Rodney Update!

This is while we watched the rightfully named "best fireworks in all of Colorado!" They were amazing. So many fireworks so little time... Rodney loved them. He didn't have quite the attention span yet to watch the whole show but he did point to the sky and stare.
This is Rodney's makeshift pool at Grandpa Friesens house. He decided the dog bowl was plenty big enough to take a dip and cool off... he did this multiple times throughout our weekend up there. Silly boy! We joked about how Grandpa is too cheap to buy him a real pool. haha!

Up in Nederland they just opened this carousel that this guy bought from the saltaire (sp?) and recarved the animals and such, repainted, built an enclosure. It is absolutely amazing and totally worth it. It's only buck to ride. Rodney rode once with Me and Mandy and once with Grandma and Mandy. Not only was I trying to get pictures of this cutie pie on the carousel but so were about 59 others. Maybe a little exaggerated but there were others.

This was when we were trapped in the cars with the rain outside waiting for the fireworks to start. I booted him over to G&G's car after a while. He had more fun over there anyway! I just love this picture!

Dirty face and all!

Rodney is really starting to show his personality more and more. He is such a little ham!

These are pictures from the 4th of July when it started to pour rain. So we decided to have some fun with the camera. Rodney started out less than enthused and then he started to get into the faces. This may or may not be a real scream...

We had another breathing scare with Rodney a few weeks ago which resulted in another hospital visit. Mark has athsma as does most of his family so it is no surprise that Rodney is showing symptoms. We were up all night with him because he kept waking up to cough and we did about 5-6 neb treatments before 5:30 so we packed him up and headed to the ER. After being there for 3-4 hours he was still at a 7 out of 10. 10 being not breathing. We headed home with not only this awesome neb mask that resembles a turtle, but about 5 prescriptions to control his airways. He knows when I break out the mask how to hold it and will sit there until it is gone. Assuming Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on the TV...

He has 10 teeth now with a few more coming in. He was lopsided on the bottom teeth there for a while but now he has all four instead of three so we are much more balanced. Along with 2 new molars. The other two are threatening to come in anytime now! Don't you just love those cheeks!? His hair also decided to come in all of a sudden. It is getting longer and very blonde on top. We blame the sun for that one!

He longs to go out front and run in the sprinklers everytime they go on. He never ventures into the grass while they are on but he will run up and down the sidewalk.

We had our 18 month appointment the other day. He is now in the 11th %ile for height and 1% for weight. He is still following his curve for weight so we aren't worried at all. He now says quite a few words including: please (w/ simultaneous sign language), look, that, dad, dog, katie, he does say mom but Katie more often, car, truck, duck, and a few other words I can't remember right now. He loves to give kisses. He loves to jump to us off of the coffee table. We love our little man and can't remember life without him!