Sentences

Emerson is using more two word sentences!  He said "bye bye duck" and "bye bye toodle (turtle)" when getting out of the bath tub this weekend.  He also says "Peas (please) Mama".  He said Gramma for the first time this past weekend while we were at my Mom's in Arkansas, but it was when he saw a picture of my mom, not to her face. He also saw a picture of Ally and loudly hollered "Yaya!" and then wouldn't let us turn another page in the album.  He kept turning it back to Ally's picture and saying "Yaya, Yaya, Yaya".  He is starting to run and dance.  His P.W. and Miss Debbi got him a Yo Gabba Gabba DVD and he just loves it.  He climbs up in his red chair and just sits there with a giant grin on his face watching.  Occasionally he will get up and jump around and dance with them.  I am finally coming to terms with the fact that he needs his first hair cut. He has this mound of curls on the back of his neck that, when wet and brushed straight, go down to the middle of his shoulder blades.  I just don't want to part with them!  His bangs are in his eyes and his hair covers his ears.  I am constantly putting it behind them and sweeping his bangs to the side.  If I could just trim the sides and front I would, but then he would have a curly mullet lol.  I can't do that to him.

Allergies

Emerson went for his first allergy appointment this morning.  Good news!  He is not allergic to Bodie!  They only did a stick test for dog because he is not old enough for immunotherapy and the dog allergen is what we have the most control over.  He has been on Singulair for over a month now and it is managing his symptoms quite well so the Dr. didn't see the need to put him through additional testing yet.  It is very promising that he is not allergic to dog because that is one of Scott's worst allergens and more and more research is showing that genes play a strong role in allergies.  Hopefully his are minor and his symptoms are just exaggerated by living in Oklahoma. 

16 months