Lately, in CO...

I haven't posted any pics recently, so here they are.

Nana and Pop and Auntie Wendy and Uncle David came to visit July 21-22
Zach liked Nana's Crocs
A kiss for Auntie Wendy
Cheesin' in the back yard
Uncle David helping with breakfast
Sumo turned 3!
Dad and Zach before they went to light off a few Roman candles on the 4th of July
"Dad, you need to wear a helmet!"
"Now you need to put another wheel on this bike before you can go anywhere."

A Thief!

Oh boy! Well, Zach stole his first kiss today!

Our neighbor Ella (18 mos.) and her mom, Theresa, were over for some blueberry pancakes this morning. Between romps through the house and onto the deck, Zach found an opportunity to plant one on Ella's lips!

Of course the camera wasn't handy, and you can't request a repeat performance of a first kiss...

Uffdah!

It's HOT, HOT, HOT!

This morning at 9am, our outdoor thermometer read 94 degrees!

By 11am, it said it was 103 degrees!

Those numbers are probably somewhat inflated from being in a hot box, but they sure FEEL right.

15 Months Update

Mom finally got my 1-Year photo taken (I was 15 months old by then!). You can check out some of the pictures at the link below.
http://mystudio.kiddiekandids.com/viewshare.asp?c=0100813437U2KXQJZ

While I'm online, I'll share a little of what's going on in my life these days:

I'm
- FULL of energy! (Mom clipped a cartoon that talked about trying to bottle the energy of a 2-year-old as a source of renewable energy...)
- starting to climb - end tables, dresser drawers, coffee table, window sill, magazine holder...
- consistently using my 3-syllable word "Dah-boo-dee" (the definition is my secret)
- weighing in at 24 lbs 7 oz., and measuring 32 inches tall
- extremely outgoing! No one's a stranger, so I'm eager to meet new people in airports, grocery stores, church, the playground, wherever. I like to come up from the side and bend over, looking at you from my upside-down/sideways position!
- a water-lover, all of it: rivers, pools, baths, puddles, sprinklers. In a week, I start swimming lessons!
- terrified of the vaccuum cleaner.
- a kid with 8 teeth, right now. 4 on top, and 4 on the bottom.
- growing my vocabulary. My most recent word is "duck," which I first said one morning upon seeing my mardi gras duck necklace from Ella (thanks!). But I also know: Daddy, Mama, book, dog, shoe, "aboo" (balloon), ball, bus, and "uck" which I say when I get my diaper changed. Oh, and "DAP!" which I say as I throw something, hit something, or am otherwise, generally mad! And on the diaper changing table, I often say "uck" when you open my diaper these days...all Mom and Dad's "ucks" have finally sunk in.
- fascinated with belly buttons. I'll point mine out, then come look at yours, poking my finger in as far as it can go before you say "ow!" Sometimes when Mom's lying on the floor, I look for hers and then "zubert" (to quote the Cosby show) her tummy. That's pretty fun!
- currently wearing #4 diapers.
- able to climb out of the bathtub now. So I really have to be watched. I fell out once, though, and haven't done it again. The floor is rather cold and hard.
- trying hard to get the King Kong, "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah" chest-pounding down. Right now, when Daddy shows me how, I pound my privates instead of my chest...
- working on my 's' sound - when I say "bus," my 's' comes from somewhere way back in the back of my mouth...
- calling all big vehicles right now "busses." Trucks, delivery vans, etc. I still love motorcycles, and do the BabySign whenever I hear them.
- such a kisser! If you're lucky, my mouth will be closed, but I'm often a fairly sloppy kisser. I kiss people, stuffed animals, and animals in books.
- still a dog-lover! I squeal when I see them in passing cars, or while on a walk.
- experimenting with breakfast. I love to put pieces of fruit (or whatever's available) into the yogurt container Mom's feeding me from. But then, when she gives me my next bite, I have to scrutinize it before opening my mouth to be sure whatever I just put in the container has not gotten onto the spoon.
- terrorizing the cat. I'm faster these days, so every once in a while I end up with a fistful of Sumo fur!
- funny with the cup: I sip, sip, sip, and then say "ahhhhhh...."

Come visit me!!

Catch Up - July 2006

Some of these have been on here before, but if you'd like to see what you might have missed, click the link above.

Happy 4th of July!