18 months...

a year and a half....

Wow, how time flies. This boy is full of personality and life! He is constantly making us laugh and wonder what in the world did we do to get so lucky!


well, hello mr. brown bear...long time no see...

He *loves* balls. Everything is 'ba-ba'...baseball, football, basketball.


He knows how to put on a show for everyone too! Here he is 'jumping'! He jumps like his momma....so high the camera can't even get all that air! :)
He is finally getting used to Daycare. Daddy is taking him, so he does much better. He likes playing and as far as I know, he eats and sleeps good there.

He is trying to repeat everything we say, but 'daddy' is the all time favorite!

His 18 month check up was today. He weighs in at 24 pounds and is 33 inches in height. She said he looks like a healthy, growing boy! We are blessed!!

first day of school...

guy friends

I'm just remembering that I haven't told you about Michael's fun couple of days last week. It started off on Monday, August 2nd. One of my dear friends (and little DZ sister) came to see us and to swim with Michael. She has two little boys, Rett & Colt. They are precious!! They just recently moved closer to us, so we are way excited to get together more often. They got here about 10:30 that morning, played a little bit here, then we went to Grandma & Granddaddy's pool. They all enjoyed swimming and Rebecca & I enjoyed catching up. By the time we got around to taking a picture of just the boys, they were all so tired and ready for their naps! I can't wait to get together with them again and let them all play some more!



The next day, Wednesday, August 3rd, Michael & I headed to Lubbock to meet up with my college roommate, Amanda. She also has two little boys, Reese & Cooper. We met them at Chucky Cheese's. It was Michael's first time there. There really isn't a lot for him to do there, but he enjoyed trying to throw the footballs and basketballs! (of course!) We didn't get a group picture of them, but I did get a few of Michael with my phone. It was great to see them again...these boys grow up too fast! :)

first day of 'school'

We were so blessed to have Anna last year keep Michael. He loved her and she loved him. Anna had some family things come up and we decided that Michael needed to be around other kids too. So, he had his first day of 'school' today. I don't have to go back to school full time until Monday, but I thought he better have a little bit to get used to it before it's a full time thing. So today, he did a 1/2 day and tomorrow he will do a full day.

It's so hard to explain how I feel about it. I want him to be around other kids. I want him to experience things that he wouldn't get being the only kid. I want him to learn things that I can't teach him. But....

I hate it. I hate that he has to go to daycare. I hate that I can't be with him. I hate that he won't get to eat my meals. I hate that he won't get to take a nap in his own bed. I hate that he won't get a good nap. I hate that he will probably get sick for the first time soon. I hate that I have to wake him up in the mornings. I hate that I don't know the teachers. I hate that I don't know if they are sweet to him. I hate that he will be around kids that I don't know. I hate trying to be positive and not tear up in front of him. I hate that when I picked him up today, he was crying and looked like he had been crying.

I'm sick of everyone saying "it'll be fine...he'll be fine." "Quit worrying about it." That's the most stupid thing someone can say to a mother.

He'll be fine.

non-stop...

If you know Michael's daddy, this will come as no surprise to you. This boy TALKS!!! Holy moly....he babbles all day long! And I love it. No, I cannot understand most words he is saying, but we carry on conversations like crazy!

Some words that I can understand:

'dada' is his favorite word of all time!
'momma'
'faffles' - waffles
'whoa' - kinda like uh oh
'bye bye'
'sigh' - outside
'ish' - fish
'pah pah' - puppy
'tru' - truck
'biss' - bicycle or motorcycle
'juice' - Juice
'maw maw' - Grandma
'nana' - banana and also Anna
'wa wa' - water
'haaa' - hot
'haaat' - hat (yes, he's Texan)
'ba ba' - baseball
'choo choo' - usually to watch Chuggington on TV, but even when he sees trains
'tick tick' - tickle tickle

I'm sure that once these all get put into sentences, it'll be even more non-stop! :)