Big Boys Don't Cry...Just Their Moms

At the beginning of this past week, Bubs turned 18 months! Slightly a big milestone, especially in church terms. He went to his first day at nursery today. I was planning on going in with him, but I was warned by Lance that I SHOULD NOT do that because it would make it harder for David to be comfortable there. But who would be there to protect my little babe from the nursery bullies or from the evil sugary snacks/drinks that they might give him? Not me, not this time! I went to sunday school and started to cry...thank goodness everyone else was too...from the lesson. Most moms I'm sure are so ready for the day that they can sit through lessons at church without interruptions of whining, crying, and chasing the kids through hallways. I was 5% ready to drop him off and 95% sad/reluctant to. I just couldn't help from being sad over the idea of him getting just a little bit older and doing bigger kid things! I dropped him off and not a tear or whine came out! I checked in about 15 times to see if he was ok and every time he was perfectly fine! Even without his mom. I have a feeling this is what it will be like when he goes for his first day of school or to his first cubscout outting...he will be perfectly fine and excited to go and discover, and I will be an emotional wreck, wanting to protect him from the world. Is it so bad that I want him all to myself:-)

A few fun things about our 18 month old:
- He loves to talk! He will just jabber non-stop. He will repeat almost anything we ask him to say. He says HI! to Lance and me everytime we walk in the room. It surprises most people how enthusiastically he says things.

-Favorite foods as of late: blueberries, strawberries, apples, cottage cheese, hummus, greek yogurt(yes he prefers that over regular), crackers...and on and on. Every once in a while I will let him have a treat or what he thinks is a treat(my protein bars?), he'll put it in his mouth and then start laughing EVERYTIME it is something somewhat sweet. He loves his foods!

- He still loves cars over most everything.

-He loves books, second to cars. He likes to read the same books over and over again.

-He loves watching baby einstein on Lance's phone and snugs with you when he does(Lance does this alot so he can get his snugs in with David).

- Loves the water and being outdoors.

-Loves Jake and sitting on him.

- He still sucks on his pointer finger.

-Loves to be around other kids.

-Has the funniest sense of humor.

-Sometimes he hits you when you do something he doesn't like...we're working on that. He gets very sad when you reprimand him.

-When we wrestle with him he gets so excited that he starts to bite things;you, the blankets,etc.
-He has 4 front teeth and still only two bottom but he has a few molars coming in now.

There are probably a lot of things I'm sure I have forgotten that I might add on later, but this is a few about our favorite little turkey!

Old Mcdonald Had a Farm

Other than cars, David's next obession is with animals. He loves all animals(especially dogs) and making all sorts of animals sounds. He will walk up to any dog he sees, mabye not the safest thing to do, but he'll do it with all the excitement a 1.5 yr old can have! He loves looking at books with animals in them and will point to his favorites and say "dat!"(for "what's that?") and I will answer him. When I ask him, he will usually say "dat!" again and then I have to answer or he'll make the sounds of the animal...too cute. We came up to NY this week to visit Lance while he was in town and we found, of all things to do in NY, a farm that you can tour! So in the 95+ heat we headed out to the farm...

 Don't worry there were lots REAL animals that we eventually looked at

I think both great-grandpas on both sides of our family would love to see this

Love em', love em'!

Deep In The Heart of Texas

Last week David and I hopped on a plane to Dallas. I have to say I MISS TEXAS! You see when you live in a place like Scranton, PA(or a lot of the Northeast for that matter), where you get sunshine about 3 times a month, you start missing the south even more, even if it is 20 degrees hotter and has 99% humidity. 

 The Yankees played a series there against the Rangers so I thought it would be a perfect trip to see Lance and family!

We had fun seeing grandma and grandpa Pendleton!

So fun for family to see Lance pitch!

We have a little cowboy on our hands....actually I have 3 1/2(Jake is included). Not only am I being quickly out numbered by boys but by TEXAS boys. They have all been/will be born in Texas. I guess I can't complain when I see this little munchkin like this!

We loved staying with Preston, Karee, and the kids! David loved being surrounded by his cousins! Carter quickly took on the role of watching out for "my baby" and letting me know every thing he did and where he went:-) David picked up a few things from watching little miss Carloline...

like eating at a big kid table! He also picked up on her crazy moves around the house:

-going down the stairs face first which ended up with him gettin his first goose-egg on his forehead

-climbing on chairs and other crazy places

Now from Carter and Cole we learned the obsession that comes to most boys...Cars!

David LOVED playing with their cars and car tracks. He now says "caw!" for every car, truck, plane, and bus he sees. The first thing he says to me when I get him up in the morning or from naps is "caw!" and finishes meals early to go play with his cars. He also makes a vroom vroom sound when he is driving his little cars around. I guess he is a boys boy now!

David fell in love with this bear. He would dive into the bear and cuddle and hug him all day long! I tried to get Lance to buy one and take it back on the plane with him...he didn't go for it. 

 Thanks again for letting us take over your house Preston and Karee! We miss you guys!

And now we are back in Scranton, missing the south and family like crazy! But the good thing is we get to see dad more often around here!

I know you have heard me say over and over again how big he is getting and acting but I just still can't believe how fast it is going for my little babe. He is starting to walk/run everywhere and loves to be outside, especially at playgrounds. He could be there all day and be perfectly content climbing up and down the play sets and going down slides!

Bubs doesn't even like being in is stroller for too long...he just wants to move! I let him follow along but he gets side-tracked ALOT. I walk for a little bit and turn around ususally  to find him walking the opposite way, sitting in the dirt playing with rocks or trying to pick flowers along the path.

Or tasting them:-) We love or little boy and can't wait for our next little boy to come!