what's that???

....on your head??!!

yes, apparently the dude has a fascination about putting things on his head!  wigs, hats, baskets, drink umbrellas, etc.  it's pretty hilarious!

are you ready for some football???!!

these dudes are!!!

big boy bed

i have no idea why i have been waiting for this day...but i have been!  the dude is now sleeping in a big boy bed!  and wow!  it was a lot easier to take the front off and put the rail on the bed than i expected.  start to finish i think it took 25 minutes.  LOVE!

first night went great.  he didn't want me to leave him in his room since he could get out, but i let him cry a little and then went back in, held him some more and then put him back in his bed.  and out like a light!  second night..well, we found him sleeping on the floor.  hmmm, not sure, but i think he got out and couldn't find his way back to bed with the soft night light.  looks like we'll be swapping the brighter one in the hallway with the one in his room!

so far so good though.  no real adjustment period.  it will be awhile until we move to a BIG bed, but the baby steps seem to be working so far.

lost video - animal sounds

i forgot i had uploaded  this video to youtube!  i honestly have no idea how old this is.  but i love hearing him 'talk!'  and man...we got the whole farm going on so far!

21 months!!!

almost two????!!!!

yikes!!!

i haven't done an 'update' in awhile, so here goes:

 - you have a full mouth of teeth.  the only ones we're waiting on now are your two year molars.  and from the looks of it, those will be here soon.  the hand in the mouth is a tell tale sign!

 - after putting you on the scale in the bathroom, you're just under 30 pounds!

 - you have a slew of new words DAILY it seems like!  one of my favorite being 'ah boo pa,' which is how you say 'i love you!'

 - you are a definite momma's boy!  you cling to me like nobody's business.  i can't say that i don't like how you wrap your arms around my neck and then lay your head on my shoulder though.  i LOVE it!

- elmo is your all time FAVORITE!  you can actually name most of the characters in sesame street: elmo, abby, cookie, oscar, ernie and ah-ah (yeah...that's the count!)

- you're fascinated with animals of all kinds and can identify and make the correct sounds for: a cat, a dog, a duck, a pig, a donkey, a rooster, a monkey, an owl, a lamb, a goat, a lion/tiger, a cow, and a crab!

- you're definitely a book lover as well...which momma loves as well! story time before bed is one of my favorite times.

- we've transitioned to a toddler bed for about about a month now and doing GREAT! sometimes we wake up and you've migrated to the floor, but you're fast asleep and not bothered by it at all.  however, leaving you in the bed when it's time to sleep is usually quite the scene these days.   you don't want me to let go of you (please refer to momma's boy comment above!)

- we also have a climber on our hands.  the arched ladder thing at the playground that goes up to a platform that's about 4.5 feet off the ground....yeah, you scale it with ease and don't want us to help you at all.

- which leads me to my next item....INDEPENDENT!!!  OMG!  yes, you're definitely a product of your mom and dad!  stubborn, strong willed, and will throw a tantrum like no one's business.  we're working on this though and hopefully this phase will pass soon!

i'm sure there's more, but i don't want to go on and on and on!  even through all the tantrums, you still brighten up my day everyday!  love you dude!

tool time

what weekend would be complete without a trip to home depot or lowes!  

we discovered the indoor house plant section this trip....oh...and curly bamboo!  makes a great wand!  we also discovered that the leaves on the floor that have fallen off of the plants make great distractions when walking through the store.

it's a pizza party!

order up!

i'll take a slice of cheese with a side of dude!

the hand that feeds

we couldn't have asked for a better dog!  i really do believe that mojo views graham as her own.  she always wants to be near him and is always giving him kisses (probably has NO correlation with the fact that he drops food or has food on his face all the time!  hehe!).  she couldn't be more gentle and patient with graham though.  she ever so carefully takes treats out of his hand, and lets him pull her ears, touch her mouth, etc. 

maybe someday the stigma of a pitbull will disappear!!

we love you mojo!

derecho

when a wicked windy storm comes through and knocks out everyone else's power but ours.....our besties get to come over and play!!

the poor murrays have been without power since friday night when this storm rolled through.  no AC during a record temperature weekend.  to help them cool down and relax a little we had them over for dinner.  the dude used this as his excuse for criostoir to show him how to use his nintendo DS.  sorry dude...you'll have to wait a little longer before you get one of those for christmas!