Still a lot of touch ups to do and more dinosaurs to be painted.

The nice thing about moving the furniture is now I know for sure where to and not to paint dinosaurs!  Definitely need to get Xavier a dresser, I don’t think we’ll be able to continue to use bins to hold his clothes.  We also need to get him a new bed set for the crib to match the room.  Although I love the jungle designs for both of his crib sets, they just don’t match the room!

Anyway, here’s a couple of pictures of some Dinosaurs and other items for the theme.  I also edited the images so you can see the colors a bit better.  I’m not sure if they are exact colors, but they are much closer to the real colors used than in earlier pictures.

Once I’m all done I’ll use my DSLR with the Lightscoop and hopefully we’ll get true color!

The blue for the sky isn’t as blue in the pictures as it is in person.  I’ll try to get better pictures the next time.  I still have to do the base boards and the window and door trim, but that’s going to wait  until I have at least some of the dinosaurs done and maybe even start moving the furniture.

So far we are liking the way the room looks, the colors actually go together better than I thought they would.  I thought the brown would have been a little lighter in color, but that’s OK.  Depending on how Xavier is tomorrow, I’ll probably get a few dinosaurs painted.

Not anymore!

We have moved our bedroom to the smallest bedroom because it’s up at the front of the house we wanted the boys to have rooms next to each other rather than one near the front door.  Anyway, Thaddeus is getting the master bedroom.  Lucky him! Xavier is getting Thaddeus’ old room.

Because we weren’t planning on putting Xavier into a room of his own until he was at least a year old, we bought him cute baby bedding, jungle design, and even did a review on another jungle design. Needless to say, these are not going to match his new bedroom that is of transportation!  But what do ya do?

Thaddeus however, has two bedroom sets.  He’s always been into Dinosaurs and before we moved here we had the Dinosaur set and then did his bedroom in transportation.  Why?  Hell if I know why I chose the Transportation theme when I did the review.  Anyway, we now have a Dinosaur theme from My Wonderful Walls and I’ve started the painting process!

Last night I got the ceiling all taped off and the first coat of the paint for the sky done.  I’ll be working on the second coat today and maybe even getting first coat of the ground done.  With the Transpiration theme we actually used the two wall colors recommended for the theme, but we didn’t want to do it again this time around because the blue was the exact same blue and the green was just a little different.  I didn’t want the rooms the same colors.

Where do we go from here?

Well, there’s still a lot of painting to do for this room.  I should have the sky and ground done by tomorrow and then I need to start with the stencils.  That’ll be the long part because there are a lot of stencils and the room is pretty darn big.

For Xavier’s room we have to remove Thaddeus’ name from the plane banner and put Xavier’s name there.

We have to move all of Thaddeus’ stuff to his new room, move all of Xavier’s stuff into his new room. We’ve already moved all of our stuff into our new room but we need a new bed, badly!  Thaddeus could use a new bed too; he just has a basic twin bed frame.  We could all use new dressers, especially Xavier since he doesn’t even have one!

Again, I’ll go through each milestone hit so far by one or both boys.

Slept through the night – Thaddeus was sleeping through the night by the end of September (3 months of age), Xavier still wakes up 1-2 times a night.

Holding own bottle – Thaddeus did that mid December (5 months of age), Xavier still hasn’t done this although he tries to.

Smiled – Both showed their first smile in August (1 month of age for Thaddeus – 3 months of age (1 month corrected) for Xavier).

Laughed out loud -  both did this in October (3 months of age for Thaddeus – 5 months of age (3 months corrected) for Xavier).

Rolled over – Thaddeus rolled stomach to back in October (3 months of age) and back to stomach in November (4 months of age), Xavier rolled stomach to back in early December (7 months of age – 5 months corrected) and he still hasn’t rolled back to stomach although he’s just about there.

Eating solid foods – Thaddeus did this in October (3 months of age), Xavier wants nothing to do with them yet!

Some of the things Thaddeus started doing after his first New Years:  Sat unsupported, played peek-a-boo, and drank from a cup.  Xavier loves when I play peek-a-boo with him, although he can’t do it himself.

So, Xavier isn’t too far behind in his milestones and even on track, however he has passed Thaddeus when it comes to teeth.  Thaddeus didn’t get his 1st tooth until January (6 months) and his 2nd tooth came in March (8 months) and Xavier got his 1st tooth in November (6 months of age – 4 months corrected) and his 2nd in December (7 months of age – 5 months corrected).

As far as size goes, they are actually pretty close in size.  This surprises me!

Thaddeus at his 4 month checkup (November) he was 25″ long and 14lbs 12oz
Xavier  at his 6 month (4 month corrected) checkup (November) he was 23 1/2″ long and 10lbs 1oz

Who thinks that Xavier will not only catch up, but will pass Thaddeus in size?

But he did have some fun with them!

With that being said, if Xavier would have been born on July 17th, these are the milestones that he’s already accomplished and the ones he should have already accomplished.  Now, keep in mind, I’m thinking that since Thaddeus accomplished these things at a certain time, then Xavier would have accomplished them around the exact same time since they should have been born on the same day.

Slept through the night – Thaddeus did this at the end of September, Xavier still has not done this.

Smiled – Thaddeus did this at the beginning of August, Xavier I have marked at the end of August (but I didn’t mark it right away).

Laughed out Loud – Thaddeus did this mid October, Xavier around the same time.

Rolling over (stomach to back) Thaddeus mid-end October, Xavier has not done this yet – (back to stomach) Thaddeus did this at the end of November, Xavier has not done this yet.

Eating Solid Foods – Thaddeus started in October (cereal), Xavier has not started yet (some cereal in his bottle is about all)

So, as we can see, so far Xavier is lacking in the milestone stages.  I know these things will come and that it’s just a matter of time.  But how much time? I’ve always expected him to do things a little later than “normal”, but the waiting is killing me! OK, so the sleeping through the night one would really be nice right about now!  I’m tired from not getting to sleep through the night still.

But it’s all for good, right?

Thaddeus is doing good, not behaving very well in school! We’re very disappointed because we know he can do better and we know he’s doing it to get attention.  But it’s making it very hard for us to praise him for how well he learns (reading, spelling, and he’s even getting better at writing). He almost missed Trick-or-Treating because of his behavior!

Xavier is getting better and bigger every day. I did a little weigh in for him yesterday and he’s roughly 10 pounds now!  He’s still off the oxygen and has been doing great with that. So great that we hardly ever put the monitor on him anymore. He has an appointment next week and they’ll probably be reducing his medication even more and hopefully by the end of the month he’ll only need his breathing treatments (because of the season) and his vitamins. Once he’s off all the medications he’ll really start gaining weight and will hopefully start looking his age.

Xavier is getting more and more like his brother, he’s even started sucking his thumb!

He’s also gotten to be more of an attention getter lately, which is keeping me from doing most everything. He is constantly wanting to be held and is refusing to take normal naps, which is exhausting! We can’t really blame him, he’s not comfortable because he’s starting to teeth, but holy crap! he’s not taking it well at all and Thaddeus was never that bad with teething.

Anyway, just wanted to update you all on what’s been going on and hopefully I can start sneaking in some posts because I have some really nice reviews to post and I’ve got a cool giveaway with several items from my Holiday Gift Guide for you all! That will be coming up real soon because one of the items needs to be ordered before December 1st!

It’s a keeper!

Thaddeus 1st Grade Picture