0 Months
-Arrived on Sunday, May 22nd at 7:55A.M. weighing 8lbs, 6oz and measuring 21 inches
-Bris on May 30, 2011, followed by his first trip to the lake house
-Moved into our new home on June 21, 2011
1 month
-Began babbling a lot
-First visit to Wrigley
-First “real” smile (6 weeks)
-Found his fingers (7 weeks)
2 months
-Check-up: height (25 inches); head circumference (16.5); weight (13lbs 11oz), miserable from his shots
-First swim in Lake Elizabeth
-Found his thumb (10 weeks)
-Visited Camp Marimeta
-Began reaching for things (11 weeks)
3 months
-Mommy returns to work
-Joey’s cousin, Jordan, is born!
-Zeyde babysits Joey (all by himself) for 1.5 hours
-Still hates tummy time
-Loves giggling!
-Rolls from his tummy to his back (14 weeks)
-Loves standing up (with support)
-Knows/responds to his name (15 weeks)
-Began sleeping through the night
4 months
– Checkup: weight (17lbs 6oz); length (27.5 inches), didn’t cry from shots!
-Eyes are still blue
-Finds his toes
-Began sleeping on his stomach
-First airplane ride/visit to Grandma & Grandpa
-Began sitting independently (4.5 months)
5 months
-First bites of food
-Begins cracking up
-Loves looking at himself in the mirror
-Favorite toy: iPhone
-Stopped sleeping through the night 🙁
6 months
-Checkup: Weight (20lbs 5oz); Height (28.5 inches); Head Circumference (18 inches)
-Loves Mac ‘n Cheese and cereal puffs
-Joey’s best friend, Lucy, is born!
-Loves sticking out his tongue for photos
-2nd tooth arrives!
-Celebrated Joey’s Pidyon Haben at Nonny and Poppy’s
7 months
-Pulls himself to a stand
-Began crawling (7.5 months)
-Used his passport for the first time (Puerto Rico & a cruise)
-Loved time in the pool and chowing down on bread rolls each night at dinner!
-Visits his first beach (and hated it)
-Celebrated our first New Years Eve!
8 months
-Standing without support
-Says “da-da”
-Climbs up the stairs
-Takes his first few steps with a walker
-LOVES sushi (tamago)
-Favorite Music Video: Will I Am
-Visit Arizona for the 2nd time
-Began waving “bye-bye”
9 months
-Checkup: Height (29 inches); Weight (23lbs 2oz); Head: (18.5)
-Says his first meaningful word “ball”
-Loves eating dog food
-Learns he has a new cousin arriving in November!
-Teeth 3, 4 & 5 make their appearance
-Attended his first Blackhawks game (and loved the nachos)
-Loved deli turkey
10 months
-Find out Joey’s going to have a brother/sister
-7th tooth arrives!
-Begins walking
-Loves giving “high fives”
-Loves guacamole
-Spends a lot of time doing “downward dog”
11 months
-Favorite food: strawberries and bottle
-Love playing with blocks, especially knocking town towers we build
-Biting Mommy way too often
-Obsessed with Elmo
-Mom and Dad head to Hawaii for 10 days (and Joey gets his 1st high fever/flu and takes Bubbie down with him)
-Pippin is relocated to Highland Park
-Gets his 1st double ear infection
12 months
-Checkup: Weight (24lbs 11oz); Height (30 5/8 inches); Head Circumference (19 inches)
-Celebrated 1st birthday at Wrigley
-Had a family celebration in the park on actual birthday (you ate 1/4 of the entire cake)
-Still obsessed with Elmo
-Unhappily gave up his bottle
-Dropped his morning nap
-Words: Mama, Dada, more, banana, Elmo, and his favorite, “no!”
13 months
-Found out that h’s going to have a baby brother!
-Attends his first day of camp
-Still obsessed with Elmo
-Spent most of his mornings in the EBC pool
14 months
-Began coloring with crayons
-LOVES shooting hoops
-Climbs on EVERYTHING!
-Finally attended his first Cubs game
-Can identify 5-10 body parts
-Loves cookies (or anything you call a “cookie”)
-Found out that he’s going to have another cousin!
15 months
-Checkup (15.5 months): Height (32 inches); Weight (24 lbs); Head Circumference (20 inches); doctor put him on a high-fat diet
-Began nursery school
-Gives hugs and kisses (when asked)
-Favorite activity: Throwing balls around (especially spiking a football)
-Favorite book: Knuffle Bunny
-Says 15 words (or so) words: Banana/Nonny, no, no more, bowl, baby, bye-bye, ball, football, pacman, bubbie, elmo, mommy, daddy, milk, double dunk
-Found out the hard way about his penicillin allergy
-Loves matzoh ball soup!
16 months
We’ll have to wait and see….
