Three of our favorite pastimes

Three things Shep LOVES to do....

-hit balls in the back yard with Daddy's golf clubs

-play Daddy's guitar

-ride on his new bike

Jacksonville to visit friends

We went to Jacksonville several weeks ago to visit some friends, and I am just now getting around to posting about it. We stay with our friends Josh and Sarah, who have a 9 month old little girl names Anna Kaye. Robbie spent part of his high school years up there, so he still has many old friends in that area. Back in the day, sans kids, we would hang out with them all the time, but since we all have families now, it makes it a bit more difficult. But this was a much needed trip to see our old friends. 

Tinkle Tinkle..

Well you may think this has something to do with my last post...but it doesn't. It is just the way Shep sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He loves to sing. So often I hear him in his crib or sitting in the back of the car just "singing" away, it is the cutest thing ever. He knows all the words to "Tinkle Tinkle" and requests to sing it often. A few other favorites include Jesus Loves Me and most recently the alphabet song. But we skip over many many of the letters in this one. But I think he gets the general premise. 

The other thing he has learned to do recently is count to 10. I didn't intentionally teach him this, so I don't know where he got it...Sesame Street?? Anyways, it usually goes something like this; 1...2..........5,6,7,8,9,10. As you can see we are missing a few numbers =).

It is so fun to see his mind work and watch him develop. Of course with this development comes lots of challenges also, especially as we are nearing 2. He definitely has my stubborn personality, which I am sure will be a wonderful asset to him in his adult years, but for now it drives me crazy!

Pic is of Shep in our backyard "singing" with the hose. 

Peepee in the Potty

Shep I can hardly believe it myself....you went peepee in the potty tonight. You are no where near being potty trained, but it is exciting to think about you being out of diapers in the next 6 months or so (hopefully). 

We've committed to letting you go "free" one to two nights a week in order to break you of your "diaper dependency", based on the advice of our pediatrician, Dr. Middleton. Love him by the way. So we shall see where this gets us, you were definitely excited about going on the potty and proclaimed "I did it" once you were done. Who knew it could be so much fun to go on the potty!! I didn't really have any rewards in the house for you since I wasn't planning on committing to this potty training thing, so you got a raspberry popsicle and made a huge mess.