It's Me Again (Finally!)

Just popping in to share some pictures from his first few days of first grade.  His favorite part is riding the bus!

Blogger Slacker of the Year Award

Yes, I accept that award!  I could make up excuses about being too busy to update Ian's blog, but I am sure I could have squeezed in a few minutes each month for the past year, had I actually thought about it.

Regardless, this is me, trying to get caught up and trying to develop a habit of recording his history.

So, here is what has been happening since last October (2011).

Ian is now 5 years old (well almost 6) and attends kindergarten with me at Meadowcreek.  He is quite enjoying it!  He has now learned to swim underwater, holding his breath.  He has seen his first "real" movie in a movie theater.  Mark and I took him to see "The Avengers."  He attended his first high school football game and played his first real game of bowling.  We have taught him the basics about math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).  And (warning TMI ahead) he can cleanly wipe his bottom!!!  Anyone with a boy knows this last one is major.  Hey, I warned you there was TMI.  

Over the holidays he has exhibited an ability to build lego sets that are labeled with an age range higher than his own.  I am quite proud of him.

My goal for the near future is to teach him to tie his shoes.  I really hate velcro, but I am finding I really hate tying shoes as well.

Here are some highlights from his year in pictures.

His first day of school!

 

His first day of school!

Ian and Catherine at the Mellow Mushroom in Pooler, GA

Ian and I at his first football game - Go Duluth Wildcats!

An accident at school - He took a running start at a chair in class.

Asleep on our return trip from Savannah on Christmas Eve.  

Ian and his new lego sets

Where is Waldo?

Ian and his cousin Addison

My little gangster

My baby and I on Christmas Eve

His first bowling game

Catherine, Juliet, and Ian

A trip to Fernbank

At one of the coolest playgrounds I have ever seen

His 5th birthday

Ian and Harris this summer

How could I forget??

Ian has been taking Tae Kwon Do at school each week.  Back in May he had a belt ceremony.  He started as a white belt.  He now has a yellow striped belt.

Like father like son!

Summer's End

I was very happy to get back to work, but very sad to end my time with the boy.  It was a great summer.  He has become quite the brave fish in the pool.  And now we are working on riding a bike!  Here are some highlights from July, August, and September.

At the Norcross 4th of July celebration

Ian and Juliet dancing 

Amazed at the fireworks

Ian and Harris playing it up at the sprayground

These are the toys Ian agreed to give to boys and girls without toys.

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The best view at the pool!

A neighborhood friend

Ian riding his new bike

Posing like the big boy he is!

Weapons designer, extraordinaire!

Another great view at the pool

Giving Lincoln a ride during the 4th of July parade.

My boy!

Summer Fun!

The last two months have been quite busy for all of us. Mostly because I have started a cake design company, and it has monopolized most of my extra time. With it being the end of a school year, there has been very little extra time! Regardless, summer has started, and Ian and I have a few visitors right now.

Ian's four year check-up was the beginning of May. Everything looked great. He is in the 99th percentile for everything, height and weight. Both are increasing exponentially (or at least that is how it seems). He is almost four feet tall (yesterday at the pop-up fair he was measuring 44 inches tall. Our scale here at home says he weighs 68 pounds. His blood glucose was 114, which made the pediatrician immediately go into caution mode. That coupled with the thrush in his throat concerned her. Four year olds do not get thrush. She immediately was concerned about diabetes. I have taken his fasting glucose several times since then, and they have been in the normal range (below 100). We go back next month so she can give him another once over.

Jake and Shelby are visiting now. Ian has thoroughly enjoyed having Jake around to play with. We have mostly spent our time at the neighborhood pool. Here are a few pictures of our summer so far.  I have to give a HUGE shout out to Shelby.  She has been great with these boys.  She also rode the rides with Ian yesterday at the pop-up fair.

Just posing at the front door

Like father, like son

Catherine, at Juliet's birthday party

Smile!

Our big guy, Jake.  

Shelby, photo bombed by Mark

Juliet, celebrating six years!

His favorite place to be!

The Fabulous Five

At the pop-up fair 

He loved riding all the rides.

The mini Himalaya

Ian and I on the Dragon ride