Where does the time go?

I can't believe our little man is 18 months today!

He has blessed our lives with so much joy and laughter.  What a privilege it is to be his parents! 
Everyday brings something new...it's so fun watching him discover new things.

Recently after eating a cookie, he started running in place and spinning in circles!  He hasn't stopped!
It's hilarious.

I'll be posting some more pics soon!

Speaking of tractors...

I am a little behind with this post...since this is from all the way back in July.

Wyatt got to go to his first tractor pull!  Grandpa Al was pulling at the fair and Wyatt got the chance to watch him!

Here he is getting ready for the pull with daddy's nifty headphones.

Daddy and Wyatt enjoying the pull!

Wyatt and his cousins Riley and Cole.  What a silly bunch!  If you notice, Wyatt's hair is soaked...that's because it was about 1000 degrees sitting there in the grandstands!  And the kid sweats like crazy!

And another photo of the cousins.  Love it:)

On an International Harvester...

Wyatt got his first combine ride with grandpa Al the other night.  He sure had fun!  I am sure this is just the first of many times:)  Grandpa Al was harvesting beans, so Wyatt will have to go again to see the corn!

"Around here" they pronounce it "cumbine"...and even though I grew up "around here" I pronounce it "combine"...I think it may just be a farmer thing or maybe it's just Clint's family...but I have noticed that I've started to say "cumbine"...which will probably be to the chagrin of our brother-in-law, Philip, who holds my propensity for correctly pronounced words:)

Grandpa even let Wyatt drive the combine!  He's a pretty good driver:)

And of course, showing off his belly button...we're pretty sure it's his security blanket...so weird.

And he had to press his face against the glass!

Icabod is itchy...

I know this title is a bit silly, but it may give you a clue as to how long Wyatt's attention span is right now...

Meaning that in Dr. Suess world we can get through the letter "I", where Icabod is itchy...and then Wyatt is off to the next activity.  There have been a handful of times where we've gotten all the way to the

"Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz",

but usually it's Itchy Icabod...sometimes we only make it to "David Donald Doo, who dreamed a dozen doughnuts and a duckdog too". 

Oh, Wyatt.

Often we just look at him and wonder what happened to our sweet little baby, who used to just lay there.

Now he's this sweet little boy that never rests.

Thought I'd also give an update on Wyatt's current favorites...

The kid loves to run. Constantly.

He loves pushing as many buttons on the phone before we catch him

and then he chucks said phone to the floor.

He loves throwing. Everything.

He loves taking bites out of the toilet paper.  And pretty much anything else he gets his hands on.

He loves giving the dog hugs.

Loves giving himself high-fives in the mirror.

He loves "helping" mommy.

He L.O.V.E.S. his belly button.

A crafty necessity

Since moving into our new house, there have been numerous projects to finish...stripping wallpaper, painting, major cleaning, unpacking...you get the picture.  There are definitely areas of priority and then there are other things that still need to be tackled...

One of those things that needed tackling was a curtain for Wyatt's room.  I wanted to do something cute, instead of just throwing some blinds up.  So, I thought, why not match his curtain with the crib rail protectors I made.  Well, that meant a trip to Shipshe to find the same fabric...and then finding the time to make curtains, which I've never done...But I did it!  Yay!  So I'm sharing my project with you...

This first picture shows the "curtain" we had put up...which Wyatt lived with for a while...not sure that the snowmen/reindeer blanket really fit in with summer or his room, but it blocked the sun:)  He didn't seem to mind:)

And here it is...the new curtain!  If you look closely, well, not that you really need to, but it seems as though the previous owners just gave up on painting the trim around the window!  After I took these pics I realized half is white, half is cream.  Another project to tackle!

I am noticing a trend in my blogs...I seem to do a few at once and then drop off for a while...I do enjoy sharing what's going on with us...just hard to always find time...

thanks for hanging in to read them...all 3 of you:)

toilet paper canyons...

You've never heard of a toilet paper canyon?  Well, I may have made up that term...but it's what you get when Wyatt comes in contact with a roll of toilet paper.  In this first picture, he is demonstrating how to play with a roll at grandma's house:) 

This next picture is what I call the toilet paper canyon...

The other day Wyatt grabbed a roll and took a bite...a BIG bite...so now as we use our toilet paper...we've got holes.  And today he took another bite...from the same roll...double holes.  This kid cracks me up!

belly buttons and broccoli.....

Lately, Wyatt has enjoyed entertaining us with stories that neither of us quite understand.  It usually sounds something like "unt, unt, aaaaah".  We still haven't figured out the significance of these words, but it must be important because he sure says them a lot!

Recently we were on vacation with my family in South Haven and stopped at a restaurant where most of the menu consisted of fried food.  So we opted for getting Wyatt some broccoli to go along with some fish.  I have given Wyatt broccoli plenty of times, but being a first time mom, I usually hack it into the tiniest pieces so he won't choke!  But I thought I'd see what he did if I just gave him the whole "tree".  Needless to say, it was a hit... 

I love his shrieks of delight when he gets something completely new or in a different way...like the "tree" or this morning with a strip of toast with PB and banana.  He is just so amazed by new things...LOVE it!



Wyatt also loves to put EVERYTHING in his mouth...like his little owl, Ollie.

And another fun little story about Wyatt...about a month ago, I was in the kitchen cleaning or something and Wyatt was playing in the pack-n-play.  By "playing" I mean, throwing every single toy out of the pack-n-play and waiting for me to put them back in again.  Well, I realized that he had gotten super quiet, which never happens.  So I thought something was wrong...  The picture below will show you what I found...



Wyatt discovers his belly button!  And is now COMPLETELY obsessed with it!



This is how I often find him now...he really will do this anywhere...shows strangers...if all else fails, just show 'em the belly button...