More Summer Fun!

We have been having so much fun this summer and the weather has been close to perfect!

 

Here he is at his first day of swim lessons! He got right in the pool and did great! He wasn't much for the swim teacher taking him away from me, but he has gotten use to her and is doing great! Last week he went under water for the first time and he didn't mind it too much (:

 

My friend Dawn and I took Ford and Brian to this awesome park that has a little steam engine train and the boys loved it! I love this picture because you can see the concern on Ford's face because the train had just blown it's horn, and Brian put his hand on Ford like "it's ok Ford"! Brian is a year older than Ford, but they play so sweet together!

 

 

Fun playdate with two of his favorite girls Annike and Sommer! He calls them "Anka" and "Sushi"!

 

We also had the our triplet buddies over to play too! Hudson, Griffin and Landon just turned one and Ford refers to them as the babies!

 

They loved Coop!

I am 22 months old!

Aaaaand just like that our sweet boy is another month older! I know I am his mom and a wee bit biased, but this little boy is so incredibly special. He charms everyone he meets and wins their heart over! It makes me such a proud mama to hear others speak so highly of my boy. He has such a sweetness about  him that is always noticed by others. When I see him with other kids it melts my heart to see how sweet and gentle he is. He loves kids (especially older girls....yikes :) and there's always a lot giggles and belly laughs! He is such a joy and brings an unbelievable amount of happiness to Erik and me! Here are some facts about Ford at 22 months:

 

 

*He is a HAPPY HAPPY boy! It is so easy to get him to laugh and smile!

*He is so charming and so outgoing! He doesn't know a stranger and loves to smile and say hi to people!

*He is very independent and is great at entertaining himself!

*He is so affectionate and loving especially with me! He loves to kiss me and hug me. He is finally giving closed mouth kisses and he makes a "mmmmmm" noise when he's going for a kiss!

*He is talking a lot and it seems like he learns a new word each day! Most recently it's "A tree", "I try", "again" and "puppy"!

*He loves to watch Cars and loves Lighting McQueen, and his new favorite shirt is pictured below!

*He's always asking where something went by saying "A go mama" or "A go nah (his blankie)"!

*"Nah Nah" and "Ah Ha" his blankie and his little stuffed Curious George are always required!

*He has finally masted jumping, and by mastered he's clearing about 2 inches, and he still calls it "otts"!

*He still has no interest in eating, and I swear if I didn't make him sit in his high chair he wouldn't eat

*I've been teaching him how to sing Happy Birthday, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and You Are My Sunshine. It is so cute to hear him try!

*He is wild wild wild!!! He is always running everywhere and climbing and jumping off of stuff!!! Makes me very nervous! 

 

Here is our sweet boy at 22 months! This picture captures him perfectly! We couldn't love you anymore!

 

This is by far his favorite toy!

 

 

 

Getting a little crazy!!!

 

Love this one! He looks so old!

 

He loves his Lightning McQueen shirt!

 

Reading the original Curious George

 

 

 

I mean seriously!!! He looks like a teen model in this pic!! He's growing up so fast ):

Summer fun!!

We have had amazing weather almost all year, but the past few months have been great!! Ford loves to be outside and loves our new back yard so we have been taking full advantage of the weather and yard! We hooked up an old sprinkler and had so good old fashion back yard fun!!!

 

 

Drinking from a hose and old sprinkler is ok, right?? 

 

Of course Coop had to get in on the action!

 

I love this one!

 

Our neighbors Granddaughter, Cleo, was in town from Portland so we had some fun play dates! She is 2 months older than Ford, and when she left she laid a huge kiss on Ford and he started jumping up and down and yelling with excitement! It was like he had been waiting his whole (22 months) life for  a kiss! It was hilarious, but I am not ready for anymore kisses for my boy!

 

We bought Ford a T-Ball set and he took right to it!!

 

Look at that smile!

 

After using the bat as a horn....

 

and holding it upside down...

 

He got the hang of it and made contact!

 

Such a big boy! Erik and I were so proud of him!!!

 

Such a handsome boy!!

 

 

 

Check out that form!!! I see a future baseball player!!!