August 2013

I know these titles are super lame but I hate coming up with new ones and it helps me keep a timeline when I go back. August started with Drake and I still in Colorado.  Kevin went back to work and I stayed to work for my dad while he went on high adventure with the scouts and my brothers.  It was a good experience to work for him.  I learned a lot and of course made some mistakes.  Thankfully my sister was there to help with Drake, I stayed pretty busy answering phone calls most of the day and doing billing and such.  I am so grateful that I can stay home with Drake and our future children.  It is my favorite job!

 This was at the Airport, I had lots of snacks and lots of toys to play with and stay busy.  Our flight ended up being delayed for two hours so we didn't leave denver until 10:30 and arrived in Salt Lake about midnight and still had the drive to Elko.  Drake and I pretty much walked around on the flat escalators for two straight hours and he still didn't fall asleep.  So I was exhausted and so was he but not sleep! Thankfully our flight attendant was a life saver and so sweet and gave drake a cup with a stir stick and some ice that kept him busy almost the whole flight.  I was so grateful for her.

 Popcorn maybe wasn't the best snack to let him have on his own haha he loved it though!

 He insisted on sitting in his play toy.  His knee almost touches the ground haha

 Monkey arms and diaper wedgie!

 Lately he is obsessed with putting things between his toes! The other morning he had toast for breakfast so I said something to him about his toast and he reached over his tray to grab his toes! I guess they sound pretty similar.

 He loves to play with his toy vacuum lately.  He hasn't touched it for months and I actually thought about getting rid of it but one day after I vacuumed he just walked over and grabbed it and pretty much didn't put it down for two days straight.

I love this happy little boy.  He really is such a good baby (can I still cal him that?).  He stays so busy all day that some days I just feel like sitting on the couch but he just wont let me.  He runs everywhere, hardly ever walks.  He signs more all the time now and has started to say "mo" with it. To him more just means he wants something, so he'll walk into the kitchen and point at the counter and sign more and I have no idea what he wants.  If I pick him up he's pretty good at showing me exactly what he needs. He also signs all done by waiving his hand parallel to the ground.  He said Bye- bye the other day and water.  He'll say mom and dad and Hi and he babbles like crazy.  He loves his blankie and his binkie still.  He is down to one nap a day but some days he'll nap for three plus hours.  Mostly just two though, I can't complain.  He'll be so busy playing that around nap time I just say lets go nah night, you ready to go nah night? He'll drop what he's doing and go to his crib and try and climb in and that's the last I hear from him  for a few hours.  He's a good eater still.  Still doesn't like tomatoes but he loves watermelon and most fruit, loves chicken nuggets and fries and dr pepper! I only let him have a few sips of mine and then its water or milk for this boy! He loves veggies, especially corn on the cob, corn dogs, cheese, gogurt and mac and cheese and usually anything we're eating.  He loved spaghetti squash the other night.  He keeps us laughing and smiling all the time.  We're so grateful Heavenly Father sent him to our family.  We truly are the luckiest.