Happy 15 Months, Wyatt!

Wyatt...

• Wears size 4 diapers
• Weighs around 23 lbs and I'm not sure how tall he is. His appt. is next week so I'll update then.
• Wears 18 month clothes, but I started buying some 24 month T-shirts for this summer
• Has 12-14 teeth (8 front ones, first set of 4 molars, then a couple of his eye teeth are starting to poke through)
• Eats everything that we eat now! He still likes chicken but not as much as he did a few months ago. He eats beef too, loves pasta, absolutely loves fruit (every single kind).. BUT, he has entered the "vegetables are yucky" stage! It's amazing how kids know which foods are vegetables! lol He will eat slices of cucumbers though. Between me and him, we eat about 3 cucumbers a week. Sometimes I can trick him by giving him tomato with his strawberries. And I got him to eat Zucchini with salad dressing on it... so I just have to get creative with the veggies! 
• Schedule - Sleeps from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., he is still a great sleeper and we are soo thankful for that!  He takes an afternoon nap every day. His morning nap depends.... I thought he had dropped it all together, but then he started taking it again. He doesn't take one if we have something to go to in the morning and he does fine with just 1 nap. But if we are at home, he usually will take it. (about 3-4 days out of the week he gets a morning nap, so I guess he's still transitioning out of it) 
• Says Dada, Mama, Kitty, Up, No, Hi, Ball, More, and Bird ... they don't necessarily sound exactly like they should but we are learning his "language." He babbles all day long. Here is a video of him in the car a couple days ago - 

• Loves books! We read about 10-12 books a day between nap/bed time and just throughout the day. He'll bring a book just while he's playing and crawl into my lap and we'll read it =) It is my favorite part of the day, especially since he doesn't need to be rocked to sleep anymore =(
• It is amazing how much he understands! (And that goes for all kids this age!) If we are reading he does, "Point to the.." moon, sun, stars, kitty, sheep, horse, balloons, light, butterfly, ect. During playtime he understands, "Go get..." a ball, a book, your tools, colors, ect. 
• Loves "helping" around the house. When we unload the dishwasher, he hands us the dishes. He helps with laundry, ect. Yesterday I caught him "doing laundry" - 

• Climbs! And he's good at it. =/
• Loves bubbles... we blow them at night when he's in the bathtub. He also pours the water on his head when we tell him to. And rubs his tummy when we say, "Wash your tummy." 
• Discovered the toilet! So far it hasn't been an issue because he'll just tear off pieces of toilet paper and throw them in there and flush it, lol. 
• Gives high fives
• Sits and rolls a ball back and forth
• Does the motions to the song, "If You're Happy and You Know It"

If he's acting bored, I give him something to make a mess of =)

Chocolate Pudding (he thoroughly enjoyed this!! lol)

He loves pickles! haha

Emptied out the top shelf and tried to climb in..

 Eating an apple. He likes the whole piece of fruit, not pieces. So silly..

 After his 1st haircut..

 Snacking up on the counter, one of his fav spots to be

 Making a spaceship, or something like that, lol

Wyatt, at 15 months old, you wear me out! I feel like I am trying to keep up with you all day! You have so much energy and life! Our lives are forever complete because of the joy you bring to us! I love you more and more with each day that passes! 

Growth

This Sunday's post isn't necessarily directly about Lent, but it is related. I came across this post titled, "What's Growing?" written by Holley Gerth. It's super short, but the message is that our relationship with God takes time and growth. It is not about immediate production. This reminded me of the Lenten season because it is a time of reflection and refocusing which (hopefully) brings about growth in our faith walk. In the last bible study I did ("James-Mercy Triumphs by Beth Moore) she talked about how we want a "Holy Spurt" instead of the "Holy Spirit" (lol).... We always want to hear from God in our time and on our terms, or have him show us a "sign" when making a decision, or read a bible verse and have it speak directly to our current circumstances... but the truth is, it takes time and commitment and effort on our part to cultivate our relationship with God. We must be in His Word and seeking His will daily and in all things, giving thanks in all circumstances and God will work in our lives and we will feel the Holy Spirit in His time. It is a growth process... much like gardening. And I am learning more and more that it is lifelong journey. We will never know God fully here on earth,we won't always seek His purpose for our lives, we will have doubts, we'll never have all the answers to our questions, we'll stray and get distracted by the things of the world, we'll stumble and sin... BUT, God is faithful. And in spite of all those things we can come back to Him and continue our journey and grow in our faith.

Speaking of growth.... something my tomato plant is struggling with (ahem).. =/ It desperately needs SUN, and it's been so cloudy here! I'm totally bummed. It has started flowering, but it is also kind of whithering, lol. And I had to pull some dead leaves off. hmmm. I'm in it for the long haul! But it's not looking hopeful.

"For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord." Psalm 117:2

Our Weekend in Dallas

Our cancelled camping trip weekend turned into our weekend in Dallas with the Mr.'s family! We decided to drive up there last minute.... our camping trip wasn't going to start until Saturday but once we decided to cancel it (Friday morning) we decided we would leave by lunch time for Dallas! I had to go to my MOPS meeting so the Mr. packed everything up and when I got home we hit the road. Unfortunately, we had horrible traffic and weather so a 5 hour trip turned 6.5 hours. Thankfully, Wyatt did awesome so it evened out! I don't have any pics from Friday...
Saturday was Uncle Jason's birthday! So glad we could spend it with him. Aunt Debbie took us out for lunch to Snuffer's and then we went to the Dallas Aquarium. It was Spring Break up there too so it was pretty crowded, but Wyatt loved it so it was worth it. (The pictures didn't turn out that great because of the lighting)

 With his Aunt Ashly...

 And Uncle Jason...

 Wyatt fell out towards the very end =)

On Sunday, the rest of the family came over and we ate LOTS of delicious food and hung out! Even did a little bit of geocaching!

After dinner we walked around a park and watched the ducks and birds! (with Patch and Link of course!)

Monday we visited until lunch time and then we headed home! It turned out to be an awesome weekend, we had a blast! Thank you so much Ashly and Jason for having us last minute! And have your camping stuff ready! ;)

Sunday's Post (on Tuesday)

Well, we had to cancel our camping trip due to cold weather and lots of rain! We planned on going with some of the Mr.'s family and we were all pretty bummed. But that's ok... we ended up driving up to Dallas for the weekend to spend time with the Mr.'s sister and husband. And it all worked out because we had a wonderful time! Pictures to come from our weekend =)

For my Sunday's Lent post this week, I am just sharing a link to Rachel Held Evan's blog and her post "40 Ideas for Lent (2012)." It is a great resource!

And some words from Psalm 139 to focus on today -

You have searched me, LORD,
   and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;
   you perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
   you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
   you, LORD, know it completely.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before,
   and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
   too lofty for me to attain.
 ⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
   Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
   if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
   if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
   your right hand will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
   and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
   the night will shine like the day,
   for darkness is as light to you.

Wacky Hair

Tuesday morning we had a play date at a friend's house (from church). It must have wore Wyatt out because he took a 2 hour nap that afternoon (compared to his usual 1 hour nap!), and he woke up with the craziest hair!!

And because I don't have enough pictures of the 2 of us, I snapped a couple <3

And then it's straight to the high chair for snack =)

The Mr. is officially on Spring Break until the 19th! I guess that's one good thing about your hubby being a full-time student, lol. (He'll still be flying, but no classes) And this weekend we are going camping! Yes, actual tent camping. with a toddler. Should be fun! It is supposed to rain though so we are watching the weather right now =/ I'll post my weekly Lent post on Monday when we get back.

To the Mr.

Wishing the best husband and Daddy in the world a very Happy Birthday! We love you so much! 

A Morning Outside

Our weather was really crazy last week.. 80 one day and 60 the next. We went to a trail one morning last week and it was a little chilly so we just threw Wyatt's monkey hat on him =) Here's just a few pictures of little man playing a little bit when we stopped to let him out of his stroller.

I caught him putting a rock in my purse, lol. My purse holds rocks and little cars these days and I couldn't be happier =)

 weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!