17 Months!

I'm 17 months old now (well technically 2+ weeks ago)!  Everyday is a new day for me and there is just so much to learn.  Last month at school I learned about the color blue (if you ask me my favorite color - right now it's blue).  This month I'm learning about the color purple - not my favorite color yet though.  I'm learning opposites too!  If you bang on the table (hard), I know that the opposite of that is soft so I rub my hair since it's soft.  And I can show you my ears, my nose and my belly!

And everyone has been keeping it a secret from me that the right way to each watermelon is in slices - no more cut up cubes for me!

On my board it says I can eat with a fork now - here's some proof of that! (Before I learned about watermelon slices!)

Night Away!

A couple of weekends ago, I had a night away from Mom and Dad and stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Young.  We had a fun time!  It was hot so I got to play in some water outside.

Mom didn't get a picture before I left, but they packed me all up in my own suitcase for the night away.  Here's the picture from Christmas when I first got my suitcase!

At Grandma and Grandpa's house we had some snuggle time in bed and I even got to eat breakfast in my swing!

Strawberries!

I love fruit!  So can you imagine how excited I was to go pick strawberries the other weekend??!!  As you can imagine I ate way more strawberries than I contributed to the bucket we brought home.  Then I ate a good portion of those too!

It was pretty sunny out so I had to wear my shades! 

They had some goats and donkeys and chickens at the farm!  Of course they are all a "dog" to me...

Here I am stuffing my face with a strawberry and then that bucket that I didn't contribute to picking!

The other great part of the trip was that there were real tractors on the farm!  I pointed them out every chance I got.  If you listen really closely to the video, you might be able to hear me talking about the "tractor"!

Ahh Choo!

So we all remember this fun video right?  Where Grandpa Young caught my cute sneeze on video?

Well, this is what it has progressed to more than a year later!  It's more fun to just make fake sneezes!

School Days!

I still really like my school and have lots of friends!  There aren't many days that I cry when Mom and Dad leave - so much to keep me busy during the day!

Here I am with my friends Max and Emmaline - we were having fun playing behind the door! 

Here are my school pictures!  Definitely not my cutest, but it was a Monday and I was still getting over my bad cold and ear infection.   

Mom and Dad must have been in to talk to my teacher because they snuck this picture of me taking a nap on my mat!

Here a quick video of some of my dance moves at school!

Weekend Fun!

All of Dad's college friends were in town last weekend so it was mostly just me, Mom and Paul hanging out.  We had a pretty fun time!

Paul was laying on my blanket and since it's MINE, I had to lay on it too!  But I was able to get a smaller corner of it for myself.  Later in the day I got Mom to take Paul and I on a walk (this and sharing food are my side of the agreement that Paul and I have to live together in harmony).  This is my standard stroller look - but I promise I'm having fun!  And the sun was out so I tolerated my shades for the walk...

Mom was making something in the kitchen so I wanted to as well, but on the back deck.  I was on a mission with my spoon and bowl! 

Dad and his friends came over for a cookout Saturday night so I got to meet everyone.  I was showing off for them by walking through Dad's legs!  From what everyone was saying, I guess I won't be able to do this much longer since I'll be taller...not sure why, but okay!  I had a fun time playing in the cooler with the ice water - it was so cold so I could only put one finger in at a time!

On Sunday, Mom and I had a lunch date at Moe's after some errands.  They make some good cheese quesadillas!

Here's a video of Paul and I having some fun together on my blanket!

Bye Bye Mom and Dad!

The other weekend Mom and Dad went out of town and without me again.  But I got a surprise when Grandma and Grandpa Hermansen showed up to spend the whole weekend with me (and Paul)!  We had a fun time!  I got to wrestle with Grandpa even though he wasn't feeling his best and I let Grandma sneak in a few hugs here and there.  

Grandpa found the toy section for me at Publix and I got to pick out some new toys!  I got a ball and a tractor.  And I can even call both of them by name now!  I had fun eating with them too because I got to sit up at the table like a big boy!

 Never mind the mark on my cheek - it wasn't my fault again.  I was using my chair just like it's made to be used (upside down right?) and it all of a sudden tipped over and dumped me out!

Here we are after Mom and Dad got back.  

Grandma and Grandpa Young stopped over for dinner and brought some new chairs for the deck.  I like them because I can climb into them all by myself!

Here's Grandpa and I watching some TV and having a chat about the show...