Sticks, rocks and mud

Has it really been a week already since I posted last! Where has the time gone? Although I think posting once a week will be my goal. I think that's a reasonable goal so we'll see how it goes.

So much to talk about...where should I begin? Ben officially turned 20 months last Wednesday. He is growing up so fast. He is talking so much better in the last couple of weeks. It just amazes me. Even Tammy commented on it yesterday. Here are some of my favorite versions of his words right now.

* fafall = waffles
* serser = ceral
* dump digger = daddy's dump truck
* oooeee = wubie (our word for his pacifier)
* self = by myself
* baff = bath
* yogeet = yogurt
* ire = fire truck
* wessel = go into Mon & Dad's room and "wrestle" on the bed

He is doing so well feeding himself right now and has really started to show an interest in doing it all by himself.


He does a great job considering and thankfully has started wearing a bib again. He loves to zoom around on his radio flyer scooter. He absolutely loves books. His favorite thing right now is to go lay on Mommy and Daddy's bed to read stories and when he's home he wants to do this several times a day. He is starting to identify pictures in books and tell we what they are and also tell me which book he wants to read. (ie ire weeooo weeoo = fire truck book and the fire truck says wheeooo wheeoo) He still loves to be outside and really really enjoyed the 60 degree weather we had last week.

He doesn't seem to mind the cold and likes the snow but has a hard time walking in it. He really enjoyed playing in the mud and puddles last week when it was so warm.

His favorite thing outside right now other than going to see Daddy's "dump" in the "shop" is throwing "ocks" in the puddles outside. Sticks and puddles are also fun too!

Last Friday night we celebrated Papa's (John's dad) birthday. We had him over for a ham dinner and it was the first time Ben went over to him on his own and asked to get up in his lap! That's a big milestone! Also, yesterday (1/15/07), Ben didn't take a nap but spent 1 1/2 hours playing in his crib and when I went in to get him he had taken off his duck slippers, his socks and his pants and thrown them all on the floor. That's the first time he's taken off his pants by himself! Thankfully the diaper stayed on!

I've been keeping busy trying to get all of our year end stuff done. Hoping to get our Christmas cards out in the mail finally today! Needing to get back to the finishing the upstairs of the house. John's been fortunate enough to get a new house project in January. It's nice to have some income this time of year! So he has been busy at that. We finally moved the big chest freezer from the shop to the basement of the new house!! Yeah! It's funny how the little things like that, which make your life so convenient are so nice to get done! It really is so nice to have a house finally and have some space. Even if it's not done and there's a ton of boxes and stuff in the basement that needs to be dealt with.

So that's about it for us for now. I've got to get back to getting some work done. See ya next week!