New battle scars

On Thursday, Jeremiah decided that he was missing the lovely staff at the Carle ER! Therefore, he pulled our Chief statue over on top of himself resulting in a pretty good laceration to his head and a huge bump. Because we were most concerned about the bump, we headed for the ER, where they glued the laceration shut and sent us home. This is up in his hairline so likely won't show. However, he does continue to remind us that he is an ACTIVE child!

Over the weekend, we headed north for the Elizabeth Fair and catching up with family and friends. Jeremiah has warmed up to the cows - much to my delight! He let a dairy cow across the fence get in his face, even touching her nose and he was excited to pet cousin Kelley's show cattle.

He also enjoyed another parade, but it was much more fun to go with Mama and Papa and some of his cousins. He also taught us that he is working on his acrobatic skills, escaping once from Mama's pack and play. Yikes!

We spent Sunday with Grandma & Grandpa T. Great Grandma came for breakfast to get her fill too. He played ball in the yard, picked up sticks, pulled weeds in Grandma's garden, and played on the neighbor's playground equipment. Grandma and Mommy also walked him over to the town park, where he played for nearly an hour. Here he is "driving" a school bus at the park.

He wants to help

Jeremiah continues to love summer and being a boy. On a recent trip to the park, he gave me a heart attack climbing one of the pole ladders by himself. He does a great job but it makes me nervous. He now also climbs up and over the wall of his cube. His physical development seems to be moving right along.

Last week, Jeremiah had a speech evaluation because we were getting a little worried about the few words that he can say. However, he checked out to be in the average range. He did very well on the comprehension. The speech therapist gave us some good ideas and we are welcome to have him re-evaluated if we are still concerned in 4-6 months. That same day, I took him for a blood draw. He was a champ!! I didn’t even know they put the needle in because he didn’t cry until they took it out. (I was looking the opposite direction). However, his blood work did show that he is a bit low in iron so he’s now on a supplement. It’s likely that he drinks too much milk for his body to absorb the iron he needs.

The week wasn’t all being poked and observed. We also made our way to the Fisher Fair. He picked up a duck at the carnival, ate some great fish, saw the animals, and clapped with the rest of the crowd during the Redneck Games. He seemed to enjoy watching the tractor pull too. He also enjoyed going to a cookout at the Builta’s, where he played with a whole bucket full of shells, climbed in the tractor and visited the pigs.

He’s also increased his interest in house chores. He now stands on a stool and want to help with dishes and food preparation. We have been letting him put things in the bowls, throw away packages, etc, and he seems to really enjoy this. We just have to work on keeping him contained. He’s also started “relaxing” in the tub. I have no idea what triggered this but he has started to just lay back in the water sometimes. He seems totally content and relaxed and it cracks me up. It also makes it much easier to wash his hair.

We’re headed north to see the grandparents and some friends at the big Elizabeth fair!

A full 4th

We had a full celebration of the Independence Day weekend. We took Jeremiah to the parade in Rantoul on Friday morning. He liked picking up the candy and was OK with the loud truck sirens but didn't like it when they honked. He was also strangely freaked out by the Shriners zooming by in their little cars.


Then, the fun continued....

To playing in the pool

And then watching the fireworks with the Rademakers and Kuipers. He didn't seem to mind the noise but was tired.

And to Grant's Farm on Sunday (after a Peverly family reunion in St. Louis on Saturday).

We also celebrated Dad's birthday. Mom took this picture on Dad's first day of work at his new job.