Eric is 1 year and 6 months! (18 months!)

Eric turned 1 and a half on Nov 19th! His new things is putting Scott's shoes on and trying to walk around. He really likes it when Scott takes Bailey for a walk each night and takes Eric along in the stroller. Eric always wants to go outside!


Putting on shoes means going outside, so Eric will put on whatever shoes he can find!


He was able to get these on all by himself and walk around in them pretty well, lol!


Since Eric turned one and a half on Nov 19, I got him this little red and white soccer ball as a little treat. I put it in with some of his other toys so it would be a surprise new toy... you can see how much he enjoyed it :(


Who wants a crumby old soccer ball when you can play with the much more fun and exciting toys from Grandma???


Scott got an early Christmas present from his parents! Thanks Mom & Steve!!!


Our Thanksgiving Dinner, pic 1 (gravy, cheesy mashed potatoes, turkey breast, and peas with a dollop of butter)


Our Thanksgiving Dinner, pic 2 (stuffing and sweet potatoes)


This scrapbook layout was part of an online contest I entered and won! :) The picture is Thanksgiving at Grandma Linda and Grandpas Bill's house, Grandpa Jim was there too! Stay tuned next week for Thanksgiving pix at Gran and Papa's house with Uncle David and Cousin Ashley! :)

Eric is 1 year, 5 months, and 4 weeks old!

Tuesday, when Scott came home from work, Eric said, "Hi Dada!" and ran to hug him. Scott and I were both shocked and look at each other like "did you hear that too or was it just me?" lol! Besides his first two-word sentence, Eric's other new things this week are knocking, clapping when people on TV clap, and waving and saying "baa" (meaning 'bye') after people close the door behind them! :)


Eric loves his kitty cat Mook. On Nov 8, he said "kitty cat!"


I see a fraternity table and lamp shade in his future, lol!


he had his bath, got his new jammies on, and is combing his hair!


checking out the neighbor boy's skateboard... hmmm... (thanks for the super cute shoes, Kellie!)

Eric is 1 year, 5 months, and 3 weeks old!

I'm 20 weeks pregnant this week and I think I have been feeling the new one move for about 5 days. Today we found out the gender of our new baby!


It's a GIRL!!! Her name is Evelyn Evangeline, we will call her Evie Angel. :) :) :)


You are never too young to recycle! :)


Eric and Dada


Eric and Dada 'working' on the computer (because Fantasy Football is important to learn!)


Grandpa Jim's shirt says, "This is what a really cool grandpa looks like"


Eric LOVES music, he helped grandpa jim play the guitar strings as well as drummed on the guitar while grandpa was playing, lol!


Eric had a play day with our next door neighbors


The neighbors have an 11 month old little girl, it was nice for Eric to interact with a baby since he will have a new sister soon.

Eric is 1 year, 5 months, and 2 weeks old!

Eric is now knocking! He will knock on doors, walls, toys, and anything else he can reach! On October 28, Eric's top two bicuspids popped through!

I am now 19 weeks pregnant and had a Dr. appt today. The baby's heartbeat is 165 beats per minute and the doctor says everything sounds good. We will be finding out the baby's sex next week!!!

We had a wonderful Halloween!


We each have a pumpkin: Eric's is the big one carved to look just like the pumpkin Handy Manny carved (its his favorite show so we just had to do a tribute!) Mine is the little one with the stem for a nose, I used a Martha Stewart template. Scott's is the skull and he carved his without a template or anything!!!


The best part of Halloween for Eric was running around the neighborhood!


he was shy when people opened the door...


but when offered candy, he would happily take a sucker. (sorry about the flash in this pic, not sure what happened) He seemed to like suckers the best, meaning he chewed the paper stick of the sucker, he was not interested in actually eating any candy, lol!


Here he is at the last house. The next best part of Halloween, for Eric, was when we finally got home and people came to the door because Eric got to close the door 900 times in a row, lol!

Eric is 1 year, 5 months, and 1 week old!

This passed weekend we went to a wedding in San Diego and stayed with Auntie Heather. Eric had so much fun opening and closing Auntie's doors (because they have lever handles unlike the round door knobs at home), and turning on and off Auntie's lights (because her light switches are just his height), and trying to love on Auntie's kitty (who did not want to be loved on at all by anybody). We all had a wonderful time.


Eric opening Auntie's doors with much glee!


Heather and I at the wedding.


Heather and Ken swing dancing at the wedding (they were a huge hit!)


Eric had so much fun during his first trip to the beach!


Here he is on the lifeguard tower in his lifeguard shirt - too cute!!!


Eric's first trip to the beach also included surf boarding!


The perfect family vacation photo!


Later that night we went out to dinner at the Souplantation with cousin Dan.


The next morning, we went out to breakfast. Eric got to play with crayons for the first time - of course he had to taste them, lol!


Auntie drives us to the airport, Eric doesn't want to leave!


Eric inside the plane. This was his first plane trip!

Eric is 1 year and 5 months old! (17 months!)

Eric's new word this week is "whey" with a strong higher pitched intonation at the end of the word (like a question). It seems to be a word he uses in place of the words: 'what,' 'where,' 'wait,' and 'why.' He is also saying "hi" which sounds more like 'eh?' And "bye" which sounds like 'ba!' He will also wave goodbye if he doesn't like something and either wants it to leave or wishes he himself could leave the area, lol!


Hooray, time for our evening constitutional!


Eric's eyes are closed and he is hugging Mook! :) Mook is tolerating it, lol!


4 months along (17 weeks and 4 days to be exact)! Still throwing up and feeling tired, I keep telling myself just a few more weeks of this and it should be done!

Eric is 1 year and 4 months and 3 weeks old!

Eric loves music and he has been singing along to a lot of his musical toys this week!

He has also discovered how to lick his fingers when something yummy is on there. Peanut butter is always a big hit, but recently he has started sticking his fingers in whatever I am feeding him and tasting it off his fingers or thumb - too cute!

Sunday night he was pushing his toy bus around and made little boy truck noises! This is the first time he has done this and I was so excited Scott and I were both in room to hear it!

Some folks have been asking to see pix of the grandparents and other extended family members with Eric. I don't put them up unless I ask permission first - there are a lot of pictures of me that people have put online that I am less than happy about, so I will start asking permission and you will see some grandparent pix up soon! Thanks for all your comments!


How many cell phones does a boy who can't speak in complete sentences need? His look seems to say, "It's all about the COOL factor, Mom!"

Eric is 1 year, 4 months and 2 weeks old!

I have been waiting with bated breath to take Eric to the pumpkin patch this year!


I put him in his Halloween costume and Daddy did his hair just like Superman's!


We went to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm.


Eric LOVED the petting zoo!


He ran all over the huge farm!


They had lots of cool things for kids to play on.


The pumpkin patch was HUGE!


The pumpkins were huge too!


They also had a train!


Eric got to sit in a tractor!


And pretent to drive the pumpkin cart!


We picked out a great pumpkin!


It was a wonderful day!


We all had a terrific time!