Heart

My heart is in many places. I LOVE so many things about my life. My hubby and son, my bestest friends in the world, my fortune, my family, my surroundings. There are many things that pull on my heart too. I won't go into detail but my heart breaks sometimes. My heart breaks for things that happen in my life, things that happen to my friends, when I leave my son every day, when I have to make hard decisions.

One thing my heart had to deal with this week is that we dropped Reed off at a brand new day care. We are super excited about this arrangement, it met all of our criteria. But there is nothing that makes it easier to drop your kid off with a relative stranger and drive away. It's hard and it breaks my heart!

Here is a new activity that Reed has started. He goes into one of the kitchen cabinets and gets these two plastic bowls, flips them upside down, then pushes them around the floor. It's amazing how much dog hair he picks up. If only I could get him to push around dusting rags...


We took Reed to the fountain at the Gateway in Salt Lake on Sunday. This is a famed fountain (if you aren't from the Salt Lake area) that has a whole show and water spraying everywhere. He was not really a huge fan, we think he was scared of the randomness of the water squirting. He had fun just walking around and watching the other kids.



We went to the Tour of Utah and Reed had a good old time watching the racers. Well, not really he didn't really care much but he was a trooper and enjoyed all the toys he got (red "balloon", which was really a noise maker, a cow bell, and lots of rocks on the ground).









Oh yeah, a bike race happened too, but those pictures aren't nearly as cute or interesting as little Reed! Funny story though, Fogg was holding Reed and ran up to one of the riders who was struggling up this brutal hill and said "baby says go fast!" and the rider looked over at Fogg and laughed. Riders typically don't respond to spectators.

Cheers~

Eating

We took this video just the other day of Reed eating some of his dinner. We tried a booster seat on a regular chair rather than his high chair to see how it would go. It was great up until the end of this video when he got a little "wiggly" and wanted out and back in, out and back in. But it's kind of fun anyway to see his personality starting to develop.

Reed also had his 15 month check up yesterday. He's looking great at 23 pounds 9 ounces (40%), 31 1/2 inches tall (70%) and meeting all of his developmental milestones.

Cheers~

What happened to my baby, who is this little boy?

Sorry for the long time between posts, it was crazy last week, just getting back on my feet!

It occurred to me this week that I no longer have a little baby boy, I have a little boy! He is getting more and more of a personality every day. He has a strong personality and unfortunately we have spoiled this little guy. He is really stubborn about getting his way, usually in the fact that he wants something or whatever you are eating. He doesn't like being told no, but when you think about it, no one really does. His favorite words are Dada (which we think might just mean "parent"), ball, and bottle. Ok, well, those are his only words right now. Everything else gets the pointer finger and an inquisitive "ehhh?" He very much enjoys the chase game and laughs uncontrollably when you catch him. He sure loves his doggy, I caught him hugging London the other day, but too slow on the camera, so no picture of that.

We went to the Weber County Fair last week. Here is the little guy playing on the stairs while we ate dinner.


I also really enjoy spending time with my little man on days off and weekends. Here he is playing with me on Saturday morning. I got him a wooden snake and for some reason he likes to put it around his neck.



He also likes to steal my glasses and run around with them. Maybe it's a game of keep-away.


Cheers~

Mac n' Cheese boy

Reed really likes the Annie's shells n' cheese (yeah, he is sort of specific about that already). Anyway, I made some for dinner last night with a side of ham and strawberries. After a little bit, I look over and see this:

He closed his eyes cause he saw me with the camera and anticipated the flash.

He was slapping it all around and having a great time rubbing it all over his face. Needless to say, he went straight in the bath after that!