Farmer's Market

Every Saturday morning Mom, Dad, Nana and I go to the Farmer's Market to pick out fresh produce. This has to be one of my favorite things to do! I love to help Nana put all the food into bags. I keep asking her, "one more? one more?" and she always says yes. So I load the bags up real good! Sometimes I have my own ideas on what to get so I just grab stuff and start carrying it around with me. Mom and Dad have to keep a real close eye on me so I don't accidentally steal stuff.
I really wanted this giant sweet potato!

Today I got real lucky and a kind lady gave me a piece of apple to eat. It was so good I wanted more but it was time to leave....maybe I can get another one next week!
At the end of the market there are pretty flowers to smell. I spied a bug on this one!

Me, me, me!

Just call me Mr. Independent from now on. I can do anything and everything by myself...or at least I think I can! When I wake up in the morning the first thing I do is ask for cheese. I usually get a little bit of cottage cheese with some fruit. Then I say, "cereal, cereal, click, click, click". See, when mom used to give me milk she always made a fun clicking sound when it was time to eat so now when I drink my whole milk from a sippy cup or with my cereal I make that same clicking sound. In the morning I go to the pantry and pull out the cereal I want, then I go to the fridge and find my milk and give it to mom. Then I say, "me, me, me" because I can do it myself! If she tries to help me I just say, "me, me, me" even louder.
When I get to the end of my cereal I can pick the bowl up by myself and drink the milk too.
Then when I'm all done I use my sign language to let everyone know.

Washing the car

I'm still a very good helper around the house. My newest adventure is helping dad wash the car. Ok, so mostly I play in the water but mom did manage to catch a few shots of me actually putting the sponge up to the car. But it was much more fun to dip the sponge and squeeze out all the water onto the pavement.

Sprinkler Action

There's no better way to cool off on a hot summer day than to run in the sprinkler with dad. At first I was a little apprehensive but dad ran through with me a few times and then I couldn't get enough of it! Mom could hear me giggling all the way inside the house so she came out and snapped a few pictures.



After playing all afternoon I got a little thirsty.

19 Months!

Wow, I've really grown! Look at the size of that ball now!
Hee hee! Just kidding.

But I really have grown a lot. The other day when mom went in for her belly check I stepped on the scale and weighed in at 28.5 lbs! My Nana and Papa could tell I had gained some pounds while I was in Washington. It was all of Grandma Carol's good cooking! I'm settling in here again and am down to just one nap a day now. I still sleep 12-13 hours at night.
I love to ride in the car and point out all the trucks that go by. I used to think the car was a 24 hour diner but now I just sit back with my shades on and relax. Each time I see a truck I say "one more" because I want to see more and more. Fire trucks are especially fun to see. Once I saw one and asked for one more but mom and dad said that would be the only one...well, wouldn't you know it, another passed by! So I asked for one more and a few minutes down the road we saw one more!
Mom, dad and I have been quite busy lately looking at tons of houses. I think we should just live with Nana, Papa and kitty but my parents think we need our own place. Dada starts school on Monday so it'll just be me and Mama but I'm sure we'll keep ourselves busy. I like to help unload the dishwasher and I still help out with the laundry occasionally.
Well, thanks for checking in! See you next time!

Eat Kitty, Eat!

I love it when Nana feeds the kitty. Sometimes I help her but my favorite thing to do is to go get the kitty and tell her to "eat, eat". Sometimes she will just let her food sit there. Hello! Even I know what to do when food is put on my plate! Here I am trying to show her what to do.