Max turns 22 Months!

Little man Max isn't so little anymore. I can't believe how much he has grown and is now a little boy. I took him to get a haircut again last weekend and it looks super cute. We have decided to let his hair grow out, I'm curious what it will look like. We had a speech therapist come over and take a look at him since the doctor recommended we do it at 20 months if he wasn't speaking yet. At 21 months we had them come but he had just started saying a few words so they weren't too concerned. They just said he was a bit delayed to call again if he weren't talking 2. He has been saying Baby, Ball, Car, Bubbles, Bottle and Daisy. Hasn't tried to say much else, but he does say those words a lot.
Every night we do bath time and recently I have been putting bubbles into the bathtub which he loves. I try to get him to blow the bubbles since he seems to have a difficult time blowing things.
He still loves to touch his private parts and stick his finger into his poopy hole which cracks us up. Every night during our bed time routine he just runs in circles and makes himself dizzy. Today he was running around outside and hit the pavement pretty hard. He now has a nice shiner on his forehead just in time for our family photo shoot tomorrow.
We have taken him off his morning and afternoon bottle and he now only gets a nighttime bottle. We plan on taking that away from him in two weeks or so. He still loves books, and recently Jan has started to draw with him and he enjoys it. He is still obsessed with cars, trucks and planes when we are outside. He is a total ladies man outside with all the girls always wanting to be around him.

Jakorino turns 5 months old!

What a crazy month it has been for our little or shall we say big Jakorino. He had his 4.5 Month check up where he weighed in at a healthy 19 pounds and was in the 95 percentile for height, weight and head. The doctor was concerned about his flat head and his size (he went form 50th to 95th percentile since his last visit) and wanted him to get an ultrasound. We took him to Greenwich hospital the weekend I was leaving for New Orleans. Everything looked great but they wanted us to see a brain specialist just to make sure. Steve took him the following week and it was confirmed that things looked good but that he might need a helmet. He told us to come back in two months to see if things got better and to not put him on his back unless he was sleeping. So we have been putting him in things that sit him up or on tummy time if we can't hold him. He is still unable to roll over, the doctor said due to his size he might not be able to do it for a while. He does sleep on his side at night which is great. I went to New Orleans for the weekend with my girlfriends and I had a great time with him. I did have a very difficult time being away from my children though and I'm not sure I will be doing that again without him. It was just too difficult for me since I work so much and only get to see them on the weekends.
Jake is the most adorable little guy and when I come home from work and he hears my voice and sees me he lights up like a Christmas tree. It is the best feeling to come home to and he can brighten even the worst of days.
He has been teething like crazy and chewing on his entire hand. I still can't see anything poking through but my guess would be six months we will see the first ones arrive. He had a bit of difficulty falling asleep at 4.5 months and would cry for hours. We finally had to feberize him again which took three days and things got back on track.
Jake adores his brother and is always looking for him and smiling at him. And his brother adores him too and is always hugging him and showering him with kisses.
When I get home early I love to take him to his room and do naked time with him while he is on the floor. He loves it and it is a great bonding experience for us. We have him Rice Cereal for the first time last weekend. He didn't understand the concept of swallowing yet but hopefully soon. We started him on rice cereal a month after Max, not on purpose but it just turned out that way. Next month we start him on pureed veggies. He has been eating six ounces every three hours and goes to sleep at 6pm until 7am the next morning. I think he only got up once the entire last month, he is a great little sleeper knock on wood. Jan has upped some of his feedings to 8 ounces because she said he seemed hungry after feeds. I got him his first halloween costume: a cow. It is so cute, I can't wait to see him in it! We decorated our front stoop and the community is going to have a little party for the kids on Halloween which I'm looking forward to taking the kids to.