Life With the Vaughn Family

Hello Sunshine

The weather has been gorgeous the past couple of days. We have taken advantage of the sunshine. Yesterday afternoon Jacob and I went to our neighbors house and played on their swingset.

this kid loves to swing

going down the slide

after playing we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood in the wagon

Jacob was pointing to a dog here

This morning we took a family walk down by the river. It was so great!!! Jared has been wanting a hiking pack that he can take Jacob in. I have been searching, but the cheapest one I could find was $220. Thanks but no thanks. However, a couple of weekends ago my mother in law and I went to a cosignment sale. I found one for $21. That I can handle!! Jared was so excited and this morning was the perfect day to use it.

putting J in the pack. he was not liking it so much

after we got going though - he LOVED it

I love this picture

taking a break to look at the river

At the end of our walk

Jacob was exhausted when we got home. After lunch we put him down for a nap. I went in to check on him and this is what I saw...

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful weekend everyone!!

Sweet 16 Months

My sweet little boy turned 16 months this past Sunday. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He is looking less and less like a baby and more and more like a big boy every day. I'm so proud of the little person he is becoming. Here's what he's liking/learing right now.

Fave Toys:
hokey pokey elmo - thank you $4 consignment sale
giraffe from Noah's Ark
cars
balls
Thomas trains
puzzles
coloring book and crayons
elmo and cookie monster plastic toys (these things do NOT leave his hands...so funny)

Fave Books:
Raindrop Plop, Einstein Farm, Go Dog Go, the big Dog book, Wonderful Me,
big car, train, and animal picture books

Body parts he can point to:
ears, eyes, nose, teeth, feet, hand, and we are close to belly button

Animal sounds he can make:
dog (the favorite), snake, lion, owl, monkey, horse, cow, oh and apparently giraffes growl

Words:
mama/dada
oh
nana - banana
hey/bye
cheese
ball
this
hot
brush
hat
shoes
nose, ear, foot, eyes, hand
shhhhhhhhhhh
nononono- while shaking his head

Fun Facts:
-he LOVES to brush his teeth
-he loves giving kisses
-when you ask him where the firetruck is he makes a "whoo" noise for a siren
-fave things to do are read books, read books, and read books. oh and he also likes to play chase
-likes to put a shirt or blanket over his face and run into things - such a weird little kid!!!
-put his toys away
-throw his diapers in the trash (no, I haven't trained him, but you aren't going to hear me complain)
-making forts
-tickle time
-going to the grocery store
-playing with his friends
-he claps for the tv and when he is proud of himself
-he is now down to just one nap a day. and those naps usually last 3 1/2-4 1/2 hours. i know, i'm a lucky woman.
-learing to color and do stickers
-DANCE. DANCE. DANCE. We have been working on hokey pokey and he will turn in circles. SOOO cute.
-he is a ham and loves attention. he really likes doing anything that will get us to laugh.
-he really is good at sharing. whenever we have friends over he brings toys to the other children. I know he's not old enough to understand that what he is doing makes God and mommy very proud. I hope he will always have this attribute.
-he is doing much better in the nursery. Thank the Lord.
-he loves to just sit in our laps and night and snuggle....my absolute favorite part of the day.
-being sung to
-and, we are working on feeding ourselves. he has not really been interested in this until lately. we have started with things like yogurt and applesauce. I'll leave you with a few pictures from dinner last night....

picking up the spoon

inspecting the spoon

going for it!!!

so proud of himself

trying to get that last bit out - this kid loves his yogurt. we don't waste any around here

I think there might be a little bit more mom

this is so fun. why haven't i been feeding myself all along?

ahhhh.....full tummy. content.

All Things Random

So....here is the most random post. I've got pictures from basketball to playtime - ALL the way back to Valentine's Day!!!

Belmont basketball is over for the year. But, we sure had fun going to the games. Jacob really got into it and as usual was super cute. Here a few pics we took from the last game of the season.

On our way to the game

Go Bruins!!!!!

Did you see that play?

Getting Jared's hat

After the games we wait for Coach. Jacob thinks it's so fun to walk/try to run around on the court

As soon as he sees Coach he gets SO excited!!!!

Oh, and Coach gets excited too

Last Sunday we went to Gran and Pappy's for lunch. Jared's cousin Aaron and his girlfriend Jessica were there too. We had a good visit and Jacob enjoyed playing.

Jacob has started holding hands (it is one of the cutest things he's doing right now) and so I snapped a pic as Aaron and Jessica were leaving. I guess Jacob thought they were more fun than us! :)

Cupcakes for dessert. YUMMO!!!

playing with Aaron - not sure with what though. oh well.

4 generations of Vaughn men

don't worry....i got a good one. this one is just so classic Pappy that i had to post it

We were trying to do things to get Jacob to smile for the camera. Pap got confused and thought we were all supposed to be doing something funny. HILAR!!!!

hey Gran

The other night my mom came over for dinner while my dad was out of town. Jacob loves to play with his Mot-Mot. Here were are pushing him on his dump truck. He was lovin it.