(Beck being an airplane in the pumpkin patch aisle! :) )
A couple weeks ago, my friend Kristen and I went to this fun little pumpkin patch with our boys and had so much fun! Here are a few pics, and a link to see all of them on Facebook (you don't have to have an account).
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2195477&id=193302310&l=e1e2e08d17
(my links will never post as actual hyperlinks on Blogger, sorry!)
I have half an hour before Beck wakes up from his nap, and although there are a bunch of other things to do, I'm sucking it up and making a post finally! We love our little Beckster so dang much. He is learning and growing soooo quickly. Lately I've felt guilty when I haven't made record of every single word he's learned along with the exact day he learned it, or keeping track of every funny little thing he's doing. But I have finally come to the realization that at the rate they are learning at this age, that that is almost impossible. And although I do need to get somewhat decent about keeping current on pictures and such, that just as importantly I need to just enjoy this fun (and challenging!) time! But here is a few months' catch-up on what he's been up to, along with some pictures I took of him a month or so ago.
1 1/2 years!
He turned the big 18 months at the end of July (can you believe it?!). He loved Nursery at church the first few weeks, then hated it the next two weeks, and is now tolerating it. Funny how these little people's emotions work. :) He loves playing with toys and other kids and such, but is quite the attached child at the moment! It also doesn't help that our church is from 1:30-4:30, either. :(
Toddler Lab
He also started Toddler Lab last week, and he absolutely loves it!!! It's for 2 1/2 hours (1 1/4 hours twice a week), which is a perfect amount of time for both of us to get a break from one another. ;) His teachers and the activities they have for the kids are so great. The only thing Beck struggles with is story time. He loves books, but hasn't learned the whole sitting-on-the-floor-and-listening-quietly part of it. Out of the 12 kids in there, Beck is one of two who are under 2 1/2. Since he's big for his age, he fits right in, but probably seems seems under-disciplined. ;) They have a little booth you can watch them from (with one-way windows), and it is so fun to just observe him and how he interacts. Like the first day, he spent like five minutes at the drinking fountain--he was so excited he could actually reach one on his own!
Talking-machine
This kid of ours may not be a great eater or sleeper (although he is getting better at both), but at least he can talk. So I remember (since we counted for our blog post) that he knew 25 words by the time he was 15 1/2 months. And since then, he's just been learning and learning. But I had a friend ask me a few weeks ago how many words he knows now, and I didn't know, so we counted--like 125. He learns new words every day. Want to know his newest word? Butt! We have Lindsay to thank for that one. ;) But he also says "Jesus," "temple," "church," and "amen." So it all evens out, right? :)
Some of his other newer words over the past few months: tickle, garage, Nursery, cloud, piano, burrito, work, elbow, office (as in "The Office"), helicopter, bug, ant, and a bunch of others I'm totally forgetting.
What he's like
Good helper--loves helping put things away
Obedient--even when he steals my phone, he'll give it back when I ask him to (although we're still working on the whole no-hitting and no-throwing thing...)
Sweet--he loves to cuddle (and even asks to--cutest thing ever!) and give kisses and hugs
Crazy--he is so much fun and has so much personality, which also translates into craziness sometimes (like instead of just playing with someone, he'll try to wrestle with them! working on that, too...)
Funny--he does such funny little things, like stacking grapes on top of pizza, or sitting on top of his stuffed dog while watching a movie--where do they come up with these quirky little ideas? :)
His latest developments
18-month stats: 27 pounds (64%), 33 inches (72%) and 19.8-inch head circ. (96%--not 99% anymore!;) )
Climbing--he even insists on climbing up our high dinner chairs onto his booster seat by himself. Thank goodness he's not a jumper-offer yet.
Tickles--he has now started to "tickle" us, I will have to record it sometime. He moves his little fingers and makes this little noise, it is so hilarious.
Teeth--besides like two or so sets of molars, all of his teeth have cut through! Including his four canines that all finally cut through within a week or two of each other. Glad teething will be almost over with for the next little bit!
Undesirable behavior--he's not perfect, don't worry! He throws his fair share of tantrums, and also is too aggressive sometimes; not in a mean way, thankfully, but he's just a very rough-play little dude. So we have a long way to go on that!
What he's obsessed with lately:
Planes
Tractors
Cars
Trucks
"Pups"
Kitties
Stars/moon
Himself
Elmo
Spongebob (whom he calls "Bunky" every time for some reason)
Skyping with his grandparents on the computer--we can't pull out the laptop without him coming over shouting, "Papaw?"
Doorbell and any other type of button
Peaches
Apples
Water
Everything new and exciting (which go hand in hand for him)
Love him!
I can't believe I forgot to post this on here! We bought a gorgeous piano like two months ago, and I am so in love with it. We got it for about half-off, which was way good. It was still a little chunk of money, but we think it's worth it! ;) I need to take some official pictures of it, but here's this one to give you a glimpse!
Hey! I'm having a garage sale with my friend over at her house tomorrow (Saturday) from 8-noon--so if you're in Rexburg, you should come! :) She lives just east of Arctic Circle, so just watch for the signs. There will be lots of kids' stuff (clothes, shoes, books, toys, etc.) as well as a lot of household stuff (shelves, curtains, miscellaneous) and other random stuff! Hopefully we'll see you there! :)
WHAT A GAME TONIGHT! I think this is the first time I have ever used caps on my blog--that's how amazing this game was! If you missed it, I am so sad for you. It was freaking awesome! Broncos were crazy-good at the very beginning, dominating 17-0 at the end of the first quarter. Then they totally sucked it up for most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters, and actually most of the 4th. But they held on. And with two minutes left, Virginia Tech was ahead 30-26.
BUT amazing Boise State pushed them off and managed a victorious touchdown! WHOOOOO!!!!! This was probably the most intense BSU game since the Fiesta Bowl; I was yelling and hollering and going crazy pretty much the entire time. Beck didn't know what to do; it freaked him out the first couple of times, and then his look changed from scared to concerned about his mother's well-being kind of look. Haha. What a fun night!
So proud to have been born and raised in Boise! My family has been Broncos fans ever since I can remember, and games like tonight show why!
One of my hidden talents (maybe my only one!) is that I'm a pretty decent typer! I guess I just must have naturally inherited it from my mom or something, because in 6th grade I typed 93 words per minute and got in trouble by my teacher because he thought I somehow cheated. I took a test in front of him to sort things out. Ha. With how fast I type, you'd think I would be a better blogger! ;)
125 words
Wahoo, all this talk of Christmas and snow in August makes me somewhat excited for fall and winter coming up!
So, back on New Year's Day of this year, there was an amazing snowfall! And to make it even more amazing, like no one in the world was in town because it was still Christmas break and all the students were gone. So, one of my bestest friends, Lindsay, had the wonderful idea to make a snowman in the parking lot of her complex! It was the ideal snowman-making environment: a thick, fresh blanket of snow in an empty parking lot. And our apartment was like around the corner from hers, so I drove on over (I can't really remember why I even drove...) and we got to work! Here is our snowman's amazing journey...
Oh, and p.s., this was at like midnight or something crazy, so it made it that much more fun. :)
Very excited!
Lindsay blessing the snowman parts or something... :)
Our snow fossil!!!!
Our finished little snowman!
Nice profile shot. ;)
He looks so peaceful and happy... until...
The freaking snow-plow man ran over and destroyed him!!! Even though he was right up against the light post (on purpose!) and wasn't in anybody's way. A life cut short! *sigh* But we had so much fun! It was still totally worth it, even if just for the few hours he did exist. :)
It's Christmas in August, haha. I'm continuing my extreme blog catch-up! Christmas was awesome. We had kind of three celebrations. First we had our own little Christmas here with just us, which was cute and fun. Beck loved the Christmas tree and the presents, and all the attention. :) And Adam did a great job and got me a Willowtree figure and a cute diaper bag and purse.
Then we headed to Boise for a week. We stayed in a hotel and did some major vegging and relaxing--it was wonderful! We also had fun shopping, bargaining with a little 10-year-old girl to go in on a purchase with me to get Beck a stuffed Nemo (it ended up being a hilarious story, and kind of pathetic in the end, but a much better deal for both of us!), getting Beck's picture taken with Santa (of whom he was a huge fan, just look at that pic!) and hanging out with family and friends. Beck got a sweet wooden airplane and a personalized rocking chair from his grandparents.
We were also lucky enough to have Adam's dad, Josh, Grandma Billie and Aunt Rebecca come visit us in Rexburg! We usually all meet up in Utah, so it was fun to have them come visit our neck of the woods. :) We had a really good time together, and Beck got a sweet little plastic wagon thingy from his grandpa he immediately fell in love with (and is still a huge fan of).
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