A dove. God is gracious. Duke
I found a new friend the other day while playing outside! Mom says his name is Jonah, just like me! We like to run fast together but sometimes he disappears on me. Mom and dad have shadow friends too and I like to step on them! Here we are playing and going on a walk together.
When mom or dad asks if I want a peach I run to my mat and say, "peach pit, peach pit". And don't even think about pealing it or cutting it for me. (Once mom tried this and I protested.) I eat the whole thing just like dad!
Now that we have a new house we are getting lots of stuff to go in it. Here Dad and I are putting together an entertainment center. As you can tell, I am doing most of the work! After putting that together I discovered all of the styrofoam and broke it into a million little pieces. Then I told mom there was a "mess" on the floor. We haven't unpacked our vacuum yet so I go around and find the little pieces and say, "eew!" and then throw them away. 
I am 20 months old now! Since mom gets to go to the baby doctor and get weighed, I step on the scale too and I weigh 29 lbs now!
I still love trucks and point them out whenever we go somewhere in the car. I like to say, "whoa, truck!" I can even tell you what color it is! I know white, black, brown, blue, yellow and sometimes red. I like to tell people what color their eyes are too. I know mine, papa's and pa's are blue and mom's, dad's, nana's, and ma's are brown. Oh yeah, I can now say my name too! I say, "Jo Nah" or sometimes "Nah Jo". Mom and dad think it's real cute so they always ask me what my name is now. Mom and dad are painting my room so stay tuned for pictures of that when they're all finished! See you soon! 
Our new house is lots of fun! We don't have much furniture yet so dad and I get to romp around everywhere! Here I am taking a horsey ride and a crab ride! 
Last week I started my first swim class! Nana spied me sticking my face in my bath water and decided it was time to learn how to swim. So Papa bought me a membership and signed me up! I get to go twice a week, once in the morning with mom and then in the afternoon with dad. I am a very serious swimmer. I am learning to "dig" and "kick". I'm much better at the kicking part. At my first lesson we got there early and another class was still going on. When I saw those kids going down the slide I practically pulled mom into the water saying, "me, me!". Then when I got to go on the slide I was straight faced and didn't crack a smile. I'm in class, what can I say? I take my lessons seriously, no goofing around. I only got to go twice but I kept saying, "one more"?
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!
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.
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. 
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.
Wow, I've really grown! Look at the size of that ball now!
Hee hee! Just kidding. 
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. 
