13, 14 & 15 months

since dr. visits now happen every 3 months i am giving my permission to only report stats every 3 months. i have titled this post as if i am going to break down what the stats are and progression of each month, but people i have lost it. you would think i am on my 4th child with the rate of which i forget things. we will say 13, 14 and 15 months but basically i am going to tell you what is going on this moment. current stats are:

-weighs 23lbs 10oz = 65%.....32 in. long = 75%....head 48cm. = 75%
-wears size 4 diapers, 18-24mo. clothes, and size 6 shoes
-donovan loves loves loves shoes. he picks out the ones he wants to wear and sometimes cannot decide so he wears one of each.
-moving with ease on his feet, and is practicing walking backwards
-saying several different words. loves watching baby einstein videos and mimicking animal sounds and practicing the names of animals. loves saying baaaa, mooooo, rough rough. also loves calling buck by name now. on a side note, his first word was bread. i do not know why because i do not think we have many discussions about bread, and i do not think we eat a ton of bread, but my boy loves the word.
-favorite food for the moment seems to be tomatoes. also loves vinegar foods like pickles.
-loves waving good-bye and hello
-donovan is tentative about things which means he is not yet giving me a heart attack by climbing all over things, but he is beginning to become more confidant in trying

**grandaddy went with us to the well-visit. grandaddy seems to be his all time favorite so i took full advantage of him being in town to help with the dr. vistit. we went for milkshakes afterwards.

father's day

father's day 2011! father's day was the beginning of whirlwind activity for the murphy family....which is why i am a bit late on filling everyone in. i in a flurry of excitement in planning a bachelorette party forgot i had planned the party for father's day weekend. to make matters worse dan got the word he had to be in florida for work for the week, and got to fly out on father's day.....who does that??? so our weekend went like this.....

friday, ice cream and splash park with the big guy (meaning donovan). along with a family dinner at home. saturday morning, eggs benedict made by your truly and then out the door i went to asheville for the night. dan had a whole 24 hours to really enjoy being a dad :) back in town sunday just in time to have a quick take-out lunch, have a card exchange and kiss dad good bye for the week.

with dan being gone the house was lonely and a reminder of how much i love to hear dan rough housing with donovan while i cook dinner, or hear dan explain to donovan like he is an adult that "if you want that then you need not throw it on the floor or you will be disappointed", or playing with donovan on the bed while we get his pj's on for the night. i missed seeing donovan standing at the front door watching dad come home form work, hearing dan and donovan talking to brian williams during the nightly news, and working a tag team on diaper changes. i missed hearing donovan's gut laughs while dan gives him "the claw", and then hearing dan explain to donovan on how to give the claw. and then i missed reviewing the details of the day (i.e. what donovan said or did) with donovan's dad and seeing him get just as interested in trivial details about his son as i am.

dan's trip went well, and our reunion with him rocked. i was able to finagle my parents driving to hickory to meet dan to drop us off. although this father's day was tough being away from dan i did get to spend some extra time over the week with my daddy. watching grandaddy with donovan certainly has its own sweetness as does spending time with my daddy. hope all the father's out there were celebrated appropriately.