State of the Weeble Address: 18 months

Weeeeebs!  Sorry that this one is a little late, though I suppose it won't be late for you.  So much has happened since you were one year old and I'm going to do my best to make sure that I report it all here!

Where do we live?:


Well, we're still living in Buffalo.  That's no surprise, of course, because we knew that we would be here for two years.  However, the exciting thing is that this will be the last State of the Weeble Address written from Buffalo.  

We have made the decision to move to Springfield, Missouri for your mother to take an amazing opportunity performing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery there.  It looks like an amazing place, with lots of fun outdoor activity for us to explore together, in addition to being a nice-sized city.  Though there are no guarantees that we will be there still at the time you're reading this, I feel pretty confident that you will have memories of the place and growing up there!  We'll see, I guess!


What's Mom doing?:

Mom is still a fellow at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.  As mentioned above, she's made the decision for her to make great use of her new education in Springfield performing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.  She's got things going very well in Western New York at the moment and has been able to really become a pro at what she's doing.

What's Dad doing?:

Here's another piece of exciting news!  I just became a full-time, stay-at-home dad.  While I am not sure about a lot of things, I know that you're going to have memories of spending a LOT of time with me from here on out.  I have so many ideas about the future and the many adventures that we will share together.

Milestones:

• Walking:  Walking, running, climbing, sitting in a big-boy chair.  You're doing it all now.  You can be a little clumsy and you tend to lead with your head, but you are absolutely fearless.  There is nothing that you're afraid to climb up or down, from stairs to the couches.
• Talking:  You're really beginning to talk now.  The words are a bit choppy, to be honest, but you're really catching onto this whole thing about sounds that come from your mouth being connected to things in the real world.  It's funny, because just a couple months ago, you weren't really doing it.  But then the doctor said you should know fifty words soon and you suddenly caught on and started doing it!  You, apparently, really like a challenge.
• Eating:  No more bottles for you!  You are quite an adventurous eater and seem to be willing to try just about everything. Unfortunately, when you don't like something, it just seems to come right back out of your mouth.  You haven't really figured out how to use normal cups yet, though.  If it's not in a sippy cup, you tend to just dump the liquid within all over yourself.

Nicknames:

Weebs
Weeble
Sir von WeeblyDay (your heroic identity)
Fruitcake is totally retired now.
Sir!


Favorite things:

You still love the Mickey Mouse clubhouse.


"Hooked on a Feeling" has been bumped aside by "Cotton-Eye Joe" by Rednex.  Whenever it comes on, you just start twirling around in circles.  That's how you dance! 

You still love to be tossed in the air, and your Mom has gotten used to it now.

Sneezing is the funniest thing in the world to you.  I'm attaching a video of you laughing hysterically while it happens.

You have the most infectious laugh, which you will hear in the attached video!

Liam and the sneezing!  The funniest situation ever (to your little, growing mind)!

Your first school pictures, from Doodle Bugs.