Blueberries, Blue Teeth

I love blueberries, they are my favorite. They are a special treat because my whole mouth turns blue and I want to eat them all at one time. I haven't had blueberries since my trip to Boise when I spilled them on the airplane and mama had to change my whole outfit and clean the seat. But this morning during breakfast, out of the top corner cabinet came out my blueberries, from their special hiding spot. This is the one thing I wont share with Charlie. My hands were blue, my face was blue, my teeth are still blue.

18 months...and counting.

Well I've officially turned 18 months. Where has all this time gone? I am one happy kid, love to keep movin' and love to laugh.

My passion right now is basketball. I LOVE to play and daddy teaches me all sorts of new tricks- like "The Michael Jordan" where I stick my tongue out while I play; he teaches me to squat my knees and guard; to catch; and to dribble. But no one needed to teach me to shoot, I was born with a good over the head shot.

I also love "soos" (or as other people call them "shoes). I like to bring people their soos, put mine on in the morning, and take them off when we come inside. Mama and Daddy took me into a store this weekend and I ran right to the soos rack. I picked up a cool pair of blue puppy rain soos boots. I ran around the store so no one could take them off. But I didnt get them, I had to trade the soos for my binky. I hope to get some soos boots soon.

I am still a great helper. I feed Charlie every day and take him out to go potty. I get his leash, I put my toys away and I help put other things away too. Helping is fun!

I dont like getting dressed or undressed. And I can throw a pretty impressive fit to prove it. But I do like what mama calls "handsome shirts" those are the kinds with buttons. I love wearing cool handsome shirts, and I also like to wear my baseball hat. They say I look handsome in that too. It makes me smile when they call me this so I run to the mirror to check myself out.

I went to my 18 month dr appt. I am 33" tall and 26.8 pounds. This makes me just about perfectly average as Dr. Zorn says. She said that I am way ahead developmentally because I say lots of words and can put words together. I am also very coordinated and strong. She thinks its ok that I still have a couple of bottles each day and that I get a binky. For this, I love Dr.Zorn. But, her nurse and those shots- no way. I scream but I am brave.

Since my last post, I got to spend the weekend with Nana and Bompa while daddy and mama went on vacation for some alone time. I went to the zoo, twice. I've been to the beach lots. And I got a new ball.

Check out some of my favorite moments- shadow stomping with Nana, swinging with Nana and Bompa, sitting on my ball after a long run on the pier, soos boot shopping, the zoo:

Speechless in Seattle?

Not me! I've got all sorts of new words. Here is a list of some of the words I am saying:


NahNah
Mama
Daddy
Ball
Charlie
Go
Thank you
No
Move
Money
Mine
Shoe
Bompa
Nanny
Baby
Ry-rie
Tonya
Where is it?
Doggy
More

Some new things I love to do:
- help mama and daddy do anything
- feed charlie
- let charlie outside to go potty
- brush my teeth
- shoot hoops (my new favorite fascination)

Binky Trail

I'm officially down to 1 binky, aka, my Nah Nah. I arrived in Boise with 4 of them. Left with 3. Home with 2. Now down to 1.

1 is missing in our house
1 was left on the plane
1 was somewhere in Boise

And then...

arriving via text message, my missing blue Nah Nah. Now how can I get this sent to me for my 6 am wake up call?

My first real hair cut

This is me getting my first real haircut. Mama didn't tell daddy and daddy doesn't like it. I hated getting it cut. You can see me tolerating the process. But after she was done I got a cool mohawk and then we went to the park to slide and run. I dont think I will be getting my hair cut again for a long time

Now I know why my friend Jack was so protective when mama and Barb tried to sneak my last cuts at Jack's house!.

My 3rd trip to Boise!

I had such a fun weekend! Uncle Brian got us passes to come see everyone in Boise. Mama and I left on Saturday morning and I even had my own seat. I was very restless on the plane because I wanted to play and not sit. But mama brought my favorite books and snacks- blueberries. But then I dumped the berries everywhere and made such a bad mess that mama had to take off my pants and shoes and socks so I wore my diaper on the plane!

When we got to Boise, Uncle Brian met us in the airport and took us to see Auntie Susan and my cousins Connor, Nathan and Laura. It was sunny but cold. Laura played with me lots! I was afraid of their dogs big time. I used to like Chopper but now he is way too scary and I didn't want to ever be on the ground unless they were outside or put away. Sorry Chopper and Brutus!

On Saturday afternoon, we went to the Boise zoo! It was sooo much fun. I saw so many animals I have never seen before and I ran and ran and ran. Mama bought me a cool shirt to wear this summer to remind me of the fun time I had at the zoo. I cant wait to go back. Its my favorite zoo!

Sunday we went on a long road trip and I got to go into the mountains to see Cascade and Donnelly. I wore my McCall Idaho shirt that Auntie Erin bought me when she visited there. We got out in the snow, met some friends and went to lunch. When we came home I danced on the fireplace. You can see me where standing up there while Uncle Brian fixed the fireplace part I ripped off.

My flight home was on Monday. I don't know why but mama spent the whole time apologizing to the people around us. I was just trying to have fun and move on her lap! Things I did on my flight

- threw my binkies at everyone around me
- threw my books in the aisle
- threw my cup at the man across the aisle, it was cool, my cup landed right in his lap!
- kicked the seat in front of us
- flipped up the tray of the man next to us, hey I didn't know he had a full glass of ice water on the tray!
- screamed
- ate the binding of my favorite book
- pooped my diaper really bad the people around us kept staring
- flirted with the lady behind us

Even though I don't like flying (I take after my daddy), I had such a great time in Boise. I love seeing my cousins and staying at their house and I can't wait to go back this summer and play at their park and swim!