25 months old!

It seems like every time I start to make this entry, one of the boys calls. Hopefully this time I can get it finished! Last week, Thomas turned 25 months! It's hard to believe he's getting so big. And ever since Parker was born, Thomas just seems bigger and bigger each day.


Thomas is such a little boy now. He "talks" a lot and is starting to put more and more words together and form short sentences (two or three words) all the time. Sometimes I don't understand him and I tell him, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are saying" and he almost always finds a way to either repeat himself more clearly or find some other way of getting his point across. Sometimes he chats so much I have to ask him to be quiet for a moment. :) He loves to give the play-by-play on almost everything we do (and anything he sees anyone else do!).


He is definitely ALL boy. He loves anything with wheels and loves to be outside. He loves lizards and just last week picked up a dead fly on the ground (definitely doesn't have his mother's fear of touching such things!). The other day he somehow managed to get his hands quite dirty and he came over to me so very proudly just to show off his filthy fingers. Like I said, he's definitely a boy. He has a few Bob the Builder books and this got him interested in Bob. I've let him watch it a few times on TV and he'll request it every now and then. Recently his Nannie bought him his very own Bob the Builder tool set (complete with yellow hard hat!) and he has quite a bit of fun with that.


He often decides he needs to hammer just about everything in the house...


So far he is a very good big brother. He wants to be around Parker all the time and is always very interested in what he is doing (if a 3-week old baby can "do" anything). We have to hold him back a lot of the time, and remind him to give Parker a little bit of space. He does love to give him kisses. He'll say frequently "kiss top head!" It's all very cute.


Of course, having a little brother has also amplified Thomas's journey into the "terrible twos." It's quite obvious that as soon as he feels he's not getting ample attention (like when I'm feeding Parker), he starts doing everything he can that he is not supposed to do. It's frustrating, but he is learning all about discipline and hopefully his parents are learning to have more patience. I know it's all very normal and everyone tells me it's a phase that won't last forever. Hopefully this means by the time he's 15 he will listen to at least a little of what his mother asks of him. :)

He is still a decent sleeper, at least in terms of naps. He naps 2-3 hours a day and I have great fears about the day that he no longer needs his rest. He does seem to be waking earlier these days (usually at 6:30ish), and that's particularly fun when I get up most days at 5:30 with Parker (if not before) and just when I get him down, Thomas awakes. No rest for the weary around here, that's for sure! At least he is very well entertained by what is outside his window. It might be the greatest part of where we live, there is a pond behind our house. It is home to geese, ducks and various other birds and such. Thomas loves to watch all these animals from the comfort of his crib. Usually we can give him his milk, pull up the blinds and he will sit there completely happy for 20-30 minutes. It's great.



We're not ready to fully work toward this quite yet (but we might be close), but Thomas has started to take some steps at potty training. He has successfully gone to the potty on a few occasions so far. He gets so excited with himself when he has success. It's not something we are pushing a great deal just yet, but he is familiar with the process and we do ask him from time to time if he wants to go "potty." And sometimes he tells us without our asking. I know that if I focused on it, I probably could make it happen, I just can't find the time and energy to devote to it just yet. It's not far around the corner though, I am sure. And with our new increase in demand for diapers around here, it sure is financially motivating to get him out of diapers!

Oh, and one other thing, his Nana & Grandpa gave him a little motorized scooter for Christmas last year. For a long time he was kind of scared of it. He liked to push it with his feet, but didn't want to "drive" it. Finally about a month or so ago he figured it out and now he loves it. He's so funny riding around on it. I need a video, but for now, here's a funny picture of him riding (drinking and driving with a furry friend!):


Even though he's not always on his best behavior lately, Thomas is such a joy. He is so loving and the sweetest child. He brings such joy and happiness in our lives and I really do not know what we did or what we would do without him. I only wish sometimes that time would slow down so I could enjoy these fun times a little more. Right now he seems to think his parents hung the moon and I do wish it could stay that way forever. It can, right? :)

Our little two-year old!

It's so hard to believe that Thomas is now a two-year old! It doesn't seem that long ago that I was on bedrest for 20 weeks, hoping and praying for the miracle that he came to be. He has provided immeasurable joy in my life and I truly don't know what we would do without him.



He was a bit under the weather on his actual birthday. We even had to take him to see the doctor (on a Sunday!). So he wasn't quite his perky self for his pictures, but he cooperated nonetheless.







The first time we took a monthly picture with the puppy he was 2 months old. I think he's grown a bit since then (or the puppy shrunk!):


By six months, he was really gaining on that puppy (but still waiting on some hair)...


And by a year, he was finally showing some hair, and definitely bigger than his puppy friend...


Six months after that, he decided posing for his monthly pictures was a waste of his time, but I managed to get something!


Now at 24 months, he has had two haircuts (the last one more dramatic than the first...as you can see in the first pictures) and has grown quite a bit since he was three days old:


I can't say it enough, he is truly a joy. For the most part he listens well. He has his fussy moments when he is tired or ill, but all in all, I see other parents out and about with their children (making a fuss) and I realize that he's really a pretty good child. He is a picky eater and would gladly live off pizza and potato chips if I'd let him. So far though he lacks one thing that his mother has...a sweet tooth! I guess that's a good thing!

He is talking up a storm. He's not really talking in sentences yet, but he communicates very well. One of things I love to hear him say most is "find 'em" -- which sounds more like, "Fine-mum." Often he throws out a word that I didn't even realize he knew (he pays very close attention to what is said around him, so we do have to be careful!). He can count to 10 (though sometimes he skips 3 & 4), and he recognizes almost all of the letters in the alphabet (and most single numbers). He can't sing his ABCs quite yet from start to finish, but if we sing them with him, he will chime in with a few letters here and there. He's still working on properly pronouncing his Cs and Ls (and probably some others I'm not remembering at this moment), so "cars" is more like "tars," but he's always getting better. Not too long ago he finally decided he is "Thomas" and not "Tah-pees" -- which is how he used to say his name. He even properly uses possessives most of the time (as in "Mommy's" if he sees my car, or "Thomas's if he's telling me something is his). He says some two-word phrases like "Shoes on!" And he is constantly telling me "Self!" when he wants to do something (like get in his carseat or walk up the stairs) all by himself.

He is all boy in that he loves everything with wheels. Riding in the car with him is funny because he is constantly on the lookout for the car brands that he knows. As soon as he spots a familiar symbol, he'll tell me "See-sahn" (for Nissan) and "Mommy!" since Mommy drives a Nissan. He also knows Toyotas ("Toyas" as he calls them) and Hondas. He gets a little confused with the brand of his grandpa's car because that symbol is oval shaped, as are several different car companies. In fact, everytime he sees an oval logo, period (including Graco and Playskool, for example) he says "Ampa!" Of course he usually follows that declaration up with "Shape! Oval!" since I'm always telling him that the particular logo is not quite like Grandpa's but is the same shape...an oval. And as I mentioned before, he knows the cars driven by numerous people (Nana, Grandpa, Beth, Andrew (though this is Andrew's wife's car...and he calls Andrew, Ooh-due), Nannie, Papa, Daddy, Mommy, his friend J's mom's car, and our neighbor's car (and that car, a Cadillac, is always "Percy" because that's the name of her dog) and points out every similar car on the road.

He went for his 2-year well baby visit today and the doctor said he is growing and developing perfectly. He's had a bit of a stomach bug for the past week, so his weight was down (27 pounds, 6 ounces) and in the 25-50th percentile. I was a bit concerned (since he's dropped percentiles so significantly) but the doctor assured me that by this age their metabolism starts working a little better and becomes more of a genetic factor. Since I've always had a very high metabolism, I decided I shouldn't worry so much. And the doctor assured me that Thomas looks just fine. As for his height, he's still in the 90th percentile, at 36 inches (with his shoes on, though). So that was good...and not surprising.

I think I say this often too, but Thomas is a very loving child. He loves to say "Love" and get hugs or "Kisses" for kisses. If he sees someone has a boo-boo, he will get this sad, concerned look on his face and say "ooooh" and/or "fix it!" When he hears babies crying in public, he'll say "Sad...better" (as in, "that baby is sad, make it better"). Lately he loves to put his hands on my cheeks and smoosh his face so that he is kissing my nose...and he just stays there. It's the funniest thing. It's all I can do not to hysterically laugh. He is always willing to blow kisses too.

For as much as I worry about the challenges of being a mother of two, I can't wait to see how he will react to his new brother or sister. So far he loves other people's babies and is very gentle with them. Hopefully he'll be the same when one is living in his house! I'm constantly telling him certain things are for "the baby" and he knows where "the baby's" room is and such. And when I ask him if he's going to have a brother or sister, he does tell me "sister" pretty consistently. We'll soon see if he knows something we don't know!

He sleeps well and he's a pleasant child, so I guess I can't complain too much! He makes my job mostly enjoyable and easier than it is for many others. It's still the hardest thing I've ever done...raising a child, but watching him grow and learn is the greatest reward ever. Sometimes I wish I could stop time so he'd stop growing up...but then again, I'm so excited and interested to see what he'll learn tomorrow and who he is going to become. I just hope the next two years don't pass as quickly as these two have. I think I blinked and they were gone. :)

23 months old!

Better late than never... This month, Thomas turned 23 months old.


I cannot believe he is less than a month from being TWO! Time flies entirely too quickly. And I feel that I say this every month, but it is truly a joy and amazing to watch him grow and learn each day. This month, I don't have the usual puppy pictures and probably will start only doing those every 2-3 months (since it's no easy feat to get him to pose for those). I wish I had some better pics, but I'm just going to include some random shots from the past few weeks.



Thomas is constantly adding words to his vocabulary. Sometimes we can't always understand him right away, but he loves it when he learns something new. He gets so tickled with himself sometimes and it is such a delight to see that joy in his eyes. Reading is still one of his favorite things to do. He loves for us to read to him on the bed, on the couch, in the car, at the dinner table, and just about anywhere at anytime. Most books must be read at least twice in a row, and he has started saying the words before we get to them (particularly at the ends of sentences). He also does this when we say The Lord's Prayer before he goes to bed.



He recognizes almost every letter in the alphabet and is starting to learn to say his ABC's. He is constantly finding "letters" in any and everything. Sometimes he'll see a stick on the ground or something else that has taken the shape of a certain letter and he will emphatically say it until I acknowledge what he sees. It's too cute. One time he saw a "C" in a dead worm on the driveway. Funny (and gross).

He is most observant about cars on the road. Nearly every time a car passes by us that is the brand driven by his grandparents, he will say their name and point to the car (i.e. all Hondas equal "Nannie!"). If he sees a car like his Aunt Beth's or his Daddy's, he will shout out lovingly, "Beth!" or "Daddy!" It is crazy too me sometimes how great his vision is when it comes to spotting these cars when we are out and about. He has even started recognizing all cars like the one driven by his friend Lily's mom, and exclaims "Yeeyee!" when he sees them.



Thomas loves to love. He seems to have replaced the word "hug" with "love" and will frequently come up to us and throw his arms up and say "love!" --which means he wants a hug. He is a very loving child, always willing to hug his friends and family. He seems to share pretty well and is pretty easy going when around other children. I hope this stays this way...especially with the baby soon to be in the picture.

Aside from his books, he loves cars, trucks and tractors. He has one little John Deere tractor (actually it's a little vehicle called a Gator) that often MUST take a bath with him and even go to bed with him. Thomas is certainly ALL BOY in his love for all things with wheels. He still loves to "drive" any chance he gets (which means just sitting in the car in the driveway). He also loves just being outside.


Not to be all sunshine, Thomas also frequently shows his strongwilled side. He can be very insistent upon his own way and this is often frustrating to me (and his Dad), but we do our best to handle him with patience and stern love. The further along I get in this pregnancy, the more he seems to not want to "come" when asked, so of course I'm having to pick him up and lug him around far more frequently than I would like. He's getting a little better about going up and down the stairs when asked (and with a hand to hold), but sometimes it is a challenge! On that note, I've learned that sciatica in pregnancy is not a myth .. and wow... having a toddler does not help it go away!

As for eating, Thomas is still pretty picky and not overly willing to try new things. He's decided green vegetables are not to be on the menu for a while, but he seems to have a newfound liking of corn. His allergies/intolerances seem to be getting much better. I think we might actually try him on real cow's milk in the next few weeks! After a year of the sweet soy milk, I know it will be a tough adjustment for him, but it sure would make life easier if we don't have to watch his dairy intake all the time. Strawberries, however, seem to still cause a rash... and we've also learned he is allergic to down feathers (they cause hives). He does love his pizza though:


He is very tall. I'm not sure of his exact length, other than it is over 35 inches, but he now needs to wear 2T shirts (but still 18 or 24 month pants...and many of these are too big in the waist). He is wearing size 8 shoes (though his foot measures about a 7.5). His diaper size hasn't changed since he was about 6 months old I think. He's still in size 4s (though 5s at night).



Naptimes are a highlight of my day. Thomas has started needing to go down earlier and usually is down by 1:30 and will sleep until I wake him (usually) around 4:15. He goes to bed around 8 and usually sleeps until 7-7:30. Some nights (like last night) he won't fall alseep for a while (last night it was about 9:30), but he is in his crib and not crying, so that's good.

Even when I'm struggling to keep up with him on days like today when pregnancy pains seem to get the best of me, I still love him dearly and am ever thankful that God chose me to be his Mom. Now I need to take the next few weeks to accept that my little baby will soon be a two year old!

22 months!

Yesterday Thomas turned 22 months old. It's hard to believe he is only two months away from being two. What happened to my baby boy?!? And by the way, his first haircut is now scheduled for Tuesday morning. Yes, there will be a camera. :)



Every day I enjoy him so much and I think I can't enjoy him more... And then I do. It is such a joy and a treat to watch him learn and grow. He is learning so much, all the time. I could try to list his words, but the list would be too long. Two of my favorite words/phrases are "Panzee" (chimpanzee) and "Go Dogs Go!" (which he says emphatically and more as one word and it's entirely cute).

As I mentioned the other day, I recently measured him and he was 35" long. I let him step on the scale at my doctor's office a few weeks ago and it said he was 28 lbs (though it's digital and not always accurate...I can't remember if it weighs high or low...I think low.).

He is still a pretty good napper. If he gets down too late, it can take him a while to get to sleep (and then he's all grumpy because his nap wasn't long enough). But if I can get him down in the magic window of 1:15-1:45, he will sleep until we wake him at 4:15. As for bedtime, we put him down around 8:00 and it usually takes him a little while to get himself to sleep (but he is content). He is still in his crib. In the morning he wakes around 7-7:30 (give or take 30 minutes), but likes to hang out there for 15-30 minutes doing his own little thing. Since I like to have some time to wake in the morning, I completely understand.

Thomas loves cars and pretty much all types of vehicles. He is always paying attention to every car, bus, truck and anything else on the road when we are in the car. He makes sure he points out all the buses, dump trucks (which sounds more like "duck truck"), taxi cabs (he says "tab") and every single car that is the same make and model as his dad's car, no matter the color. If he sees such a car he happily exclaims, "DADDY!!!"

People are frequently asking me if Thomas understands he is going to be a big brother. He will point to my belly if I ask him where Mommy's baby is, but that's about all I think he "gets." He is so sweet about it though. I always tell him he has to be gentle to my belly and be nice to the baby. So now he will come up and softly put his hands on my belly and say "Nice." And then he will frequently lay his head on my belly and say the same, or "baby." I know it will be a big adjustment for him, but I look forward to the day when he and his little brother or sister can be buddies.

He thinks it's funny to run from the camera and say "Noooooooo!" when I ask him to smile for a picture. Today I finally got him to sit still for a second by showing him the lights on the camera and telling him I'd let him touch the light (the red light for the redeye reduction that comes on when you start to take a picture) if he sat on the chair. It worked for a few pictures...so that's all I've got. But they are cute nonetheless....well, at least in my completely unbiased opinion.







Yes, the hair is a bit of a mop at this point...


And yeah, I was trying so hard to get the picture, I didn't even realize he was pulling on the pointed end of the stickpin when he took the sign down. Oops. Luckily, no one was hurt. :)


Most of the time, I can only take a picture of this:


And then I give up and just take pictures wherever I can get them...


Too bad the flash didn't go off here...


I haven't taken any nap pictures of him lately, but today I couldn't resist. He just looked so comfortable, cute and asleep. Of course I couldn't use the flash and it was very cloudy outside, so it's a bit dark. Oh, and he wears pajama pants or shorts while napping and I don't worry if they match (so that explains the curious outfit).


Thomas is such a lovable and happy child. He brings joy I never thought possible into my life and I am grateful for every second I spend with him (even if he is waking me at 5:30 am because he can't find his paci). He is my heart.

21 months old!

A week ago Thomas turned 21 months! I seem to be getting worse and worse about getting these updates on time, but I guess it's always better late than never. He wanted absolutely nothing to do with having his picture taken this month though. I kept forgetting to do it, and then when I remembered and said I was just going to make it work, he had just awakened from his nap and wasn't in his best mood. So for the first time in 21 months, I don't have a lot of happy boy pictures. I still, however, have a very happy boy...even if you can't tell from these pictures.



Thomas is such a joy. He talks all the time and his vocabulary has really exploded. It's quite amazing. I can't list all the words he can say, but his newest ones are drive, sunshine and when he attempts to say his own name, it comes out something like "Ty-puss." I'm not sure why his name comes out so strangely as he can say "muss" without "tom" in front, but not together. We'll keep working on it. I've been trying to teach him how to answer, "How old are you?," but every time I tell him "one" he says "TWO!"

I've also continued to work at teaching him colors. I was so proud of him Friday night at dinner. He had a cup full of crayons of various colors. He was saying "blue," so I asked him to find the blue one and he did! Other colors he will repeat after me, but hasn't quite mastered which ones are which.

He is obsessed with all things with wheels, still. I thought it was a fluke the other day when he picked out a car like my mom's in a parking lot, pointed to it and said, "Nannie!" But this morning he saw one on the interstate and again pointed to it and said, "Nannie!" It's amazing how he can tell the difference in that model from the others! He also always finds Jeeps, buses (busses?), garbage trucks, dump trucks and large trucks.

He continues to be a picky eater, but his allergies seem to be lessening, so at least he is able to eat more. While with my parents last weekend I was amazed that my mom got him to eat peas (we thought we had tried everything!) by putting some apricot preserves on them. Sounds gross, but it worked. Since then I've got him to eat peas and beans on a few occasions by repeating the trick. Hopefully one day he will love vegetables like his dad! And speaking of eating, he loves to eat at Moe's. Tuesday night I took him there with a friend and her son for kid's night. The next night he sat down in his chair with that night's food (something exciting I prepared). He took one look at it, looked back up at me and said, "Moe's!?" Sometimes if you ask him where he likes to eat he will say emphatically "Moe's!"

Thomas is such a happy, loving child. He loves to run full speed down the hall, open his arms wide and jump into my arms. He loves to ask for and give hugs. He also loves to blow kisses ("Mwah!") and sometimes he just wants to hold your hand (while sitting or walking).

One thing of which I'm especially glad is how much he enjoys reading. Many times he will just sit on the floor, or at his table, or in his crib and just look at books. He can often be calmed in the car by looking through the pages of one of his favorite books. And of course he also loves to bring them to us to actually read to him. I hope he will always keep this love!

Once agan, I'm sure I am forgetting some things, but I've been working on this (in between a phone call) for a LONG time and I'm ready to call it a night. :) Hopefully I've covered the basics. Thomas is my heart and it's a joy watching him learn and grow. Here are the rest of the pictures from our not-so-fabulous photo shoot:



I don't know how tall he is, but he's pretty tall. He is taller than most of his "friends" who are a few months older than him. And he's not much smaller than some of his 2+ year old friends.


Almost a smile...




He's probably getting his first haircut this week (if I can make the appointment). So this will be one of the last pictures of this. Sigh. :-) His dad, however, will probably not be so sad to see the locks go!


Oh, one more thing, I'm 25 weeks pregnant today (Hooray!). Thomas will sometimes come up to me when I'm laying down and say, "baby!" and then he'll lift up my shirt a little and put his hands on my belly. He has felt the baby move a few times (and always nearly raises his eyebrows when he does!). It's so sweet. I'm trying to thoroughly enjoy these next 15 weeks of life just with the two of us.

20 months old!

Eight days ago, Thomas turned 20 months! I'm sorry I didn't get in to document this earlier (and I'll probably end up backdating this eventually), but of course there was Christmas and whole lot of travel packed into the past week or so. Thomas doesn't care much for having his monthly photo taken anymore, but I did manage to get a few that were decent enough!


I unfortunately never got around to a 19 month recap or his photos. We were out of town for Thanksgiving (at my parents' house) and then he got really sick for about a week. Between an ER visit, a doctor's visit, a visit to the pediatric after-hours care and countless telephone conversations with the doctor/nurse practitioner, the time just got away from me. And with a constant fever at or above 103, he was just not in the mood for photos. But the thing is, not much changed between 18 and 19 months for Thomas. I cannot say the same for the period between 19 to 20 months.

He has been growing so much...physically and developmentally. It has been utterly amazing. His vocabulary has exploded. He tries to mimic what we say a lot of the time and he also has many words he remembers all on his own. His most frequently used words are: truck, choo choo (when he hears/sees a train), mommy, daddy, lights (sounds like "ights"), off, up, hug, pat-pat (to pet the dog), juice, milk, ice, eat, please ("peas"), more (which he also signs), mouth, eyes, nose, teeth, neck, wheel (kind of hard to understand this one), bus, Jeep (and he usually can pick them out for some reason), boat, outside (sounds like "tout-ide" or something like that), nap-nap, night-night, rock, and some fun words like whoa and wow. He says more, but those are the most frequently used. He can also say Nannie, Nana and he calls his Papa "Bah-bah." He loves all things with wheels, especially buses, fire trucks, tractors, trucks and the garbage truck. He can also tell you, among others, that the cow says "Mmmm," the sheep says "baaaah," the duck says "quack," the dog says "woof woof," the cat says "meow," the bird says something like "tweet tweet" and the lion/dragon/bear say "roarrrrr."

He loves to go outside, though most of the time he'd rather push his wagon and tricycle than ride in/on them. He's very independent sometimes and prefers to do many things all by himself.

He still is not a great eater. Tonight I got him to eat half a serving of peas by giving them to him frozen. I told him it was ice and he loved them. It was hilarious for me, and I was glad he was finally eating a vegetable!

It truly is the best gift in life watching him grow and develop. Though his ability to repeat what we say means we need to choose our own words carefully, it also is such a thrill to watch him grow and learn. He has such a wonderful personality. Most of the time he is so happy and delightful. When he is tired he can be overly defiant and quite strongwilled and he has already given us a tantrum or two (or more), but he generally is a happy little guy. He naps in the afternoon for 2-3 hours and goes to bed for the night by 8. We continue to keep him on a bit of a schedule, but it really seems to work well for him. It's also nice for us (or at least me!) to have some structure to our day. I don't know what will happen when the new baby arrives!

I'm sure I am forgetting some important things, but hopefully I captured the highlights. Here are the rest of the pictures that were salvaged from this month's wild photo shoot attempt.








He does not like to sit still for things like this and the whole "session" was a fight to keep him on the chair and looking in my direction!


I tried to bribe him with a promise of the paci, but he managed to get the paci and get down. I guess he won.


Then he ran across the hall and tried to play the guitar with his Daddy:




Oh, and by the way, Thomas will probably soon be getting his first haircut. Sigh. :) I'm afraid this will mean he can't be my baby anymore...

18 months old

Time truly flies. How is my little baby boy already 18 months old!?!!?! It cannot be possible. Yet, it is.



Every month, it's becoming more and more challenging to get him to sit still for his monthly photo.



He tries to take down the "sign"...


He tries to get down...


He'll flash me an occasional smile...


And eventually he wins, gets down, runs across the room and declares himself the victor:


He is often very strong willed and outright defiant, but for the most part he is our happy little guy. He smiles and laughs all day long and it brightens my world. It's hard to be frustrated with someone who is so cute. :-)

He chats a lot, but we're not really sure what he's saying most of the time. I'm sure it's more frustrating for him than it is for us.

I'm not sure how many teeth he has now, but he's been getting some molars in (at least four) for about a month now. I think one is just now popping through because he's become more irritable and upset in the last few days (and I've heard him being a little more restless during the night...with lovely 4 am brief play sessions in his crib (consisting of turning on his crib aquarium and waking me up)). Generally he's a pretty good sleeper though. He goes down at 8 (usually doesn't fall asleep until closer to 9 though), and wakes around 7-7:30. He takes a 2.5-3 hour nap every afternoon from 2-5, which is my little bit of heaven. :)

He's starting to play more with other children. You know, up until now the kids always play alongside each other, but not really with each other. So it's fun to see them develop more into children who are actually interested in interacting with each other. It's just so amazing watching children grow, period. We are so blessed.

He loves his dog and he loves going fast. He loves to run and he's become a pro at riding his little "car" (powered by his legs). I need to get a video of him scooting around the house. He goes so fast! And if we are in the way, he loves to play bumper cars and run into us. Lots of fun. His other love is being outside. It's been rainy for a few days and that has curtailed our outdoor play time and I know it must be about to drive him crazy. Since he loves playing in water, he stood at the front door and fussed/cried for 10 minutes the other day because he wanted me to take him out in the rain.

Not much else to say. He's a joy and a blessing and I cannot believe he is already a year and a half old. Wow.

PS - Yes, I backdated this. It's truly 10.25 as I write this, but I'm going to make it look like I'm on top of things. :-)