Friday, September 23, 2011

Zion Video…

 

Our friend Annie made a cute little video from our Zion Trip.  Check it out!

 

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I promise that I’ll get more pictures up soon.

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Absolutely in awe!

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Interview with Chompy at 27 months…

So, as many of you know I am now addicted to Pinterest.  For those of you who don’t know what this is, it is a social media site where you can “pin” things that you love for yourself and others to see.   For example,  I have a pin board full of DIY projects, another for yummy recipes etc.   Well, one of the things that I found was a bunch of people who had done interviews with their kids at different ages so that they could all look back and remember who that child was at each age.  

So, today, I decided to interview Chompy.    Remember, these are his answers.   Winking smile

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cutie pic from Tio Spencer…check out his website here Smile  http://www.pbase.com/fotografiks50

Sept 10, 2011

What do you like to eat? I eat food.

What are the names of your friends? Chloe. Mahen.

Who do you marry when you grow up? No marry big. Chloe. No, my momma marry me.

What do you like to play? Cars outside.

Where do you sleep? In my tent.

What’s your favorite game to play? Momma’s phone

What book do you like to read? Cow book.

What’s your favorite show? Mickey

What makes you happy? Chloe make me happy.

What do you like to do with Dada? Play big tools.

What do you like to do with Momma? Cook

What do you like to sing? Sunshine Away.

Friday, August 19, 2011

So I don’t forget…

 

Fun things Chompy learned recently:

What an echo is

How to pick berries and eat them off of the vine

How to say “Carry me Momma”… (boo, says Momma Winking smile

That he now sleeps in a big boy bed not a “baby bed”

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Push Up Pops….

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Hmmm….this is pretty good stuff!

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Must try it again.

 

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yep I like it!  More please!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Momma’s hero!

A red dragonfly lands on his plastic pool.  He screams.  "Bad bug.  Momma.  Pool!".  Desperate to get the offender away, he reels Momma into chasing it in circles around the yard as it lights on weeds and hedges, hides in trees and empty gardens.   Finally it flies over the fence, and he exclaims "ALL GONE BAD BUG DRAGONFLY!"    and cheers "Me did it Momma!".   Maybe next time his momma will let him know how cool, delicate, and precious a red dragonfly is, but today, she’ll let it be the enemy!

Thursday, July 7, 2011

BACK PACK!!!!!!

Chompy now gets beyond excited about his daddy’s backpack.  Daddy’s backpack has been the home to Chompy’s special books and toys for safe keeping while Chompy goes to school.  Since we have a couple of camping trips planned, and Chompy has his own toys that he wants to carry with him, Daddy decided that Chompy needs a backpack of his very own. 

Thank you REI for again bringing this family such joy Winking smile

I’ve never seen someone besides his Daddy get so excited about getting a new backpack Smile Like Daddy, like Chompy!!

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(an aside, look how much bigger he is than the picture behind him).

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Yo ho!

Chompy lately has been pretty obsessed with Pirates. 

So, during his nap today, Momma made him a pirate vest with a pattern from MADE and some fabric that she had in her stash.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Like Momma….

Chompy wanted to have a Garmin like Momma. 

 

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

I’m 2….

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At 2 I like 2:

Run

Jump

Sneak up on people and scare them

Play hide-and-seek

Color, paint, and create with play-do

Sing songs

Play puzzles and Legos

Read stories

Talk, talk, talk

Help in the garden

Pick out my clothes

Brush my teeth

Visit my family and friends

I don’t get upset very often, and when I do, I get over it pretty quickly.

 

We love you Chompy boy and can’t believe you’ve been with us for TWO years!  We are soooooo lucky to be your parents!  

 

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Playing with some of my presents…

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Cutie Boy…

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Eating Empanadas like Daddy!

 

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Discovering a ladybug!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

22 months….

It appears that I slacked off with blogging in the last month. Oops!

Chompy turns 22 months today!  Here’s what he has been up to in the last two months:

talking, talking, talking

kicking and throwing balls

building tall buildings with his blocks

LOVING his puzzles

helping Momma run lots of miles with B.O.B. for her big races

eating, eating, eating (we expect a growth spurt sometime soon)

dancing to the music

reading stories

eating with a spoon and fork

playing with his family

pointing out babies everywhere

racing from one corner of the yard to the other

chasing everyone with his bubble blower

being a happy, mostly even-tempered little guy

learning that stomping his feet will not get him what he wants Winking smile

 

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wearing the dino shirt that Momma made him.

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Trying on Dadda’s shoes.

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I’m going to get you.

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Checking out the new “big boy” backpack for our warm weather adventures. 

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Saturday, February 5, 2011

20 months....


Picking dandelions in the backyard.



Yep, that's right, Chompy boy is now 20 months old. Every bit of a toddler.


He was pretty happy today because he was a lucky boy and got two presents from Craigslist: this car, and this lawn mower. Props to Miss Sarah for making sure Momma got the listing (I'd been looking for a lawn mower for awhile. The car was a bonus.)



What Chompy loves as he turns 20 months:

Running
Talking (he says 80 words and learns more every day).
Building with his Duplos
Taking baths so that he can play with his bath toys with Daddy.
Playing with his cars.
Being outside to see the animals.
Pointing out babies and saying hi and bye to them.
He also says bye to every car leaving a parking lot when we are shopping....it's so funny.
Reading all the stories in his bookcase at once...and then reading them again.
Riding in his bike trailer. He now says "wheeee" any time he gets in it.


He is working on getting his incisors (and they apparently hurt)

He has learned to give a real kiss as in making the lip smacking noise instead of just get you with an open mouth or head bump.

His Uncle Matt taught him to "pound it" with fist bumps, and he now does it multiple times a day.

He has to know where all of his family and friends are at all times, so every hour or so, we go through where everyone is....i.e. Dada? He's at work. Momma? She's home with Chompy. Olivia? She's home with her mommy (we always say that Olivia is doing whatever Chompy is doing or whatever we want Chompy to be doing ;)

He finally is branching out on his solid foods. It's so funny that he'd eat whatever we gave him when he was a baby eating the pureed food I'd make him, and then refused anything when it came to solids. Now, he's finally eating the solid version of what he used to love pureed like blueberries.

He is very helpful. He'll put things in the trash, help clean up his toys, help with the laundry and dishes, pick up leaves and sticks. It's so nice :)

He still loves going riding in BOB. We have to say "do you want to go for a ride in BOB?" now because if we say "do you want to go running?" He'll start running.

He cracks himself up and thinks he's so funny. Most of the time, he is.






Thursday, January 13, 2011

First Haircut…

Chompy got his first haircut this morning.  As much as I hated to do it, his curls were out of control and turning into dreadlocks.  So off we went…he did great!

 

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

19 Months…

Chompy turned 19 months old yesterday!  Sheesh, he’s getting so big!

His favorites include:

Running

Climbing

Playing with his cars

Wrestling with Daddy

Making music

Dancing

Playing Duplos

Watching CARS and Oso

Jumping

Talking, talking, talking

Having 12 teeth in and a few more are a comin’. 

Weighing 24 lbs and 33 inches tall.  Amazing from the 8 lb, 20 inch baby that he started out as Smile 

Helping Momma around the house and Daddy with the outside chores

Eating at his table instead of his high chair

Coloring

and…playing in the snow!

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