His aunt Frankie met him for the first time when he was in the NICU, then when he was 8 months, and now almost 13 months. He just loves her and I'm certain the feeling is mutual. He also went over to Grandma Vickie's house for a day while she was here and spent the night.
Bryan was very excited to meet Vinnie in person for the first time. He has seen what I am sure was hundreds of pictures, but they really do not do Vinnie justice for his phenomenal in person cuteness. I'm not just saying that because I am his mother, it is a well known fact. :)
Vinnie went in for his 1 yr appointment and weighed in at a whopping 20 pounds even! I was excited and clapping with him. Then his doctor gave him the grand prize of his 1 yr immunizations. Argh. Breaks my heart every time. He is doing very well though. We are slowly introducing him to soft solid foods. His favorite so far is the Gerber puffed cereal. He is so cute when he eats them. He grabs them as fast as he can and then slowly puts them in his mouth. Other than those we have not had a lot of luck with other foods so we'll try one new one a week.
He is sitting up unsupported well. He still topples over every once in a while, but has made a vast improvement in the past few weeks. His max sitting alone a few weeks back was only a minute or two and now he can go 10 minutes easy.
August 10th we will say good bye to our much loved Nanny Brittany. She's wonderful, but goes back to college then. Vinnie will then start daycare at Kids R Kids in Horn Lake, MS. (horn lake is actually connected to Southaven). Since he is physically behind he will start off in the infant room, but I expect him to be moved up to the toddler room rather quickly. We are of course nervous about having him at a public daycare germ wise, but are excited for him to be able to interact with other kids. I think he will enjoy it.
The daycare appears to be exceptional. I was very picky and we had actually been looking at day cares outside of our home for much of this year. They had been booked full since March and I was lucky enough to get the one spot open. The daycare also has cameras in every room that you can log onto from any computer. I had never heard of this before and love it. I'm sure Vinnie's grandparents will enjoy being able to peek in on him as well!
