Perryn's New Big Boy Bed

We've been busy getting Perryn's new room ready so the new baby can have the nursery. The paint is in progress, but we wanted to make the transition as soon as possible since we only have a couple more months before the baby will be 'stealing' his room. We set the bed up in the middle of the room for the time being. We're actually not finished putting it all together either, but it's now in a state that it can be used. It has some tents that go on it. We got the slide on last night, so Perryn was busy trying that out. We successfully put him to bed in it last night and I would say that night #1 went pretty well. I did have to stay in his room longer than normal to make sure he wouldn't get out of bed. Thankfully he was really tired last night because he didn't take a nap yesterday, so that helped. Once he went to sleep, he stayed there until about 7a.

Here's a picture of him (and daddy) trying it out right before bath time

From August 2010

Dentist

Perryn had his first dentist appointment yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised how well it went. It was a pediatric dentist, so they are all setup for kids. When we got there, there was a waiting room with some video games and TV. Once they took us in further, there was a play room with toys and books and of course Perryn jumped right in to playing. When the dentist came over, she took him to a seat which was almost completely lying down and there was a TV on the ceiling. She let him put sunglasses on because of that big light they use. He opened up when she asked and never whined a bit. She counted, checked and brushed his teeth and said all was good. He answered her "yes or no" questions and then was excited to get a sticker and a prize. Very successful first visit! I didn't think to take my camera though.

Perryn and Max's Swimming Playdate

Perryn's friend Max came over to go swimming today. Here's some video from the fun we had. It's a little long because I strung several short clips together.

Swimming

Have I mentioned I got a new camera that does video and I'm loving how easy it is to convert to a movie I can upload? That's the reason for all the new videos lately. Here's one from last night of Gary and Perryn in the pool. Perryn is really interested in the pool noodle, but not quite sure how to use it. This is Gary trying to help him figure it out.




Here's a second clip from last night of Gary throwing Perryn in the air and then Perryn swimming.

Perryn with his new flashcards

Here's Perryn showing off how he knows shapes and colors. He's certainly not perfect with saying the words or identifying them, but he's definitely been learning a lot.