8 mos a little late!

Hello Everyone,

We are a little late getting the 8 months update to you since he will be 9 mos in a few days but better late than never.  Dylan is doing new things all the time!  He is becoming such a big boy. 

I'm 8 months Old!

No diaper!

He is now pulling up all the time.  He has even started his big boy crawl at times.  He still army crawls most of the time, I think he finds it more efficient. 

I think I can pull up on this pole!

He started making "Mama" sounds.  Not sure if he is really talking about me but I would like to think he is!  It sounds like "mommom"!  It is adorable.  He is so curious and getting into everything.  We are exploring finger foods.  Cheerios, bananas and watermelon are his favorites.  He has started eating his first "school lunch".  They provide lunch at school so he has been eating veggies and fruit while at school.  It is a great way to have him explore finger foods.  He is talking a lot more and starting to wave bye bye.  He also likes to mimic what you are doing which is hilarious.  In the car on the way home from school we talk back and forth he always has a big smile on his face.

I Love Graham Crackers

I went to Phoenix for work for a few days and got to spend some time with Trav and Molly.  It was great to see them.  Dennis went on his annual fishing trip so Mama and Dylan had a whole week on our own.  We had a lot of fun.  I am responsible for Dylan having about 8 bug bites on his head, the mosquitoes here have been ridiculous and we went to the park which was a mistake.  But they haven't seemed to bother him.

He now has 8 teeth!  Which is crazy!  But I guess we are getting them out of the way quickly!  The last two have really seemed to bother him.  He was having some trouble sleeping through the night while daddy was away.  I haven't had to be up with him in the middle of the night in quite some time and it was definitely not fun!

We have scheduled his tube surgery for his ears.  We have been battling these ear infections for a few months now and it sounds like it is what is best for him.  I'm sure I'll be a wreck the morning of the surgery. 

We have entered the world of cloth diapering.  We still use disposables for him at school but at home we are all cloth.  They are very cute and so soft.  I'm sure they are more comfortable than the disposables.  They have definitely come a long way since diaper pins and plastic pants. 

One of my new Diapers!

Trying to steal the birthday boy's cake!

Hope everyone is doing well! 

Fourth of July!

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend.  Dylan had a very busy weekend.  On Friday night we went to Ribfest in Naperville.  We met a few other couples and their babies there.  They were all a little young to enjoy the rides and such but I think Dylan just liked all the activity.  We ate some great BBQ. 

Saturday we went up to Dennis' parents condo and took Dylan to the swimming pool for the first time.  The baby pool was not open b/c of a broken pipe so we braved the big pool.  We had to rig some floaties on him so he could be in that pool.  He enjoyed it and did not cry at all. 

On the Fourth we went to a friend's party.  They have it every year.  There were lots of babies there this year (we were all at the party last year pregnant).  Here is a picture of the babies!  No we did not plan to have our babies wear the same shirt.  We just have good taste and shop at the same stores :)

Team USA

Trying to get them all to look at the camera, impossible task!

Dylan also went into the pool again at this party.  He is going to be a little fishy!

I love this thing!

Swimming with Dad

We went to Algona over Founder's Day.  Dylan got to see his first concert and stay out way past his bedtime.  He also went to visit Great Grandpa Struecker and Great Grandpa and Grandma Wagner.  I forgot my camera so no pictures from that visit.  We also went to the Algona Pool.  It was a lot of fun! 

Love,

Angie, Dennis and Dylan

7 Months

Hello!  Hope you are all doing well.  We are doing great!  Dylan is growing up so fast.  We survived another ear infection, we might be candidates for tubes pretty soon if he keeps getting them :(  I know it is for the best but it makes me really sad to think of my baby having surgery (even if it's outpatient). 

I turned 30 this month!  Yeah for me!  Dennis organized a little party for me and Erin and Jessie came from out of town.  We had a great time.  Here is Dylan with cake #1 and the card he made me at school.

Cake #2!  I guess when you get this old, you get 2 cakes!  It must help you deal with the pain :) 

Dylan has been doing some new things.  He is army crawling like a mad man since last weekend.  He also gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth all the time, so crawling with be happening very soon we think.  Sometimes he launches himself into a faceplant when he is doing that.  It is so very cute.  He has started getting in his 3rd tooth.  The 4th one is going to be joining it any day, you can see and feel it is right there.  They are his top middle teeth.  He has started eating cheerios as a finger food.  It is hilarious.  He doesn't quite have his pincer grip down yet, he'll use it to pick up the cheerio but then he has trouble putting the cheerio in his mouth in the two fingers, he tries to shove it in with his whole hand.  Usually the bulldogs get some moist cheerios that have fallen from the highchair while he is trying. 

We celebrated our first Father's Day.  Dennis got to sleep in and have a nice relaxing day at his request.  We hung out as a family, took a walk with the dogs and made a nice big dinner!  Dylan made him a little finger painting at school, it is very cute!  It even came with its own mini easel!  He also helped me wrap his Daddy's present and wrote Daddy and put a drawing on it! 

Here is Dylan's 7 month picture. 

Big Boy standing up in his crib!

I cannot believe it has already been 7 months.  Time is going by too fast!  But we are enjoying every minute with our special little guy.  We don't have a lot planned for the summer.  I am glad that we get to relax and enjoy our first summer w/o having to worry about a lot of events and trips!  We are heading to Algona for Founder's Day.  That should be a lot of fun! 

We are putting a fence around our backyard.  We figured it was probably best since we live on a pond and having a toddler.  It will also be  blessing for the bulldogs!  They are going to be psyched to play in the yard w/o a leash!  It should be done about a week from today. 

Well that is all for now. I hope everyone is well and has a happy and safe 4th of July! 

Love, the Scavnicars

Baptism & 6 Months

Hello,

Lots to talk about!  Dylan has been doing great!  He was baptized on May 2nd.  It was a great day.  He did very well through most of the service and the baptism even though it was during nap time.  We had the family over for lunch afterwards.  Thanks to all who came and shared in Dylan's special day!  Grandma Struecker came to stay for an entire week and Uncle Matt and Aunt Cathy came to visit for the weekend.  It was very nice to have my family here.  Dylan stayed home for daycare for the week.  I took a few days off to hang out with them but Grandma watched him the days that I worked.  It was so great having her here to take care of him.  I offered to have her come and live with us and take care of Dylan full time :0) 

Dylan also celebrated his 1/2 birthday on May 12!  I cannot believe how quickly the time has passed.  He had his 6 mos checkup. He is doing great.  He is now 18lbs 9oz and 27 1/4 inches.  He has doubled his birth weight now which I thought was fitting for his half birthday :)

Dylan has been sitting on his own very well recently.  He also is starting to show signs he wants to crawl.  Right now he moves around by rolling and spinning on his belly.  He can go quite a distance just rolling around, it is very cute.  He is starting to notice the dogs and cat and gets a big smile when he sees them near him.  He reaches out and grabs their faces and tries to eat the bullies noses. 

Solid food has been fun!  So far he has had green beans, peas, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes (favorite) and tonight he tried his first fruit-apples.  He has been very receptive to all foods but you can tell which ones he has enjoyed more.  So far I am making his food.  I enjoy cooking so I have had fun.  It has been very basic so I am anxious for him to be able to eat some more complex foods. 

We made another trip to Iowa last weekend.  We had a wedding in Des Moines.  He did great in the car.   Dylan spent his first night away from both of us.  He stayed with Uncle Matt & Aunt Cathy.  He did very well and Dennis and I survived.  We missed him very much but it was also nice to have a night to ourselves. 

Well I think that is it for us.  I hope everyone is doing well.  Love-Angie, Dennis & Dylan

5 Months & First School Pictures

Here are some more pictures!

Matt's Wedding

We had Uncle Matt's wedding a couple of weeks ago!  Congratulations to them!  It was a great weekend and the wedding was beautiful and so fun!  It was so great to see all the family and they got to meet Dylan.  He was rarely without someone who wanted hold him.  Dylan was so good despite his schedule being all out of whack.  He is such a good baby, Dennis and I thank our lucky stars every single day for that fact.  I know we are in for it with the next one ;)

Here are a couple of cute pictures from that weekend:

Dylan crashed at the hotel the first night!

At the reception

Struecker siblings and the lucky ones who married us or will get to marry us...:)

We started a baby sign language class.  We are doing it with another couple we know that has a baby who is 3 months old than Dylan.  It is fast paced but fun.  I can't wait until Dylan does his first sign, it will be great to be able to communicate with him.  We are starting with basic signs like:  More, Milk, Eat, All Done, Mommy, Daddy....  The class is fun, we do a lot of songs with signs and it is fun seeing other babies. 

Another big event in the Scavnicar household Dylan started solids about a week ago.  We were all prepared for the big event.  We recorded the entire event and Dennis also managed to take 176 pictures of it!  He was a little confused about what this cereal stuff was at first but he is becoming a pro.  We have only done cereal so far.  I think he will be ready for some veggies soon! 

Gimme that, I can do this better than you!

I love cereal!

Hope you are all doing great.  It was great to see everyone at the wedding!  

Love, 

The Scavnicars  

Catching up!

Hello!  So sorry for the delay.  I have a lot of catching up to do!  We have had a plague come upon the Scavnicar household the last month.  It all started with Dennis being sick for a few days, then he cleared up, then Dylan got sick and had an ear infection.  A week later Dennis was sick again and this was for 5 or 6 days.  Then Dylan had another ear infection.  Then it was time for me to get sick.  Thankfully I only had a mild version of what Dennis had.  I'm getting rid of the last of the sniffles and hopefully that will be it for a long time! 

So Dylan's 4 month birthday was March 12.  He had his 4 month well baby visit the same day.  He was sick so I felt just terrible for him.  Here is a sick baby picture.  It was so sad and I cried so much! 

He is still our big boy.  At 4 months he was weighing in at 16lbs 12 oz.  He is 26 inches long.  He has slowed a bit on the growth charts, only in the 85-90th percentiles now.  Except for his melon which is 17.25 inches and in the 95%.  Dennis gets all the credit for that one! 

Happy 4 Month old!

Can't wait for opening day!

Despite his ailments, he was a trooper when he was sick.  He still slept through the night every night.  We did start sleep training (letting him cry it out at night).  I can't believe we didn't do this before!  It would take us so long to get him to fall asleep at night and now we put him down and voila!  The first few times was hard to listen to him cry but it was quick and the most crying we get now is 5-10 minutes.  It is fabulous!

We love Dylan's daycare.  His teachers are so nice and I genuinely think he enjoys himself there.  They spend so much time on the floor with the babies which is great b/c at home floor time can be limited if the bulldogs decide they want to get into the mix.

Dylan's new things:  he talks constantly, all day through school and always talks during church.  I think he likes to compete with the pastor as to who can get the most people to pay attention to him.  He is rolling somewhat.  He can get from him tummy to his back and almost from back to tummy but his arm gets in the way.  He is starting to be able to sit by himself momentarily.  He laughs and smiles all the time!  Everyone says what a happy baby he is!  He grabs at toys, faces, hair (much to my dismay, he had two fistfuls last night and would not let go).  Oh and most importantly, he has TWO TEETH!!!!!!!  I couldn't believe it, but one day I thought I saw something, felt inside his mouth and number one was coming through and then the next day, there was number two!  All this happened while he was battling his cold and ear infections but he was still pretty good and not very fussy through any of that.  I hope the rest of the teething is as easy as these were!

You can see his teeth in this one, if you look closely!

Well that was a long post since I haven't posted in FOREVER!  Hopefully the next one will be quicker.  We are heading to Pella/Knoxville Iowa next weekend for my brother Matt's wedding.  Dylan has the cutest little outfit.  I can't wait to take pictures.  He will get to meet a lot of our family which is exciting!  Hope everyone is doing well and I will see many of you next weekend!  Love~Angie, Dennis and Dylan