mengo

translation:

"the frog looks like rango!"

(can you guess what movie we've been watching lately!)

snuggling

grammie came over after work today.  Yeah!!!  we love when she stops by.

it was a very relaxed kind of day, so we all hung out in the living room and listened to grammie read books.  even mojo got in on the action!

and i just noticed that both posts from this week and last week are with the dude reading.  yes...he really does LOVE reading.  and that makes me so happy!

bookworms

we're having hardwood put on all the stairs and the upstairs hallway, so we're spending some quality time at the murray's.  

these two really are best buds!

laid back sunday

what a perfect sunday.  just hanging out and playing with toys!

my little chunkamunker!

yes, chunkamunker has been a longstanding nickname for the dude.  no explanation needed!  i love the buddah belly and he loves the human chair!

grana is here!!!!

we are so excited....grana is here!!!

she flew in just for the little dude's birthday.

unfortunately grampa couldn't come this time, but we'll make sure he comes out the next time!  ;)  well and no worries...we'll be seeing all of you texas hertels in a few weeks!

grana bought the dude a new book with touch and feel animals.  he especially loves the last page...the baby hedgehog!  it's the spikey side of velcro.  too cute!

book worm

i hope this continues, but the dude seems to be a little book worm.  he's aways crawling over to his bookshelf and pulling out every single book to look at.  the sesame street beginning books seem to be his favorite at the moment.  oh, and an 'over in the meadow' book that i got from a consignment show because it has foam animals in the back that he can play with while i read it to him.

read on dude!!

and grampa...the baseball photos are for you!!!  :)  this was the first time he actually put the ball in the glove!

fun in the bath

sniff snifff....what's that smell?! that seems to be the name of the game this week. well, ever since we started cereal actually. we had been really lucky and hadn't had many blowouts since the dude was born. hahaha, not anymore! it seems he is decreasing the frequency of his movements, which in turn means the volume increases!!! which equals blowout city at our house. the poor teachers at school have to deal with most of them. we were going to wait until his normal bath day on wednesday, but we got lucky and hit the jackpot tonight! let's just say...he needed a bath. :) now that he enjoys his baths though, it's not too much of a hassle. tonight in particular he decided he was going to be a ham for the camera. he was chewing on his book and i turned my head to get his towel ready, turned back and this is what i found!

guess he's using the whole 'i'm learning through osmosis' technique!