Sweet Mess is 1, How Can That Be?

From this sweet baby....

 To this sweet mess!

Yes it is very hard for me to believe, Steven turned 1 on Saturday.  What a tough 12 months but you would never know it by looking at him.  We have our hands full, and I mean FULL with this little stinker.  Just a couple of fun facts on who he is today...

• Not yet a full walker but a mover and a shaker, none the less.  I think walking slows him down so crawling is his transportation of choice. 
• Eight teeth to bite you with and he uses them proudly.
• Picky eater but starting to come around.  He must know if he doesn't then he will not fit in. 
• Dada and Mama are spoken however Mama is usually reserved for moments of whining and there are more of those moments than we care for.
• Grunter and I mean GRUNT, caveman conversationalist.
• Dancer, watch out Miller, little brother is going to be ready for a dance off soon.

We visited the pediatrician yesterday for his 12 month check up and everything is great.  He is where he should be or ahead and we could not be more thankful.  Of course, we have also been paying the cardiologist some visits for bp checks and well let's just say that hypertension is here to stay.  That needs to be my outlook, yes maybe he will out grow it but it doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon.  Last Thursday we had a check and it was 118 and 116, and for the first time I was shocked.  He had fallen asleep in the car on our way so he was very calm half dazed sitting in my lap when it was checked...no way it could be high.  But it was and it was the 2nd check so we have increased one of his meds and go back next week.  I have been checking it and it is hovering around 109-110 range.  Not too good considering I am using a machine and taking it from his leg, which all points to lower results.  Hopefully it will be ok and the results next week will be better.  We return to TCH in the middle of July and will see what the nephrologist has to say.  Right now it is hard to dwell on the bp, he keeps us focusing on everything else about him and if we are not watching and paying attention to him, well he will just GRUNT at us. 

FUNNY STORY TIME:

David was told this about Steven:  There are a stack of papers that he always likes to go after at the office with Grandma.  Grandma and Aunt Julie tell him no and will swat his hand occasionally if he goes after them.  (We do a whole lot of hand swatting at home, too and we have done a whole lot of baby proofing because he is always where he shouldn't be)  Well he decided he still wanted to check out that stack of papers so he pulls them down and turns around, sticks out his hand and gives them a look as to say, go ahead swat my hand I did something bad!  Yep, we are in trouble :-)

Well I need to shut this down, I need my rest to keep up with him!  Happy Tuesday and I hope to write again before a month goes by...