20 Month Update...A Little Late

I'm still playing catch up with a lot of things after being gone for a month, but I'm going to squeeze in Dylan's 20 month update before it gets to be next month. Stick with this post. At the bottom there are some cute pictures and videos I took at the splash pad playground this week...

*New things he says: "pay" (play), "show-a" (shower), "mowtain" (mountain), "bodo/boo-bodo/stwa-bodo" (grape, blueberry, strawberry...but now he is starting to say "gape" for grape), "Weh-come" (You're welcome.), "Cue me" (Excuse me.), "I sorry" (I'm sorry.), "I give you" (I forgive you...which he says immediately after he says sorry before the other person has the chance.), "Oh by goness" (Oh my goodness), "Uh-oh ghettigio" (Uh-oh Spaghetti-O), "Uh-oh, fall down," "taco," "juice," "sweetie," "tweet tweet," "raining," bumpy" (and says it when we drive over rough roads)

*Family names in Dylan speak: Tyo=Tyler, Jo-ay=Joey, Mangee=Maggie, Awison=Allyson, Tay Tay=Terry, Ashes=Ashlyn, Jahson=Jackson, Dahnny=Danny, G-ma and G-pa=my parents, GG=Grandma Holdaway...We told him GG-ma for great grandma, Gampa=Grandpa Holdaway, Gwamma=my Grandma Miller

*The kid loves 'big trucks' and 'choo-choo trains.' He will play by himself with them for quite a while, occasionally saying things like "crash" and "ka-boom."

*He will say "I bake it" (I broke it) and then bring me whatever he broke and say "Fic ic" (Fix it).

*He loves "Ring Around the Rosie" and laughs the entire time. I think that song's why he calls Ashlyn "Ashes." He also fills in a few words for "ABC," "Twinkle," and "You Are My Sunshine."

*When he sees someone or just wants to get your attention he'll say "Hi, Dylan" or "Hi, Dyl" (like Papa says) for people.

*He likes to "drive" golf carts and push "buttons."

*He's ok with the sound of the garage door opening and the vacuum. Finally. He also calls electric pumps 'vacuums' also.

*At Nana's her cat, Buddy, likes to go under her bed. Now he likes to look under beds and say "Hi/Bye-bye, kitty".

*He loves to say "open/close" while playing with doors.

*He was in the car with Mimi laughing and then stopped and randomly said, "I funny."

*He likes to put on adult shoes (and Maggie's). His feet grew like crazy this month and he wears a size 7. His feet are pretty wide, like his dad's.

*G-pa taught him to do the "ET" pointer finger thing. Now he says "ET" when people point at him.

*Dylan will say "Yee haw" and "Howdy" whenever he sees a hat or is playing with his stick horse. But he also says it randomly. All the time. The kid just may have to be a cowboy for Halloween with his stick horse.

*When he wants something, especially a toy, he will come up to you and say "trade."

*When I've been in nursery he watches singing time but doesn't join in. However, at home he sings "Do as I'm doing. Follow, follow me." Because of our traveling schedule and lack of a constant location the first time I left Dylan alone for 2 hours in nursey was actually in Utah (because Aunt JaNae is the nursey leader, and just awesome in general). She said he fussed for a few minutes until he got a truck and was fine after that. Figures. The kid loves his 'big trucks'. He was the youngest one in there and the only one that said "please" and "thank you" on his own. Yeah, pretty proud of that. Last week he went to our ward's nursery by himself. The leader said he used his manners and said "I sorry" anytime any of the kids cried, whether it was his fault or not. At least he knows someone is supposed to say it.

*He still loves to go to the park and play in the water, as you can see in the pictures and videos of he and Tommy I took the other day:

He also gets a huge kick out of puppies (and kitties):

Last night at dinner Autrey and I decided Dylan is at a perfect age and we don't want him to grow up. We made him promise to stop growing after he is potty trained and can talk a little better. We'll see if he keeps his word. Just in case he doesn't I'm getting all the cuddles and kisses I can.