23 months

Crawford has always loved outside but we really try to take him to the park every day. (usually bom-paw or daddy) he just looves it and to see how happy he is there makes it all worth it.

 Crawford got to go in to his first Clemson game a few weeks ago and he just LOVED it. He literally had that expression on his face the whole time. He was so busy watching the crowd cheer, the balloons fly in the air, the fireworks or cannon go offf and he just had so much to watch. It was so fun to take him into a game I felt like I watched him more than the actual game.

 I thought Crawford would never like books. Everyone says "read, read, read to your child" and I was thinking yeah my kid won't let me get through 2 pages before he's over it. Well not anymore! He loovesss books. He can read book after book. His very favorite right now is Goodnight moon. He loves pointing and saying mooooon, pointing to the kittens, the mittens, the toyhouse you get the point. He also loves all his truck books and any book where you can move a flap.

I know I say this every month but you literally bring more joy and laughter to our lives each and every day. You are becoming such a boy and I love learning how to be a "boy" mommy. You can't get enough trains. I mean if you head one you "chooo choo" for about 5 minutes, you love pushing them around, you love them on tv. You really keep yourself so busy. You go from toy to toy in the house and just entertain yourself. You still love love puzzles (the wooden kind with say 24 pieces that you put together). You also are a champ at puzzle games on the iPad and can put them together faster than I could ever imagine. You love music videos (row row row your boat, itsy bitsy spider...you name it you could watch them forever!) You just started getting in a daddy phase..you wake up asking for him and when he's here you follow him everywhere it is so sweet! You love helping us with everything -putting the dishes up, getting the laundry out, getting your own diaper and jammies, your shoes,...you just know where everything is and love helping out. You are still our picky little eater. I am sure there are days you are starving because you just are too busy playing and won't come eat what we are eating. Your favorites are still pizza and cookies (oh dear). You are great at telling us yes, no and thank you (tannnk u) now. You love contruction equipment you know what a skid steer, excavator, backhoe loader (yeah I don't even know which is which but you sure do). I can't wait for all the fun that the holidays bring and to see what you think of Santa ...I am sure you will be scared to death!

Halloween 2012--Oompa Loompa

We decided to take Crawford to Corinne's house for Halloween so he could experience trick or treating with his cousins. I love watching Crawford grow and see how he interacts each time with each of the kids. Ryan (6) is just so sweet to him. Hayden (3) who used to push him down really plays so well with Crawford now. Blake (16 months) would do whatever Crawford was doing. It was a crazy couple of days with all the kids. I had seen an oompa-loompa costume on pinterest and just knew I had to replicate it. I had to chase Crawford around outside while trying to spray his hair green and attach those eyebrows but it was so worth it to watch him run around from house to house in his cute little costume.

He really had a ball following Ryan and Hayden from door to door. Then...we got to the house that had the giant chicken dressed up and he got scared...then he would run to the house with the girls but would stop about 20 feet from the door. Ryan would politely say "can I have a piece of candy for my baby cousin" it was a hoot.

Playing outside with the lawnmower before trick-or-treating

This trip Hayden and Crawford played so well together.

We met Meghan and Luke for lunch at chick-fil-a and after playing we walked back to the  car and as I tried to stand in the middle of the two and hold their hands Crawford pushed me away and ran around to hold Hayden's hand...soo sweet!

Trying to get a group shot. Ryan-mermaid, Hayden-fairy, Blake-pirate



The next night Ryan, Crawford and I went to Meghan's to visit Luke and have pizza with the. John pulled out some glow sticks and Ryan was fascinated. We had a ball watching the 3 kids play and Ryan played with all the baby toys and behaved so well and Meghan and I got to catch up and talk about how much fun it would be if we lived in the same city..sigh.

I took Hayden and Crawford to tata-rus while Corinne through a Matilda Jane open house and the kids had a ball running around on the bouncy floor. Crawford followed Hayden everywhere. Hayden was great and loved swinging on the rope into the foam pit. They definitely ran off some energy there!

Hayden likes wearing dress up clothes all.the.time such a girly girl! I just wish we lived closer so I could watch the kids create such sweet memories!