22 Months

Wow! Can't believe we are already planning a second birthday party! You are growing so fast! Here's what you are up to these days:

• We had our first "real conversation". It went a little like this. Did you go see Mrs. Norma? "Norma". What did you do at Mrs. Norma's? "Pay". What did you play with? "books".

• You went to see your first rodeo and LOVED it! (see previous post)
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• I went on a girls weekend trip and facetimed you and Da-Da. You started crying saying "Momma-get out!" Sweet baby!

• You can now (with our help) count 0-10 and recognize numbers 0-10.

• You like to come tell me when things "Break" and you want me to "fix" them. You get so excited once they are fixed again!

• We've really been working on Please and Thankyou. You've become really good about saying thankyou. You're so polite you say "thankyou-welcome". HeHe!

• You have started to say "I love you Momma". It just melts my heart! You also tell Da-Da and MiMi that you love them too!

• On a not so polite note, You have began to tell everyone No, No, No. Somedays, every question we ask you is answered with a NO! I keep telling myself this is just a phase..

• Whenever it's time for bed, you need ALL of your animals! You now sleep with at least 2 of your lovies, Mickey Mouse, Elmo, monkey, owl, frog, and pup. It stresses me out!

• We are working on learning your letters, but for now everything is "B,C,B,C".

• We are still taking swimming lessons with your friend Emmie. Hopefully you will be swimming some by this summer!

You enjoyed your Elmo Valentine's card and your "bobot" bag

You are normally very happy, but have your pouty moments!

This is how I find you when the TV is on-especially if it is Mickey, Dora, or Team Umizoomi!

Knocking on some wood before I say this, but you have finally began to eat! Hopefully this will not change! Popcorn has become our new favorite snack!

You still LOVE the park!

Your first trip through the carwash! You were not so sure about it!

Going to leave you with one last sweet face!

Rodeo Time

The Dixie National Rodeo is something that our family has attended every year since I was a little girl. It is something that I have always looked forward to every year and have so many memories there as a child! Now, by no means are we the decked out cowboy/cowgirl rodeo family, but we do enjoy this time of year!

This was Jacob's first rodeo to attend, and he absolutely loved it! We had been telling Jacob we were going to see the horses and cows. He was so excited about seeing them that he would immediately run to get his shoes as if we were going at that moment (we probably shouldn't have mentioned it to him until we got there)! He was in awe of everything there from the moment we walked in the coliseum. That boy loves him some hats, tractors, cows, and horses. So this was just a perfect setting for him.

He was pretty quiet in the beginning, just staring at everything going on. He did, at random times, yell "yee-ha", "hat", and "cow". I honestly did not watch much of the rodeo this year, as I was just enjoying seeing him so excited.

I saw nothing but these blonde curls for most of the show!

Every so often he would turn around to tell us something.

He even cheered a little!

Neighbors, Brennan and Noel enjoyed the rodeo.

Cousin Wes had fun too!

This picture gives me a good laugh everytime that I look at it!

Loretta Lynn really dressed for the occasion! :)

I guess sweet Loretta was just a little too loud for Jacob!

We will hopefully keep enjoying this tradition for many more years!