put your pants on

Mommy told me to "put my pants on", so I did!

Ford Park to see the ducks

Hello everyone! Look at meeee... off to see the ducks!

Oh, wait, what's that? Cars!

Look!

Mommy, look!

Now to the ducks. Quack quack!

Time to throw rocks in the water!

Now off to the field... he he heee.

I like running around being silly!

That was fun!

almost a year and a half old!

Just in case... I have a wish list on Amazon.com under my mommy's name... just in case. :)

a day with Mommy and Karen

This past Wednesday Mommy and I visited Karen and took her to Coco's. I got to use the BIG fork!

Open wide!
when my fork fell on the floor, I decided I was still hungry so I used my straw to stab the food!

We went to a playground for a little while too!

I got to wear my cool new sun glasses.

These are Mommy's favorite.

It was fun to hang out with you again Karen!

Karen and Seth, and Mommy's note on my behavior, uh oh...

This is Karen, she is so totally awesome! She and Seth babysat me yesterday while Mommy and Daddy went on a "date" (they went out to brunch!). I love my Karen!

Karen and I took these pictures to surprise Mommy and Daddy!


This is Seth, I love my Seth, too!! I was reading to me ...

... and I fell asleep After my nap I played with sidewalk chalk for the first time. It sure is messy but fun! Then I got to use a little spray bottle, which was super hard, but I was able to squirt it on my own a little bit!
Last night I practiced strining beads. I still need help, but I am getting better!

Mommy's note: Noah is sooooo independent now, he almost always refuses to let me help him with anything, be it eating with a spoon or trying to squirt the water bottle! Amazingly he would let me help hims string these beads, but I suspect very soon he will be able to do that himself too! Such a smarty!

Also, sadly, in the last few weeks Noah has started hitting me! Ugh! I have tried acting really mad and yelling at him, and that certainly didn't help, he just laughed, then I tried redirecting it to High 5s, and telling him to "be gentlt", and now I am trying to ignore it or say "No hitting, that hurts Mommy"... but it doesn't seem to be working either. I don't know about Time Outs... I have read some people will do that at this young age, but others say don't bother because they are too young to understand. Perhaps, now that I am writing this all out, one of my problems is that I have not been consistent enough with my strategy! *sigh* I hope this will be a very short phase, because getting slapped in the face by my normally sweet little boy is not any fun! So far, luckily, he has not transferred this to day care! I hope it stays that way!! He also in the last few weeks starting throwing himself to the floor to make the point that he is not happy that I told him he is all done with something! And he doens't save this behavior for just the home. Luckily that doesn't last long and can be fizzled out with some simple redirection... but seems like those "terrible twos" are on their way! Uh oh... please comment if you have any tips!!

a ME poster and a nature collage

Mommy traced my body and then she drew in my face and PJs and then I got to color it. I am 17 months old and 31 inches tall!

That's my nose!

We went on a walk when we got home today and collected different things in nature. Then I made a collage!!

My favorite are the rocks!!If you are ever wondering where my water bottle is... always look here first!

This is me yesterday on the front steps.

This weekend is Mommy and Daddy's 5th anniversary of the day they met! Karen and Seth are coming over to play with me while they go out on a date. I don't understand why they don't me to go with them, whatever... but I am excited I get to see my friends!

Sledding for the first time

We went back up to Oak Glen this afternoon to go sledding wtih Trent and Ashley! Super fun!!

We played on the playground too, I really liked the slides.

Overall, I really like this snow stuff. It is super fun!

sledding

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First Dentist Appointment

I am 17 months old and Mommy took me to the dentist for the first time today. We went to Just For Kids Dentistry on Olive Ave in Redlands and saw Dr. Nichols. There were shamrocks hanging from the walls, balloons everywhere, balls and all sorts of sporty things on the walls, books to read and people in red shirts. I loved looking around and pointing to everything with a gasp. After playing with my cars in the waiting room and showing them to everyone I sat on Mommy's lap, leaned back into Dr. Nichols' lap and he looked at my teeth with his little mirror. He said Mommy and Daddy have been doing a good job brushing my teeth and that I can start using floride now. He wants to see me again in 6 months and said that I can suck my teeth until I am 3 or 4... well, maybe he didnt exactly say that, but that's how I interpret it. :) He also said what Dr. Clark said about the attached upper lip frenulum, dont worry about it unless it interferes with speech or something. He said most kids need braces anyway, so if my finger sucking or frenulum causes that in the future, so be it. Better than taking away something I need (comfort from my fingers) or getting scar tissue that may cause a gap into my teeth anyway. He also gave me all kinds of stuff! A blue monkey balloon, a clacker toy (I got to pick out of the draw of toys, a sticker, and a bag of tooth stuff: toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss - 2 kinds even, a coupon... oh, and becaude it is Dr. Suess's birthday today I also got a little Cat in the Hat notebook! Yup, the dentist isnt so bad, I dont know whyyyyy that other little boy came out crying! Geesh! :)