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Thursday, November 1, 2012

october randoms..

we have had such a great october! it was full of fall weather, changing leaves, pumpkins, yoda costumes, and train rides! we also had a visit from nana (more on that to come!)

here are some of my favorite pictures from the month..

the whole family in toms :-)
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snuggling with my sweet boy
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watching the fountains
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hanging out in his robe after bath.. so precious
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riding the train
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recovering from a cold :-(
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all better..
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riding the carousel at the mall.. we thought for sure he would love this, but not so much. he wanted to sit on the bench and we were all glad when it was over. this thing went fast. aren't they supposed to play nice music and go slow? 
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taking a walk
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hanging out at target after we got our flu shots (yes, we got him a small treat as a reward for being so brave for the shot.. it was a light saber to go with his yoda costume.. ha)
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and just relaxing in his crib.. so sweet
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and just so i don't forget.. i want to say how much your language is taking off. more and more each day, the words are just starting to come! we are so excited for you, sweet guy! we can't wait to hear all that you have to say! love love love you.

rickey ranch..

it's pumpkin patch time :-) 

i don't know if you remember from last year.. but robert and i don't do "farm", "ranch" or "country" very well.. however, tis the season, so we decided to give it another shot! 

this is the first of two pumpkin patches we went to this year! it is this cute, small, family owned ranch that has been harvesting pumpkins for 100 years.

they had chickens, pigs, horses, and, of course, pumpkins. robert loved the chickens and horses this year. he doesn't quite get the pumpkin concept just yet.. to him, they are just big orange balls that he would try and throw :-)

here are some pictures from our morning..

robert and some sweet baby chicks
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robert and the horse named lady.. he would not get on her to ride (i was ok with this!) but he loved her. he wanted to pet her and walk around her stable (umm.. no.. gross.. but he did get to pet her!)
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trying to throw some pumpkins
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with the largest pumpkin at the patch (i think 5th in the us..)
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my sweet boy and i
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overall, it was a success! i think robert will love it even more next year!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

robert lately..

i know that i won't be able to keep up the monthly updates but i will try to do little updates as much as i can, as well as all the fun stuff we are up to!

robert has been a busy little bee this past month! he has been traveling quite a bit, started back up with music classes, and has quite the play date schedule these days!

we have been having some warm weather still, so we are spending as much time as we can outside before the rainy season starts!

robert plays golf nearly every day..

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loves to hang out in my car.. this sort of backfired on me. one day, he decided to climb into his car seat from the passenger front side. i thought.. well, ok, that's fine with me! no problem! wrong.. now this is the only way he will enter the car and he likes to sit and press buttons for at least 5 minutes before he will consider climbing back to his seat. lesson learned.  he is a pretty cute little driver though..

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we have been playing at the fountains a lot too.. and, of course, riding the train..

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robert still loves to walk to the park almost everyday. it is about a mile and a half away.. with some big hills. i am always so impressed how long and far these babies can walk! he plays hard!

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we have been getting some water table time in too.. and robert has discovered how to work the hose. he is quite helpful at helping keep all the plants watered (and the sidewalk)!

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he still won't pick up and eat any fruit.. suggestions welcome. in the mean time though, we do a lot of fruit smoothies and purees. whatever works, right?

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little guy is getting a much better at running errands again with mommy! we went through about a 5 month period where taking him into any store on your own was just a mess! he climbs out of any cart and will run away.. it's hard to get anything done! recently though, he will help me push the cart or ride in the big part (i know, it's not recommended.. but it's the only way to get anything done sometimes!). i am so excited to have my little errand buddy back!

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robert got a doctor kit from his sweet friend, henry, for his birthday. he loves to practice with it! maybe we have a future doctor on our hands!

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naptimes and bedtimes have returned back to normal around here too.. literally, on his 2nd birthday, he decided that he would start to fight going to sleep. oh goodness. so, we had to set some firm limits- like a only 4 books- to get it back to normal! sweet boy..

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we have started talking about potty training around here. he is pretty good about telling us when he needs his diaper changed.. but other than that, no big signs. he loves the toilet though so we thought why not get him his own. he loves to sit on it! it is so cute.. nothing has happened on it yet, but we were so encouraged that he even liked it. and then i found this.. and thought maybe we still have a long way to go ;-)

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his speech is picking up quite a bit! the other day he said, "hold you?" when he wanted me to pick him up. melt my heart. we are working on please and thank you - "eeese" and "kew"- so sweet. he is saying new words every day and we hope it just keeps going that way. i really don't want to do speech therapy, but we will if we have to! he is a little sponge and loves to learn. we are doing colors and counting a lot lately. no luck on the counting, but he can identify yellow, green, white, red, orange, and blue.

robert is quite the little ham with the camera sometimes. i just love it.

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we love you so much, sweet boy!! you make us so happy!

i will write more later! i already have a ton of pictures from this month.. it is so hard to get all caught up on the blog once you get behind! once again, lesson learned! :-)

Friday, October 12, 2012

vancouver and rob's birthday..

we decided to head to vancouver for rob's birthday!

it was so much fun and a great break from reality. robert had so much fun with his ana, ba, and great grandmommy. the weather was unreal.. not one drop of rain the whole trip! that was a vancouver first for us!

here are some pictures and a recap from our week there..

on the first day, we brought robert to one of my favorite places in the world.. the bunny park! it is this wonderful community park that just happens to be the home of hundreds of very cute bunnies. robert loved them and even caught one to pet it! the poor bunnies may not have felt the same way about him.. ha ha

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my next favorite thing to do in vancouver is head to stanley park. it is just so pretty and has so much to do. we stopped and took in the scenes and had a great lunch. robert had so much fun running around the restaurant afterwards. we also went to the "beach" and a kids play park.

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one of robert's favorite things to do was play golf with his ba.. it was so cute! ba would hit the pinecone  (the "ball") and robert would run to get it. i think ba found himself a future caddy!



robert got to go visit his great-grandma a couple times while we were there. it is always so special to see the three of them together..

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while we were there, we got to celebrate rob's birthday! we made his favorite dinner and cake. i will do another post on robert's gift to his daddy. we loved celebrating rob! he is so easy to celebrate.. we love yo so much, rob!

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we headed to the dyke one day with robert to watch the plains take off and land at the airport. robert loves planes and "copters", so he had a blast!

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we spent a lot of our time like we always do.. outside! vancouver is full of great parks so we checked a few of them out!

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as always, we had such a great visit in vancouver! we love you so much ana, ba, and mam (great grandma)! can't wait to see you all again!