy your September and just remember, "beyond the face is a heart".