15 months!

He survived his 15 month check up.  He won't need any more vaccinations 'til he's at least 2, I think.  He is still on the same growth curve in the 75th percentile for length and the 40th for weight.  His Dr. was impressed with his verbal skills.  He said they usually look for 5-6 words at 18 months and Emerson already has around 10 fairly well enunciated and appropriately used words.  Prior to this visit Scott had to take him to get his lead level drawn, which is routine, and it sounds like it was a nightmare.  It took 3 different phlebotomists and none of them were skilled in pediatric blood draws.  There was blood on both Scott and Emerson's clothes when they got home! Part of me wishes I would have been there, but it was probably for the best as I most likely would have overreacted, called them all incompetent, stormed out of there, and he'd have had to go through it all over again somewhere else.  Sometimes it's better to leave mothers out of it :).  Emerson's baby cousin Frank Willard "Tripp" Merrick III was born beautiful and healthy a little over a week ago and we are very excited about it!

For those of you who don't already know, Scott was promoted to Sales Manager at work!  We are very proud of him!  It has been stressful for everyone because he hasn't been able to find someone to fill his previous position, his help, so he has a lot on his plate at work and we're trying to get a self-contracted addition to our house started at home and then we have a dog and a baby and a marriage that need attention...oh and there's sleep and food too...:)  But we're hanging in there and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Hope everyone has a great Easter!

'I pooped'

Emerson said 'I pooped' at school today! And he had in fact pooped :).  He seems to pick up a new word every other day now.  He says 'up' when he wants to picked up, or to be taken out of his highchair, or when he wants help lifting something up.  He also says 'please', but it sounds more like 'peas'.  When he sees a picture of a fish he opens and closes his half puckered lips to imitate one.  Tonight we were eating gold fish crackers while playing on the living room floor and I gave 2 to Emerson so he popped one in his mouth and carried one over to share with Bodie.  He did this several times in a row, but then when I commented on how sweet he was being he started just waving them in front of Bodie's face, giggling, and then putting them in his own mouth hehe.