21 Months old. Potty training in full swing

21 Month Update

I weigh 25 pounds

My favorite thing to eat is Boston soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. And of course I still love any kind of meat and fruit. My favorite snack is raisins and cheerios.

I love going to the potty in my potty chair. I'm not consistent yet but I have gone about 10 times. I yell "pee"! and then run to the potty chair and go.

Earlier this month I learned how to climb out of the pack n play while at papa choo choo's. made for some sleepless nights. I can also climb out of the crib but I know better now and don't do it anymore.

I am talking really well and can say just about anything. I am also getting really good at putting 2-3 words together to form a sentence. Some of mommy's favorites are 'wuv you' (love you), "I help", "big push" (give me a big push while swinging), "bear poop", and "there ya go"!

I can to count to two.

I love to shout "amen!" after every prayer.

I am super into trains

I want to be outside all day, every day. When I first wake up in the morning I point to the door and ask, "walk"

I think its funny to take off my diaper during nap time.

I like to point out airplanes in the sky and am very excited to get on one this week for our trip to Disney world!

 Me sporting my camo jammies and new hair cut. My hair grows so fast though, I already need another one.

 Daddy turned the big 30 this year! Mom wanted to throw a party but Dad only wanted to relax and watch basketball and eat taco bell.

 We love you Dad!

 Riding Tonka at Papa moo moo's.

We made it up to Shelberia for baby Spencer's blessing. I had fun playing with my cousins.

I am a sweetheart!

 

 I got into mom's lipstick :)

 We had a visit from Jake and Rach and crew. We threw lots of rocks into the lake.

 Me after going potty for the first time!

Mom and Dad celebrated their 6th wedding anniversary. They are still the biggest nerds on the block but they sure love eachother!

 Me pretending to be a pelican at the migratory bird celebration at the lake.

 I quite liked the goose. "Hi goose! Honk, honk!"

 I like to push my cars up and down the driveway

 It was warm enough to pull out the pool for a few days.

 We went 4 wheeling with Papa moo moo and Great grandpa and grandma H. I sat down in a gopher hole and ate my lunch.

 I was Papa's shadow while looking for arrowheads.

We couldn't quite make it through the snow drift. Mom and dad tried cutting through a spot that wasn't as deep but they got stuck and had to use the wench.

 Getting in some snuggle time with great grandma

 While we were 4 wheeling some crazy person started 5 different wildfires. We watched a helicopter take off 50 yards away from us to haul water to the fires.

 This is where one of the small fires was. We had rode here just a couple hours earlier.

 We saw lots of mountain goats climbing the cliffs. If you look closely you can see 3 white specks in the center of this picture.

 This is the fire that was started very near our parked vehicles.

 Me squishing "jak"

There were 4 little monkeys in the tub.

 Aunt Rachel and mom scored some huge finds at the community yard sale. They filled up the whole truck. Mom found me this work bench that I play with all of the time!

This was the only Mother's Day picture that was taken. I didn't want to cooperate for any pictures that day.

 Here I am throwing a tantrum because I wanted to hold the camera. Its a good shot of all of my new top teeth.

 Its been raining a lot lately so for fun one day we went to the indoor carousel

I like to help daddy mow all of the weeds by riding in the hiking back pack

20 Months

20 Months Old!

It was a busy month for us.
First we started off with Easter. Duke and Natalie came and spent some time with us a couple days before Easter. We can't wait for their wedding in June!

 I loved reading books with Natalie. I couldn't quite say her name and I called her Na-ne once or twice.

 Me and and Uncle Duke showing off our muscles by doing pushups.

 We took them to Canyon ferry and played in the sand and threw rocks.

 Checking out the large split boulder...

Easter was spent in Shelberia. We dyed eggs with shaving foam and old silk ties.

 I loved feeling the shaving foam inbetween my fingers and it looked yummy enough to eat.

 I was really great at finding the Easter eggs.  I even found some the older boys had missed. I ran around holding up my pointer finger (which means: one more). I was so happy and excited.

Mom was sad to discover her videos she thought she recorded did not turn out. She also forgot to take a picture of me Easter morning in my church clothes.

 Look at all of the eggs I found! And the best part was discovering the candy inside the eggs!

 Me and my buddy Daisy.

 Trying on different clothes...

 I love to help in the kitchen. I will push a chair up to the counter and help Mom with whatever she is making. Sometimes I eat a lot before she can get it in the oven.

 I am quite the book worm. Its the first thing I want to do when I wake up and I won't go to bed without reading. On average I get to read 30-40 books a day. Mommy doesn't mind though because its the only time during the day that I sit still. The library is one my favorite places to visit too.

 Chocolate donut anyone? You can't have the frosting though, because its all on my face.

Dad and his brothers and some friends went on their annual mountain biking trip. Mom and I hung out in "Poc-ee" with the sis-in-laws for a couple of days. Then one evening we loaded up Angie's van and took an impromptu trip to SLC for a day of shopping and temple square strolling.

 This pic is hard to see because the lens on the camera fogged up. Cousin Luke was my best buddy, even though I called him "duke" instead of Luke.

Jackie even made it up to do a little shopping. We found dresses for the wedding. Always fun to do a little sisterly bonding.

 Me standing next to the SLC temple. I LOVED running free around temple square. Mom had a really hard time keeping up, and forget about taking a decent picture. I was on the MOVE.

 It was a good thing Mom didn't dress me up in my nice clothes because I just got wet and muddy from splashing in all of the puddles. And we got even more wet on our walk back to the condo when a cloud burst caught us by surprise.

I was way to rowdy to spend much time in the visitors center. But Mom managed to take a quick snapshot .

 We decided the best way to burn the rest of my energy was to climb up the steps of the conference center.

 Just about to the top I got thirsty and got down on all fours and drank water from a puddle when Mom wasn't looking. Hey, why not? Ew.

 Eating a quick snack while Mom got to go to the Spoken Word. Thanks for watching me Aunt Melissa!

 

We were kind of towards the back but the choir still sounded fantastic. President Monson and Elder Scott were even in attendance. They sang one of Jared's favorite songs "Consider the Lillies".

 

 me and the girls :)

 Only picture I got with cousin Elle and the biking warriors.

I insisted on holding a whole sub to eat on the trip home.

 

One new accomplishment this month is being able to say "me" when I look at a picture of myself. I can also say "mine" and get a little possessive if another kid is trying to play with my toys.

Mom and I fought off a bad cold that took about two weeks to get over. I had a double ear infection and Mom and I both got pink eye. Mine was so bad I woke up with my eye glued shut from the nasty boogers. Antibiotics are such a blessing! After one dose we were both feeling a little better.

Here's a video of Brig and Duke doing pushups.