Month 22

Another great month down and some how only two months away from my "baby" turning 2!!!  I'll try not to focus on that though, and focus on all of the fun that we had this past month!  We had a lot of visitors the first half of the month, with both set of grandparents coming to visit, and spent the rest of the month attempting to do "fall" things with the summer weather that is still hanging around!!  We took Jude to his first high school football game and he was a FAN!!  From the actual football game, music playing from the speakers, and the bands playing he was well entertained!  We also visited our first pumpkin patch of the year (now he is obsessed with pointing out ALL pumpkins he sees) and went to visit the firemen (wooh-wooh).  We also started his weekly music class which he absolutely LOVES!!  He now wakes up and often asks "moosic cas"???  His favorite songs are the "active" songs or playing the instruments.  He also highly enjoys when the parachute gets to come out; so far he is one of the only ones that is brave enough to go under it and thinks its hilarious! He did get asked though to leave the circle a few classes ago because he couldn't keep from throwing the bells (I honestly had a hard time not laughing about this).  Also, although baseball and basketball rank as his favorites, his newest favorite sports to play are soccer and tennis!  This kid could honestly play one of these sports all day long, he never gets tired of them!  He can also sing most of the A,B,C song with some help (although sometimes he can get pretty "creative") and can count to 10 with some help.  He still tends to count everything as 1, 2, 3 but every now and then he'll show he really knows them all!!  Little stinker!  Last month everything was the color "bue" (blue), but now this month everything is "red".  He definitely also knows yellow, white, black, green, and purple.  His favorite letter is still "B" and can pick it out anywhere, but is also good with "A" and "S".  It is so fun getting to watch this little guy learn and grow.  It just amazes us daily how much he absorbs and learns without us even teaching him.  He is a little sponge just trying to figure this whole big world out!!

First, Grancy came to visit (Pops came a few days later)

We took her to play at open gym

And to get his first milkshake (which he had the death-grip on!!)

Then to the park to play with Mia & Tripp

He thought he was so big

He was obsessed with Grancy's watch all week, so she finally got him his own watch!

Last, we went to the Perot Museum

Jude and daddy racing a cheetah 

(I'm pretty sure the Cheetah is already done here!! ha!)

Checking out the dinosaurs 

The next weekend Mo and Ba-Paw came to visit (with some treats!!)

Helping daddy & Ba-Paw build a shed

Dancing to the Beatles with Mo

Jamming with his guitar (g-tar)

Watching daddy & Ba-Paw cut the wood - its loud!!

Playing with his bud Ethan - high five

Enjoying some finger painting 

(he still prefers to use the sponges)

Our first pumpkin patch of the season

(now if we can just keep him from throwing all of the pumpkins)

Stomping in the puddles after the rain.  

I also taught him how to float leaf boats!

Flower Mound High football game

Visiting the fire station

Putting out the fire! 

Early morning Saturday mow session with Ethan (just like their daddy's)

Taking some batting practice in his PJs

(Bad news for mommy, Jude found daddy's real bat 

and insists doing this the "real" way! Watch out!!)

Yes, its still hot!!

Snuggles with daddy after nap time

Stats:

-His favorite foods right now are hot dogs (aka: healthier turkey dogs), sweet potatoes fries, mac-n-cheese, grapes, and yogurt. 

-Baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis all the time!!

-Loves to read books, although he tends to be a very "active" reader! His favorite books right now are "5 Little Monkey's", his "Me" book, and his "star" book. 

-He loves to skip, jump, gall-up, march, stomp, etc. Especially in the hallway upstairs because it makes more noise!

-He enjoys doing "art projects" with finger paint, water colors, crayons, and play dough.  He also loves to get his hands on a forbidden pen!!!

-He loves to entertain and be the center of attention, he'll say "I munny" (I funny)!

-He has started saying "I no wan it" (I don't want it) or "nope" when he doesn't want something.  One is polite, one is not!

-Loves getting under the covers in mommy & daddy's bed.  He has to get settled in them in-between each book at night and before prayers (again, "active reader").  

-When he wants something or is ready to do something, he has started to yell milk-TIME, swing-TIME, muffin-TIME, etc.  Cracks me up!  

-Has been for a very long time, and is still, obsessed with mommy's necklaces, bracelets, and watches.  I'm pretty sure I've already lost several!

-He still has 6 front teeth on top, 2 top molars, 6 front teeth on the bottom, and 3 bottom molars.  Although, it is evident he is currently working on some more back molars.  

-Wears size 4 diapers

-Wears mostly 18 month pants and 18-24 month tops.  Size 5 or 6 shoes. 

-Takes 2 naps most days, or one nap and one "rest" period in the afternoon.