Fox | 5 Year Update

I'm not sure how long I will keep up with these, since so much happens in a year and I was almost at the point where I said, I wasn't going to do it this year, but then I read the one from last year and realized how much I forgot already and that I want to keep documenting this awesome dude.

Height and Weight:
He's about 44 inches tall and weighs about 40lbs.

Health:

After he turned four last year, we had him tested for allergies again. I was really hoping that we would see some improvement, but his levels were still off the charts and they were too high to do a challenge test with him. In fact, he even acquired some new allergies as well. His biggest ones are dairy, eggs, strawberries, gelatin, amoxicillin, grass, dog hair and shell fish. 

He had a lot of colds and fevers this year, strep, maybe an ear infection? See, when it's been a year, it's too hard to remember. But overall he's been great and for that I am so grateful.

Nicknames:

Foxy, Honey, My Love, Poodle

Eating:

I don't even want to talk about it. It's a struggle. The only thing that makes me feel better about it is the fact that a lot of my friends are going through the same thing, so I'm still hoping that one day it'll get better. 

Sleeping:

Not much has changed in the last year. A lot of nights he will still call me into his room to chat, watch him drink water or to tell me that he is scared. He always wants to sleep in my bed or tries to postpone bedtime by telling me that he is hungry. He goes to bed around 7:30pm and I will let him read books in his bed. During the school year, I woke him at 7:45am, but he is often up earlier than that. 

Clothing:

5T Pants, XS Shirts and Size 9 Shoes. 

Social:

He likes to be the leader and can be very bossy at times. He tells me a lot of times that he is shy, i.e. when we are at a playground and there are other kids, he doesn't want them to see him, because he says he is shy. I don't know where that is coming from, because I wouldn't describe him as shy at all. He loves to play with his friends and makes new friends easily. 
He is kind, polite, smart, funny, silly and the best negotiator there is. He always tries to see how far he can go with something. Like when he asks me if he can have a cookie and I say yes, then he will ask me if he can have two and if I would say yes to that, he would ask for three. 
We are still working on some whining and pouting issues, but I guess that's just part of his age right now. 

Funny Phrases:

Just a few things I wrote down during the last year that I want to remember…!

July 2018

“The baby’s name shouldn’t be Finn, it should be Jax. Or Jett. Or Fireball! Do you like the name fireball Mama?”

I told him my finger hurts because I burned myself. He said: "It almost makes me cry when you hurt...almost!"

August 2018

We are playing Candyland. "I’m smoking you! Are you choking on my smoke?"

"How do I get my own TV show like Ellen? Will you miss me when I’m inside the TV?"

September 2018

I bought Fox some jewels and he said “Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you so much now...more than I usually did. This is the coolest thing of all times!”

October 2018 

"I’m going to put my shirt on backwards so I have a new place for boogers!"

"Mama, I’m losing all my patience with you!" (I took too long to get ready)

"Mama, you are bothering me!" (took too long again)

November 2018

He made a wish at the Disneyland wishing fountain and wished for another baby ...and a monster.

I didn’t give him my water in the car two minutes from home. "You’re making me unhydrated!"

I said in the car "Don’t be so loud, Finn is sleeping". He said: "Don’t be such a drama queen, he’s already awake!"

December 2018

"Mama, I always want you to be fancy free. That means happy!"

“My Christmas tree is a person. I can talk to him, but only me. He told me his birthday is December 1st and his name is Jack Frosting!”

January 2019

Fox: "Finns head is so cute!"

Me: "Your head is so cute too!"

Fox: "No, my head is gorgeous!"

I was teaching Finn to say “Up please”. Fox replied: "No, you need to use a whole sentence: can I get up please?"

"Mama, I love you so much more than I’m supposed to, because you’re so cozy!"

"I want an oatmeal bath today. You know why? Healthier skin, healthier us!"

February 2019

He told me I wasn't funny. Katie asked him: "If Mama is not funny, what is she?" He replied: "A cow!"

"Mama, yesterday when I got hurt, and my favorite part of Abby Hatcher came on, I didn’t even smile because I was still thinking of my ouie".

March 2019

"Mama, you’re not my friend. You’re my best friend!"

"You’re the best Mama ever, because you make me cookies and you fill up my water and I wouldn’t even have a good life without you!"

We drive by an apartment complex every day and they have different colored balloons out front depending on the holidays. They had just changed them to green and Fox asked what holiday is coming up. I said St. Patrick’s Day and he asked “Is that for all the people who know Grandpa Patrick?”

He calls In n Out "the french fry store"

April 2019

We see a guy smoking in his car next to us at a red light. Fox said: "Is that guy cigaretting? He’s a sick man."

May 2019

Every night, he tries to come out for more food as a stalling tactic, but I always tell him dinner time is over and he should've eaten more at dinner. 

"How would you feel like if you’re hungry at night and you couldn’t eat? Because that’s how you treat me every night!"

Fox: "I will be the leader of Jake, Wyatt and Wesley."

Me: "What does a leader do?"

Fox: "Keeps them save".

Me: "Okay, you can be the leader then".

Fox: "They also have to do what I say, but it’s not going to be that bad".

Likes:

Being the center of attention, watching TV or playing iPad, playing with Grandpa, bossing me around, Legos and Duplos, sleeping in Hotel Rooms, Disneyland & Legoland, going to school, being silly, Snacks, playing with friends, Uptown Jungle (Play Place), swimming, imaginative play, playing with Aunt Ashlie, Ketchup, In N Out French Fries, making people laugh, buying toys, fake diamonds and other play jewelry, anything that is gold, treasure chests, magna tiles, building forts, making obstacle courses, his baby brother, sleeping in my bed, reading books

Dislikes:

Trying new foods, when he gets water in his eyes, not being in charge, bedtime, helping with chores or cleaning up toys, when he doesn't get what he wants, going to the doctor