ABC's

Mr. Smarty pants is really into letters right now.  Anyone who has spent any time with Ays knows that his favorite letter is "B."  He loves to push any kind of button, and since he can't say button, he calls them "B."  As a result, we hear the letter "B" one million times a day, and any time he sees the letter, he will point it out.  Hobby Lobby is one of his favorite stores right now...seriously!  He's in "B" heaven when he sees the sign :)

He loves books, magazines and newspapers, and will, of course, always point out all the "B's," but yesterday he surprised us and started pointing out letters that we didn't even know he knew!  Apparently all of the work we have been doing on the alphabet has been soaking in.

He grabbed one of my magazines (quality toddler reading material...haha), so we decided to put his skills to the test.  If you listen closely you can hear him say some of the letters, and he even says and points out a lowercase "i" at the end of the video.

We are so impressed with our smart lil' stinker :)  

 

Go Pokes!

This lil' cowboy is ready for some football!





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Quack, Quack

As promised...here are the pics of Ayson feeding the ducks and geese.  Now that we have hopefully seen our last 100 degree day, we will be doing this more often.  He loved it!

He loved feeding them...

throwing bread at them (this kids got quite an arm!)...

chasing them...

and spending time with mama & dada :)

Ayson is also doing great with potty training!  We seriously couldn't have expected it to go any better.  While he is awake, he rarely has an accident, and will tell us when he has to go, without being reminded.  "I pee pee" is the new phrase of the house ;)  We went for our first true outing today since starting potty training, and it was a success!  More than two hours away from the house, in big boy undies and no accidents!  He did manage to miss the toilet and "water" the Hobby Lobby bathroom floor ;)  Do boys ever learn how to aim?! Haha!

Pee Pee in the POTTY!

I've got some super cute pics to share of Ayson feeding the ducks by our house...but those will have to wait for another day because my brain is potty training fried!  

Day one, of our three-day "potty training bootcamp" (as I like to call it) is complete!  Don't worry, I think it's as crazy of a concept as you do, I'm sure.  Completely potty trained in 3 days...doubtful, but if it will give us a great jumpstart then it sure is worth a try :)  Look how excited he was to wear his "big boy undies!" 

I'm happy to say, that it went just about as well as it could.  We had quite a few accidents, but he woke up dry from his nap and by the end of the day he would tell us "pee pee," we would rush to the potty and he would go to the bathroom.  Pretty exciting for this mama, who spent the whole day attached to his hip, cleaning up pee and getting peed on.  Ahh, the glamorous moments of parenthood ;) 

I know he will probably kill me for these pictures later in life, but his excitement was too fun to not capture!  It was so cute to see how excited he got when he actually started going in the potty.  There was lots of clapping and cheering from all!  We are so proud of all the he has accomplished in such a short time.  Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but we are taking it one day at a time, and this day was a SUCCESS!  

Day 2...BRING IT!

A Little Bit of This & A Little Bit of That

Life has been a little hectic...thus my lack of posts :) But, now that Aaron has officially opened his practice, things are starting to slowly get back to normal around here.  So, on theme with our life for the past few weeks, here is an eclectic mix of randoms...Enjoy!

Birthday boy getting marked on the chart.  He is now 32.5 inches tall...still a little shorty.  Those tall genes will kick in someday ;)

Checking out his Dr. kit from his girlfriend, Makinzie.

He could heal anyone with that cute little smile ;)

Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

He went through about a 6 month period where he wasn't too crazy about the swing...now we can't get him off of them :)  He giggles and smiles the WHOLE time.

Today was a rainy morning...the perfect day to get comfy and watch a lil' Mickey Mouse.  Don't you just want to snuggle with him?!



And finally there are some more BIG changes on the horizon for Aysman...the dreaded POTTY TRAINING!  To say that we are not looking forward to this would be a huge understatement, but he's telling us its time, so we will jump in with both feet starting next week.  We can only hope that it goes as well, as transitioning him to a toddler bed, which was the easiest thing ever.  Wishful thinking, I know!  However, so far, he has adjusted to big changes really easily, so, here's to hoping!  We will keep you posted ;)  









  

Rodeo'ing it up!

Beautiful night to take in a little steer roping :)


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Escape Artist

We got a surprise when we went to get Ayson out of bed this morning...he wasn't in it! Instead he was running around playing in the upstairs family room.  We tried to put him back in there in case it was a fluke, and he climbed out in less than 5 seconds! It suddenly became clear...it was big boy bed time.

He was so excited to sit in it once Aaron got it put together.

Then he started doing this...

 

Wish us luck tonight!!!

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