I am 14 months!

Our sweet baby is really turning into a little boy way too fast! He brings us so much happiness and so much laughter!!! Ford is such a funny kid that Erik and I always say we can't wait until he starts talking because he is going to be hilarious! Here are some facts about Ford at 14 months!

* He is still not walking on his own, but if Erik and I make him walk he will take a few steps ( and when I say "make" him walk I really mean it because it usually ends in tears or a tantrum!)

*He will walk if he's pushing his bike or firetruck, and sometimes his highchair!

*He is into EVERYTHING!! He as figured out how to open cabinets and drawers and then precedes to pull everything out as fast as he can!!

*He is very tall!! When we go to the park he's as tall as the two year olds!

*He is such a happy, funny and silly boy! He loves to smile and loves to laugh!

*He is super friendly and loves people!

*He loves to wave to people and give out big smiles!

*He loves music and loves to dance!

*He loves Cooper and loves to get on his bed with him! When he says his name it sounds like "Goopy"

*He loves to go to the beach and roll around in the sand. Cooper loves to dig holes at the beach and Ford loves to crawl into them!

*He loves to look at books and for me to read him books!

*His favorite toys are trucks and balls! He even makes truck noises! Such a boy!

*He loves the park especially the swings, and he yells "wheeee!"

*He is obsessed with pushing buttons, light switches, and pulling up our shirts and sticking his finger in our belly buttons!

*He is always talking somethings we understand, but most of it is his own language!

*He likes to say "whoa whoa whoa!"

*He signs "more", "all done", "eat/hungry", "water/ thirsty", and "help".

*He loves girls (especially pretty girls), and loves to smile at them and wave at them! Already a flirt!

*He's a mama's boy, but loves his daddy!

*He loves to give wet open mouthed kisses, and when you ask for a hug he lays his head on your shoulder....he melts his mama's heart!

*He is very strong willed and lets you know when he's not happy about whats going on (see pics below!!)

*He thinks he can do a somersault! He gets up on all fours and tucks his head down. Erik and I cheer and clap for him and he is so proud of himself! I will post some video of it soon it's hilarious!

*He has become a very picky eater and will only eat yogurt, cheese, fruit and sometimes he will eat crackers.

*I let him have an Oreo cookie the other day and I have now created a cookie monster!!! He points to the pantry and signs "more" which means give me some cookies! Erik and I have to spell out cookies because if he hears it he goes crazy!

Here is our little boy at 14 months! We love you Ford until our hearts hurt!

This smile already gets him out of a lot of trouble!

He is getting so tall! Look at those long legs!

I love this one! This totally captures his personality!

How quickly things can change when he's done taking pictures!

Oh the drama!!!!

The throwing the head backward is new!!! Where do they learn this stuff!

Getting close!!!

Ford hasn't decided yet that he's ready to walk, but he's getting very close! I think he could do it if he wanted to, but true to his personality he wants to do it on his own time! So we will wait with the camera ready to capture the moment! Here he is cruising along with his bike doubling as a walker!

*Please excuse our disaster of a yard captured in this video :)

Tahoe with the Piini's

We spent last weekend at the cabin with the Piini's and had so much fun!!! We went swimming, rode the waverunner on the lake, and did lots of hanging out at the cabin! We had great weather and the kids had a blast! Although the pictures don't show it Greg and I were on the trip too!!!

Ford is a very cautious little boy and was not really into swimming on this trip, but he did borrow Jameson's floaty and took it for a spin!

Erik took Ford out on the waverunner for the first time on this trip too! I was a bit nervous, but to my surprise he loved it!

....and they're off!

Hanging out at the beach!

 Jameson was a total water baby and thought that he could swim!!

Sweet Aimee

Almost everyone enjoyed the pool on this day :)

Our attempt to "cage" the children!

It's the simple things!

We buy our kids all these toys that light up and make sounds, but sometimes a dripping hose or an empty box make the best toys!!!

Hmmm, I'm a little thirsty now that I think about it!

This might just be my favorite picture I've ever taken of him!!!

 Thirsty....again!

I am 13 months old!

I couldn't decide if I wanted to keep taking his monthly pictures after he turned one, but I just love looking back and seeing how much he's grown, so I'm going to keep going!!! Ford is just such an unbelievably happy little boy, and we are having so much fun being his mom and dad!!! He is full of personality, very silly, very vocal, very sweet and loving, and very strong willed!!!! Here are some facts about Ford at 13 months!

*He is feeding himself now and still loves to eat!! Fruit is by far his favorite (especially watermelon), but he really likes cheese and yogurt. Meat and vegetables are a little bit more challenging to get him to eat, but he does like green beans!

*He is obsessed with Yogurt Melts!! I have to hid them from him because he will go crazy if he sees them!

*He is only taking one nap a day now and going to sleep all by himself! He did way better transitioning from me rocking him to sleep than I expected!!! I was very proud of him:)

*He is drinking cows milk now, and still using a bottle (I'm not sure either one of us ready to get rid of the bottle:)

*He has 7 teeth, and the 8th is breaking through!

*He is very strong willed and lets you know how he feels about everything!

*He loves to look at books, and for me to read him books!

*He loves music and has some pretty sweet dance moves!

*He loves balls and can already throw them to you!

*He loves to be outside. Riding in the Bob, going to the park or beach or just hanging out in the back yard!

*He isn't walking yet, but he pulls up and walks around holding onto things!

*He is very silly and loves to smile and giggle!

*He loves him Mama and Dada and loves to give us kisses!

*He will come up to me and lay his head on me and give me a huge smile! I could just melt!!

*He knows what a doggie says, a monkey, a bee, a lion and a monster (he came up with that noise himself:)

*He knows where his eyes are, where his hair is, his nose and his belly button. When you ask him where his nose is he sticks his finger up his nose!

*He loves to watch Curious George on PBS!

Here is our sweet boy at 13 months!!! We love you so much Ford we feel like our hearts could explode!!!!!

I was telling him to "love lambie" in this picture!

LOVE those dimples!

So Happy:)

Look at those lashes!!!

Some of Ford's favorites!

Ford LOVES books!!! He likes to pull each one out and look at every page! I am always so amazed that he always turns the book around if it's upside down. I have no idea how he knows, but he almost never gets it wrong! I just love to sit back and just watch his little wheels turning as he looks through his books!!

He sometimes sits for 10-15 minutes just pulling out each book and turning the pages taking it all in!

Another one of his favorites is his fire truck! He hasn't learned how to move it himself, so Erik and I sit at either end of his room and push him back and forth. These pictures capture it perfectly!!!

Snacks, snacks and more snacks!!! Ford loves his snacks!!! Yogurt melts are by far his favorite, but he also likes puffs, Cheerios and baby Goldfish!  He has learned how to use his snack trap, and it provides a lot of entertainment for him. This has been great for me too because it makes everything we do much easier with a lot less whining! It's a win win for both of us!

He still loves to take baths!!!

He has a big tub to play in too!!!