swim lessons

well, the computer kept shutting off, so here are a few pics, i will try again to upload hte rest, and the super cute videos again tonight. oh and mama gave papa a haircut last night, he said do whatever so she gave him a gotee, you like???

let me in the pool NOW papa!



super intrigued by the big kids

picking out my toy--the funny t hing is, this is my third lesson and all three lessons i have picked the exact same toy--a purple walrus

i almost fell asleep like this

I am lovin my big boy food these days. i am also lovin the swim lessons that mom, dad and i are taking...it is so fun, on monday i am going to learn how to put my head under--and yes, we will take video and post it for everyone to see. my favorite part is to climb and and jump in--of course mom has 2 hands on me at all times, and i cannot really jump, she more like lifts me in, bu ti think it is hilarious. i went to chuckecheese for the first time--with my sitter and 8 other kids--she had the 5 of us she normally has, and then 3 of her neices and nephews from holland were in and none of them spoke english, so i got my first dose of really being immersed in a foriegn language , dutch, and now per mom's request, franny talks to me in dutch most all of the time--but then when she tries to talk to mom, she forgets to switch back to english, so sometimes it is funny. i still love my dogs so much and very clearly say doggy and daisy and jack. gotta run time to go to the baby clothes swap and get me some new stuff...moms friend elizabeth is the best, she has organized it and is hosting it and i am so excited because i get to see my friend tessa....just back from the swap and not only did i get to see tessa, i got to see cassidy and jude and all kinds of other kids, it was awesome, and mom got me some shweet new (gently used) schtuff for free!!! and got to clena out the basement in the process (see you just take anything you no longer need and then put it out and then take whatever you want that is there--all free...it is the best)...hope all is well, love to all...there will probably not be another post before we come home next week, so we are so super excited to see everyone and show off all my new skills and words...be careful, i climb stairs!

my first bike helmet

i got my first bike helmet!!! since i am a big boy and now riding in the big seat of the bike trailer. it has rained a lot here in the last few days, denver got several feet of snow, all we got was rain, so much so that our natural area turned into a lake and the ducks moved in. also hung out with my jerry doll today, and very appropriatly, while wearing my tyedye shirt. love to all

i love to act like a big boy

Things have been going really well for me. I am sleeping through the nite now--7:30-5:30 am or 6am. I was super duper dude when mama went out of town to atlanta last week. she got to meet jacob, josh and molly's little guy and said he is just really cute and sweet...I will get to meet him next year. She got to get outside a little bit, but was mainly held up in meetings....while i was held up at Franny's. Papa had to work a lot, and so i was tere for some long days, and you know what--I did awesome! It is like a second home now...I love the other kids there and am trying all kinds of new things, like french toast! I am still obsessed with the vacuum and the train, and am starting to want more solids and less baby food. I have had a cough now for about 6 weeks, so we are going on monday to have it looked at. I have a runny nose that could win a marathon. but i am in great spirits. I dance all the time and I love music! I have started goin gup the steps but am trying to figure out how to get back down them. I tumbled down a few at the babysitters the other day, and then just laughed, I was not hurt at all...but now mama and papa and franny hav eto be extra careful. Daisy is just the best ever with me. she lets me crawl all over her and poke at her eyes. jack howeve,r is a grumpy ol teenager of a dog and always tries to get away from me and i chase him everywhere...daisy keeps eating my toys though, jck could care less. well, life is good. sorry mama did not tak emore pics this week, she was ot of town, she will take more and post them soon. if you will notice, i have some sweet curls forming around my ears these days....short on top long in the back....my parent's are from kentucky for sure! and please do not make fun of my outfit or my socks, we all know it is easy to laugh at;)

pics for last blog

smile papa

pulling up is my new favorite thing to do

my buddy jay and i--he gave me a LOT of kisses today;)

who's great idea was this to give me a whole roll of paper towels to play with, i got lost in them

i love taking my socks off

chillin with grampc

dancin with gramb

how does the water come out of here

welcome reese jane

i am getting sooo big!

well the trip home ent better than the trip there, thats for sure--we got 2 seats to ourselves and then i tried to get down and crawl on the plane for the 1st hour and a hlaf and then slept the second half--we were so glad to see papa at the airport--it had been way too long. we had such a nice visit, we appreciate all the hospitality and help we got when we were home, it was wonderful. really really wonderful. we go to see all kinds of family too--from both sides, wihch was great--i did not get to see mom's crawford cousin's cause i was in bed, but she got to go out on the town with them, it was great to catch up. i did get to see my mom's cousin kelly and mom and dad, aunt arlene and uncle rob--and i think in my last post i talked about how good it was to see aunt linda and uncle dave and a very pregnant jodi and ryan and jack....well we got to meet baby reese and she was just way too cute for words!!! we also got to see gramb and grampc's good friends roscoe and brenda and they brought me the coolest uk sweatshirt ever--i am gonna wear it every day! they also gave mom and papa some schweet deck plans! well, we have been home a week now, and it has gone too fast. i started at my new babysitter on tuesday, i was only there a few hours and it looked like it was going to be a pretty easy transition, then on wed i was there for the whole day and freaked out--noone could hold me but franny, and any time she put me down i screamed horribly--she was not sure it was gonna work out, but the next day was better and by friday i was a champ, playin gby myself and crawling around like i owned the place--i left there smiling. franny is great so far. we went to my friend aurora's one year birthday party today and it was loads of fun--happy birthday aurora. when we were home we missed a very special birthday, our good friend tessa turned 2--so here is a happy borthday for you too tessa! mama is leaving tues for her first work trip--she will be gone 3 days and 2 nights, and papa is very worried, but knows he will just great. mama is gonna miss me and him terribly. it snowed here a lot last night, but it was a really wet snow, so now it is melting and is very sloppy--yuk! you will see in the pics that i got bath's in the sink and gramb's house, well, mom and dad tried to give me a bath in our sink tonight and i pooped everywhere--no more bath's in the sink after that--ha on them! well, much love to all.....t is not letting me load pics right now, so i am gonna post this and tr to load pics in a few minutes