Stuck no more!

Yesterday Hendrix managed to get his poor little leg very stuck in his crib 3 separate times in just over 12 hours time! That was the last straw and something HAD to be done! I went to the store and found some amazing heavy duty nylon mesh, a ton of velcro and other supplies and put a plan together for keeping my little guy safe and this is what I came up with:

It's so nice to not have to worry about a sad crying baby who is stuck in his crib!

Not at all like his father!

I think Hendrix got just a touch of his father's personality! The other day I tried to get a video of him showing off how he knows 10 of his body parts but I guess he was tired of being asked to show me his head because this is what he did!

Shhhhhh!

Hendrix hates hates hates the sound of the garbage disposal! This is what he does every time I turn it on.

Thanks Grandma and Papa!

Today I let Hendrix enjoy a chocolate Easter Bunny that Matt's parents sent him. Lately he's been doing this funny squinty eye face that we call his Chinaman face (yep, I know, it's genetically and politically incorrect, we don't care!)

Easter Art Project for Grandma and Papa

The other day I got some paints and let Hendrix have a little fun with them and then turned his completed paintings into an Easter egg to send to Matt's parents. Here's the fun we had...

First Easter Egg Hunt

This morning we went to a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt and I think Hendrix had a pretty good time. He didn't quite get the concept, more often than not, he'd find an egg and chuck it on the ground to smash it open or put it in someone else's basket. Thankfully the hunt was controlled so that each child ended up with the same amount of eggs.

The anticipation

So excited


Look! First one

Handsome boy

I know where to put these

Another one

Don't you even think about touching my eggs!

It rattles

Look what I got

There's oneGot it!

Found another one!

Checking out his loot

How many do I have?

Stuck!

Poor Hendrix! He's now gotten to the point that if he sticks his little legs through the bars of his crib, they get stuck and he wakes up screaming in pain. It makes me so sad and frustrated! We have a crib bumper that is supposed to prevent him from putting his legs through the bar but he either stands on the bumper and smooshes it down or he just puts his feet through the bar above the bumper. I'm kind of at my wits end and am not sure what to do!

This was a few weeks ago. His poor little leg was wedged in there so tightly that I literally had to climb in the crib with him to try to free his leg and even then I was worried that I was going to have to either saw the bars or butter his leg! You can see on his knees the bruises from past episodes of getting stuck.

This is how I found him sleeping the other night and gave me much insight into how he keeps getting stuck! You can see the brown crib bumper is firmly in place but is in no way preventing Hendrix from sticking his feet through the bars, if anything it's kind of aiding him by propping his feet up! Thankfully after I took this picture I was able to move his legs without waking him.
Last night was not so fun. Hendrix managed to wake up screaming twice because he'd managed to get his leg stuck at 8:30pm and at 5:30am! Poor little guy! I really wish he'd knock it off!

Family pictures! FINALLY!

So I had an old friend from High School take our family pictures while we were in Colorado for Christmas. Through a long, drawn out and possibly exageraged chain of events, I've finally now received the pictures! Then I had to go through and edit them, I guess 3 months wasn't long enough for the photographer to edit the pictures. But with all that venting done, here are some of my favorites!

Funny little man!

Hendrix has started this funny little arched back laugh and it cracks me up! Tonight he was in rare overly silly form so I got a great video of his goofy laugh.

Skinny little Fatty

Hendrix had his 15 month check up today. We lovingly call him a little fatty but he's actually getting pretty skinny. He's been holding steady at the same weight of 22 pounds for several months. The doctor isn't a bit worried about this though since he's getting taller and is super active. As Matt put it, when Hendrix is awake he's going at 500 MPH and when he's asleep he slows down to 250 MPH! Hendrix is right on track with his height at 31" and his ever expanding skull has slowed it's growth and is only in the 60th percentile instead of the massive 75% that it used to be!

Doctor says everything looks excellent and Hendrix is perfect in every way!

He's becoming so helpful. Whenever the dishwasher is open, he runs over and starts grabbing plates and silverware and throws them on the floor. Not sure if he thinks he's helping or if he just likes all the noise! When I'm loading the dryer, he'll go grab whatever he can, be it his grandma blanket or sippy cup, and put it in the dryer along with the wet clothes. During his tubby time, if I ask him if he's done, he says yes, pulls up the drain in the tub and starts sticking his foam letters to the wall (since that's where I stick them so they dry).

He loves reading books and actually is getting to the point where he'll sit still long enough to flip through the pages and I'm able to read a few words to him before boredom sets in.

I think disciplining him in the future is going to be interesting. For now, he couldn't care less! When he throws food on the floor and I scold him and tell him "NO!" he laughs. When he does something that he knows he's not supposed to do, he shakes his head no while doing it.

My baby is an Ewok and a bunch of cute pictures

When Hendrix is playing and babbling to himself he sounds just like a little Ewok. It's so funny!

Eating candy makes him stand on his head!

So cute reading his books

Handsome little man

I guess standing in the drawer isn't enough, he's got to stand on the thin edge of the drawer to hoist himself even higher up!