Friday, May 3, 2013

I am 21 Months Old!

Our sweet, silly, wild little man is 21 months old!! I say it every month, but it just keeps getting more and more fun! He is sooooo out going and soooo funny! He keeps his Dada and me always laughing! While he is loud and wild, he has such a sweet lovable side too that just melts my heart! Here are some facts about Ford at 21 months:


*He is almost always happy and smiling! He is full of giggles and belly laughs! He loves to make us laugh too! He is rarely serious and always silly!!
*He is such a loving little boy and loves to kiss and hug me! He will run across the room yelling "Mama" and grab my face and lay a huge kiss on me!
*He is a Mama's boy and thinks I am very funny (see pics below :)
*When he sees my camera he say "tease" instead of cheese!
*He pretty much always has a least one skinned knee, and loves to show us his "boo boo's"!
*He is ALWAYS talking talking talking!!! His words have taken off in the last few weeks, but a lot of the time he is speaking his own little language!
*The one word he refuses to say is Ford! If you ask him to say it he just stares at you and if you show a picture of him and ask who that is he just points to himself!
*The one word he loves to say even if he means yes is NO!!!
*He is very animated when he talks too!
*He says "uh-oh" all the time and sometimes he says "uh-oh dee"!
*He's kind of obsessed with bugs or what he thinks are bugs! Anything he finds on the floor is a "buck" and he has to bring it to me!
*After his bath he runs around like a wild indian naked and yells "fawhy fawhy" (Fly) so Erik will throw him in the air or on the couch!
*He is super active running everywhere he goes! He is super fast and runs on his tippy toes! We call him "tippy"!!!
*He is very outgoing and loves to say "hi" to everyone!! He's very charming and already flirts with girls!!
*He loves firetrucks (really any kind of truck, car, bus, train or bike) especially the one in his pictures! He loves to make siren noises too!
*He has recently become very attached to his little Curious George stuffed monkey and has to have it and his blankie that he calls his "nah nah" (aka night night) when he goes to sleep!
*He got all four of his K9's this month which was not fun for anyone, but at least we are done with teething!!!
*He discovered that he loves ice cream!!!
*He LOVES Lighting McQueen and the movie Cars!!!
*Curious George is still his favorite thing to watch on the iPad.
*He still loves books and loves for me to read to him! We read books every night before bed!
*He just recently got into Thomas the Train!
*He is very imaginative and always talking to his toys and making stuff up! He likes to say "Go go buzza buzza buzza" and when he says the "buzza" part he does his arms like chicken wings! Then he screams "Mama" and wants me to do it and then "Dada" and wants Erik to do it!
*He loves to pretend that he's talking on the phone with lots of facial expressions and hand gesters!
*He still hardly eats anything and after having about 4 bites of food he starts yelling "da da da" which means he wants a cookie! I have no idea???? He will do anything to get out of eating!
*He pretty much only eats grapes, watermelon and crackers consistently! Other fruits, meat and vegetables are hit or miss! I try every night to put something new on his high chair usually without success!
*He is trying so hard to learn how to jump! When he tries he yells out "otts"! We have no idea where he comes up with this stuff!
*He's really into saying bye bye to people and things, but instead of saying bye bye mama or dada, he says "ma ma  mama" and "da da dada" or " we we wewe" with the right inflection!!!
*He loves little kids and calls them "bay bee's"
*He is very independent and is great at entertaining himself!
*he has started to tell us when he goes "poo poo" which a step in the right direction for potty training!


Here is our super silly and full of giggles little boy! You have shown us a love unlike anything we have ever know!

Oh this smile.......How I could I ever ger mad him!



I was extra funny this day!





His beloved firetruck!!!

I love that when he laughs really hard he gets tears in his eyes!!


True Happiness (:

Beach fun with friends!

 
We spent a beautiful afternoon at the beach with some of our favorite friends The Jackson's! Ford LOVES Ella and Brian, and to make it even better I love hanging out with their Mama!! Dawn has become my running buddy (even though she's a way better runner than me), and the kids love to hang out at the beach afterwards!
 
When I look at this picture I can't even believe what a little man he has become!

Always silly!


 
and sometimes serious!

 
Ford loves Ella and she always takes good care of him!
 
Brian is all boy just like Ford always is sweet to Ford!
 
I pretty sure seconds after this picture Ford totally ate it and took a wave to the face! Surprisingly he didn't cry and went right back out!!!
 
She is such a cutie!
 
It's hard to believe, but Brian is over a year older than Ford! Ford is a tall kid!
 
These two had a blast together!
 
Brian and his "boat!"

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Fun in the Sun!

We have had a beautiful April and yesterday might have been the nicest day yet! We headed to the beach and of course Ford had a blast! This little boy LOVES going to the beach! He is all smiles the whole time we are there!
 



 
Practicing his surfing stance!
 
Mom! Check out these awesome rocks I found!

 
He's "mooooooing" like a cow here! This kid keeps us laughing!

 
One of my favorites!



 
Love this one!

 
Someone else loves the beach too (:

Monday, April 15, 2013

Super Coop!!!

I am guilty these days of not giving Cooper much attention, and then he does something to make me remember that he was really my first baby! I was doing some yard work the other day and sat down in the shade to take a break, and Coop came over and got in my lap (all 80 lbs.)!! He was so happy that I was actually paying attention to him that he wouldn't let me get up. He is such a sensitive dog and truly loves Erik, Ford and me unconditionally. He is loyal and best of all he loves Ford! He is part of our family and we love him so much that he deserves a post dedicated to him!
 
Here's a much younger Coop (and me) on our way home from picking him out!

 
He cried all night the first night!
 
After a few days he warmed up and became crazy!
 
First trip to the beach! He didn't quite know what to do!
 
I guess you could say I babied him just a bit (:
 




 
This has always been my favorite pic of Coop! This is at the top of a hike in Big Sur!
 
And then came the baby! He loved Ford from the very beginning!
 
A face realizing he's not the baby anymore!





 Caught mid yawn!
 

 These two are best buddies! Ford loves his doggie so much!




 
Family of four!