My 1st year picture

I keep forgetting to put my 1 year picture up. Well my mama does....and look at these clothes, you won't catch me wearing jeans now, I'm a shorts and swim trunks kind of guy these days. I spend most afternoons at the pool and I am loving it. This week I was also able to play in the Elmo spray toy in my backyard with Sarah Jane. We gobbled down a lot of blueberries running around Mr. Elmo. My dad says I have a similar gene w/my cousin Tom because we both have a love of the vacuum. But today my parents were laughing at me as I took off the attachment and with my motor mouth blew all around my room. I've seen my dad use his blower a lot and this week some guys took down a tree in my backyard. I almost peed my pants watching them blow all the stuff around....then they used a chipper and my mom thought for sure I was going through the window. It might have been the best day of my life! She took lots of pictures of me that day...you can expect those at some point but we are kind of busy to be using the computer these days, there's not time to sit around. I have showed her how I can open the front door, I can open the pantry door, I can open the stove and the dishwasher and today I climbed up my dad's ladder, all by myself. Even though that Dr. told me today I'm only 31% in height I can pretty much "do whatever I want". Looking forward to a big weekend....see ya later.

June

My mama is finished with school and we are doing lots of great stuff. I love my new backyard and I can get into lots of stuff back there. I'm fired up when I get up in the morning....well I'm always fired up and ready to play at any time. We celebrated Grandma's bday and I sat at the kids table for the first time, no one thought I could do it, but Gramma did and she was right--I'm a big boy too! It's basically a kids' buffet.

.....I also love water, I have to take a break once in awhile. We have an Elmo in our backyard who gets me REAL wet. Mama and Dada have taken me to the pool almost every day. I paint the concrete and go underwater and walk the steps in and out of the big pool. I also had to go to Cincinnati Children's this week. My mama's friend Julie let me play in this colorful area while Mama checked me in. Mama doesn't let me stand on tables but Jules did, she said it wasn't really a table. After I cried, a lot, because they pricked my arms, we went to the zoo. It was a blast and I can't wait to go back. I'm really into trains and basketball nets right now, and at the zoo I get to ride the train every time. But the lady who bruised my arms, said no more eggs for awhile. Too bad b/c my dad makes a mean omelette.....

Lovin' Life!

I've been having such a fun time lately. I just wish I could go outside everyday. I learned how to open the front door and if I give my shoes to Mama and Dada we go right out. I've got the routine down, but they don't take me out as often as I would like. This shower outside is not warm enough for me. Sometimes Mama just lets me sit in the shower after I play in the rain and it's much warmer in there.

My cousin turned 2 on Sunday and we had a wonderful weekend celebrating HIM. Wish he lived closer, because he could read me books and he and Tom know a lot about trains. I like those guys! I was the first one to ride the tractor with my Grandpa and I played in a sandbox for the first time ever. I'm going to love our beach vacation this summer. I have started to give out lots of hugs and kisses, especially to my girls Margot and Emily at Betsy's each day. But today I had a special visit from Dada and he got a big hug and several pats on the back--it was a great surprise.

I also have some good buddies I play with on Fridays when I'm not at Betsy's. This week I get to play again at my buddy Elias' house--who just gave me a lot of cool tools. But last Friday I was with my Aunt Mindy and it was there that I truly masterd the hugs and kisses. I get to do almost anything with her, I just have to kiss her...

It's tough learning STUFF!!!

I really like to figure out how things work. I had a great birthday but since then we have being taking all my stuff to our new house and there is just lots of new things for me to learn. My favorite toy right now is the rake and the broom. They are pretty fun but sometimes my parents think they are too big for me. (I hear from my buddies at daycare this is going to be the story of life!) Anyway, sometimes I get to play with them.....and I LOVE THEM!!! My papaw let me play with them a lot and I had to change my pants a few times b/c I get really dirty. This particular day though, I was trying to play with the rake and Dada would not let me hold it all by myself. I know how to do it but then he said OK, it's nap time and well....I didn't act like a big boy.

2011-04-19

2011-04-19

2011-04-19