Sunday, July 15, 2012

15 (1/2) month update

IMG_5558 I know what you are thinking…

Who has time to make such a sign?

Who knows?

Anyways, my boys are 15 1/2 months and I need to blog about some fun things they are doing so I don’t forget.

You both learned to give “bumps” this month.

You both sign “please” all the time, not gonna lie, it’s real cute and sometimes, whether you need whatever you are signing please for, or not, I give it to you because you are showing good manners :)

Both of you lean in for hugs and kisses and randomly, during the day, you will walk up to me or daddy and give hugs.

When you meet strangers, once you give them a high five, you both are good to go and ready to talk and make friends with them.  Hmm? Should I encourage or discourage this?

Both of you are talking sooooooo much!  And signing too!

Both of you still sign:

all done

please

more

but just recently : thank you :)

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Gage, your new words are:

duh, which means done (and you sign all done with it :))

daw-dee (doggy, you LOVE finding doggies: tv, books, Zoey, Lucy)

day-day (baby, and you love finding babies anywhere: stores, books, tv, friends in our playgroups, but heaven forbid me try to hold one, you go crazy!!)

fi (short for high-five)

buh or duh, which means whatever you are pointing to at the time :)

you still climb Eve-RY-ThinG!

and just today, first time ever, you climbed, or jumped ( I didn’t see it happen), out of your crib, less than one minute after I put you in there.  Lord, help us!

Oh, and you learned to give hugs, super cute! and sweet! You love to “hug” your brother all the time

You are still MORE than OBSESSED with phones!!!!! real or fake, once you spot it, you have to have it!

Soo cute, my little technology nerd

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Love you, sweet Gage!

 

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Graham, your new words are:

ahhhhh duuun (and you sing it like I do :)

MMMM-Mama (You used to say it all the time but I don’t think you knew what you were saying until now, love it)

ah-ri!!! (al-right!)

gooo foe (good throw!  every time some one, including yourself, throws a ball, you say this)

bu (give me bumps)

You are so full of new sounds, faces and personality!

You love throwing or kicking balls all day long.

You just recently discovered that you can climb up on this box we have in your room.  When you get on top, you stand up, clap for yourself, and then jump off!

Oh boy!  I’m beginning to think you have less “fear” than your brother, if that’s possible.

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Love you, sweet Graham!

 

Just a few things yall do together…

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“breaking in” my new beach chair

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“fighting” in the shopping cart :)

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“reading” daddy’s books in his office

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loungin’ in your chairs on the patio

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share steal bubba’s twizzlers

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tackle my couch pillows

 

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help daddy mow

play in the dirt

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hugging bubba’s feet

 

share daddy’s chair

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Thank you, God, for letting me be the mommy of these sweet boys!

San Antonio

This blog is a little out of order, but on the way to the beach, we decided to stop in San Antonio, which is half way to South Padre, and go to the zoo and stay the night to help break up our trip.  We woke up early Sunday morning and headed down to San Anotone!

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Our goal was to leave at 4:30AM, we left at 5…

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as long as I had my coffee, I was good :)

We drove until about 7:45, that’s when the boys woke up and were ready to eat breakfast.

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We found a McDonalds and fed them their usual, 2 nutri grain bars, 2 bananas and split some oatmeal.

They still had their jammies on in this picture :)

After breakfast, we I changed them, and then we found a park close by and let them run around and play.

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You’ll never guess what we saw at the park?

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Ducks!

Gage was sooooooooooooo excited!

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Did I mention he LOVES ducks/ “buds”?

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Where are Graham’s shorts?  Well, after his second blow out of the morning, we had to “wash” them and let them air dry.

After chasing “buds” for an hour, we got back in the car and finished our trip to San Antonio.

We got there around 11; pretty good timing if you ask me.

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The boys were so excited, can you tell!? ;)

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Daddy and Graham looking at the monkeys

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saw some fishies

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Boys taking a drink break!

It was soooooo hot!

I mean, I know Dallas is humid, but wow!  San Antonio felt like a stinkin oven!  It must have been 400 degrees that day!

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Huge turtle

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Prairie dog?

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Bald Eagle

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can’t remember the name, but it was a cool lookin bird

I’m sure these animals have special names, but it was so hot, I didn’t really care to read what they were

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our little bird watcher, pointing to a bird

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Gage and mommy

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Daddy and Graham

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Graham taking a break from the stroller

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we had to stop and “roar” at the tiger

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Not gonna lie, the elephant was my favorite! 

This one was completely under water and shot out so fast, it scared us!

Up next…

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Lunch time!

I did pack the boys a ton of other food, but they were only interested in fruit.  Probably because it was hotter than heck, out!

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Moving on to…

 

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Zebras!

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Took this pic for my brother, Grant :)

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Gage was pretty much done at this point

We were doing all we could to keep him entertained, but we decided it was time to go.

We met up with Jared’s sister Brittany, her husband, and their kiddos and went swimming at Hyatt Hill Country.

I took zero pictures, but it was so fun!

After we swam, we headed to the Riverwalk to eat.

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and then of course,

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we discovered more “buds”!!!

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That concludes our eventful day! 

We headed back to the hotel and all went to bed.

The next morning, we were on the road by 5 again, headed to the beach.