42 Month and 1 Year Updates

Looking at a train in Roanoke:

It got a little chilly that night, so Dylan wore Autrey's coat:

Mr. Cool at the Homestead Farms field trip:

Video of Dylan making Colton laugh in the walker:

Dylan:

*April 12, the day after my last update, Dylan turned the bathroom light on and off without a stool when he went potty.  So tall!

*He is into privacy and shuts the door when he goes potty.  He can also put on his underwear, shorts, and slip-on shoes by himself.  Sometimes the shorts and shoes are backwards though.  He needs help with the pant buttons/snaps and he needs help with his shirts.

*D: "Can I lick them?" (the beaters)

  Me: "No. Pizza dough doesn't taste good.  Trust me."

  D: "Ok.  I'll trust you.  I'm trying to trust you."

*Autrey kissed me and Dylan said, "Don't trust him!"

*One of his little friends came over and Dylan said, "So, my name's Dylan...Shake my hand."

*Me: "You're growing into a big boy."

  D: "No, I'm not.  I'm going to be a truck, like Mack."  (He has also said that in Sunbeams.)

*Me on the way home from church: "Who created the animals?"

  D: "The cars.  They made the animals."

*In Primary he finished this sentence on his own: "I know Heavenly Father loves me because...He gave me cars."

*"Lion leader" = Line leader 

*"Walk and park rhyme!"  Actually, the way he says 'p-aw-k' makes that sentence true.

*Dylan is transitioning from the "What?" phase to the repeated "Why?" phase.  Yippee.  *eye roll*

*While playing with his toy cash register he said "buy one get one".  My little pricematcher.

*Dylan woke up one morning and called out "I will wait.  I will wait for you...mommy."  (part of a  Mumford and Sons song)

*Before Ali came to visit he was talking about her: "Ali is coming with red and blue hair."  He wouldn't be convinced it was just red.  When she was here he would ask "Where's Ali?" if she was out of his sight more than 2 seconds.  On Monday when Autrey picked us up from the airport on the way back from PA Dylan wanted to know if we were "going to go eat pizza by daddy's work house with Ali."

*We ate at Joe T's when Ali was here.  He has always been one to shove food in his mouth to capacity, but this time as he was chowing down a tortilla he bit his own thumb.  Of course we tried not to laugh at the poor guy, but it was just too funny.

*At the Stockyards Autrey and the boys rode the little train.  I'm glad I stayed behind with Ali because it hit a water pipe and got everyone all muddy.  Dylan still talks about the "soaking scary train at the Stockyards."

*Ali taught Dylan to put his hat backwards so it wouldn't fall off when they were running at the park.  That is known as "the speedy way."

*The other day he told me to "Follow your dreams and get the most out of your workout."  Clearly Tony Horton and my P90X DVDs are rubbing off on him.

*He was playing by himself and I heard him say: "I'm going home.  Why?  Huh?"

*"Gracie's having a party for you in Trey's belly."  (I had a baby shower for my friend, Melinda - aka Trey's mom - who had little Gracie a few days before Mother's Day.  Dylan did correct his sentence when I gave him a strange look and asked him to repeat it.)

*"Derek moved to Arkansas.  Rock moved to South Korea.  I'm moving to California.  With Autrey, named daddy.  And mommy and baby Colton."  Poor guy's had to deal with his best friends moving away and figured he should move too.

*Me: "Buddy, you've gotta point your whizzer all the way down so you don't get peepee on the floor.

  D: "Mommy, you're exhausted."  I think he meant frustrated, but either word applied at the time.  When I get upset with him he will ask me if I'm frustrated.  After a few minutes he will ask, "Are you happy now?"  It always makes me feel bad and resolve to be more patient.  I'm trying so hard to improve my patience with Dylan.

*One day I said, "Argh.  You're driving me nuts."  A while later I must have been bugging him and he said, "You're driving MY nuts."  I needed a good laugh that day.

*Dylan to Autrey: "You take care of yourself and I'll be in charge of you."

*I was making the guest room bed and Dylan was playing with the BYU quilt as a dinosaur.  He said, "Mommy, my tail is sharp (the edges have triangles).  Keep away from the children."

*"The scouts are the best friends ever."

*I pulled down the suitcases to go to PA a few days before we left so I could sort clothes to pass down.  As soon as Dylan found out what they were out for all I heard was "When are we going to G-ma's house?" "Pack the suitcases so we can go to G-ma's house."  "Are we taking that to G-ma's house?" all. week. long.  Autrey would get home and Dylan would shout "Daddy's home.  Now we can go to G-ma's house!"  I finally had to tell him that our plane wasn't ready yet so he would realize we weren't the ones holding up the trip.  It was cute though.  Now he's asking about Mimi's 'real' house because we are driving down tomorrow to help her with her summer camp.

*"G-ma and G-pa live in Mechanicsburg-er, Pennsyl-bane-ia."  For now... *sigh*

*Dylan loves to be outside playing with his friends.  He always asks me in the morning where we are going and who is going to play with him.

Colton:

*1 Year Doctor Appt Stats from Today: 

          Head: 18.4 cm - 25% (Dylan was 18.5 cm - 50%)

          Weight: 21.13 lbs - 35% (Dylan was 20.14 lbs - 25%)

          Height: 31 in - 75% (Dylan was 30.2 in - 50%)                                    

*Colton laughs a lot.  You never know what's going to trigger a belly laugh, but Dylan is really good at it.  Unfortunately Dylan also plays pretty rough with him and makes him cry.  But overall Colton is a chill baby and a good sport to be manhandled so much and to have toys put out of reach.  (Yes, we are still working on that.)

*Though he is a chill baby, he is one that has to be securely fastened in his highchair.  But even then he is buckled in, the skinny kid is able to wiggle his way into a standing position.  Thankfully we haven't had another Bumbo incident.  I don't remember Dylan ever trying to stand up in his highchair.

*He loves to play with little toy balls.

*He loves the water and doesn't mind it being dumped on his head.

*Even without any teeth he is doing great eating food with texture such as 1/4 grape slices, bananas, and kiwi.  He likes spaghetti noodles with sauce that have gone through the food grinder.  I gave him little raw apple chunks without the peel and he eventually spit them out.  Not ready for that yet.

*He points at everything, high fives, waves, and jabbers.  The other day he was crawling toward the open back door and I motioned for him to come back to me.  He just waved at me and crawled out the door.

*He loves climbing up the stairs.  I timed him once and he made it up in 53 seconds.

*He is cruising on furniture, but hasn't stood unsupported yet.

*He has the cutest shy smile where he ducks his chin and gives a reserved smile to people.  He will go to other people fine for long periods of time, but sometimes he isn't sure about it if I'm standing right there.  

*I'm almost done weaning him (I still nurse once every other day) and he loves drinking whole milk.  So does his daddy.

*He likes to play Peek-a-Boo in his crib when we go to get him out of bed in the morning or after his nap.  (He has been sleeping from 8pm to anywhere between 8-10am with a good afternoon nap.)

*He loves to be thrown in the air.

*Nicknames: Sweetabug, Squirmy Wormy, Bubbee, Shy Guy, Little CD

More to come on Colton's birthday celebrations and such after I get the CD of pictures from dad...