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?

#1

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.

Well, maybe a little too much. This was the meltdown he had after we stopped pushing him on the dump truck. He apparently wanted more. What a face!!!

reading his fave book right now - Raindrop Plop

playing with Papa Doc

Our neighbor, Emma turned 6 and we went to her party. They had one of those giant blow-up toys. Jacob LOVED it!!!!

doesn't he look so grown up here?

shooting some hoops

playing in the blow up

silly boy

We got to go over and play with our dear friends Jenny and Addy the other day. Such fun!!

sweet little friends

silly little friends

j liked her kitchen

Just a few pictures from Valentine's Day to finish things off.

Be Mine

Grammy made J a special heart cake.

It was delicious.

He loves to get in their pots and pans

not sure about this one

That's all folks.

Snow!!

SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! WE GOT SNOW! And I love snow. It started last Friday and kept coming. We ended up getting about 4 inches at our house. Plenty to have some awesome play time. Luckily, we have a great hill in our backyard which is perfect for sledding too. Jacob got sick over the weekend, but we still managed to find some time to enjoy this special treat from God.

Our house on Saturday afternoon

Samson LOVES snow. The dog would stay out in it all day if we would let him. As soon as it started coming down he sat by the back door whimpering to go out. This was taken at about 9 am on Friday morning - it was just getting started.

Saturday morning our neighbors came over for some sled time.

This is Chad attemping to "snowboard" down the hill.

And Daren made it all the way to the bottom

I am really thankful for our neighbors. It's so great to have friends that live right next to you. We always have such a good time together.

This was Jacob's first attempt at sledding. See the sheer terror on his face. Well, it didn't last long....after a few more times he was smiling and laughing. He loved it!!

Some of the kids making a snowSamson
My boys

Samson chases everyone down the hill

More sledding

Playing in the snow

Going for a ride

Ok - so funny story. Samson grabbed the rope from Jared's hands and started pulling Jacob around in the sled. It was so funny and oh so cute. We were able to capture it on video camera too. These boys are silly!!

Samson chasing his ball

Up please

Wheeeee

building a snowman

See...he loves it!!

My three favorite boys

Samson...you want some snow?

My little snowman

What a great way to spend the weekend!! We wouldn't mind getting another one of these before the winter is over. It's just oh so fun!!