Our Crazy Week

Well, the last week has been crazy! Brian started his new job, my hard drive crashed causing me to lose almost everything, and we went to a fun Rascal Flatts concert. So it was good and bad. I just got my computer back this weekend and so now I can get caught up on here.

Rexford is growing up so fast. I think he is becoming more attached to Brian lately and prefers him over me at times. He asks for him all day and wants to be just like daddy-cleaning, mowing the lawn, helping with the trash and the dishes, eating cookies, and playing basketball. This week he decided he wanted to tackle eating an apple like daddy eats. I tried to cut small pieces off for him but he didn't want anything to do with them. He wanted the whole thing and it took him quite a while to bite through.

Rexford has taken an interest in watching me cook. We will stand on a chair and watch me. He likes to take his little pot and big spoon and pretend he's making soup. He will stir it and then put the spoon up to his mouth and make eating noises. Here he is testing his soup.

Rexford also likes to pretend he's feeding his stuffed animals or toys. He will take his little pig and feed it his banana. Today he decided to feed his cougar some of his animal crackers and juice. Of course when I got out the camera he stopped feeding it.

As I mentioned earlier, we went to the Rascal Flatts concert on Thursday night so Aunt Aly and Uncle Todd came over to watch Rexford. He waited up for me to put him to bed (we have to work on that) but that's okay. Alyson took this picture after we left. Rexford put on Brian's shoes and said he wanted to go.

Here's Rexford mowing the lawn in his slippers! He loves to run through the house pushing his mower and recently has started doing it with his slippers on.

Lazy Monday

After the weekend it is nice to just do nothing on Monday. So Rexford and I played with toys and then went outside for awhile to ride his tricycle. I couldn't stay out long because my allergies were unbearable so we were back inside before long. I hadn't pulled out the video camera in awhile so I thought I'd take a few videos. So here they are, enjoy!

House

Rexford likes to pull out these mats and play so we made them into a little house the other day. He takes his toys in there and plays with them. He even cleans his house with his hand vac (he is just like Daddy). He is into pretend play lately. He has several Little People play sets and he loves to play with the people and animals. That is the first thing he does when he wakes up. He really likes it when I make the people talk. He also likes to pretend he's playing guitar and he loves to use his "nammer" (hammer) when he pretends he's Bob the Builder. He has been talking like crazy this week, learning many family members' names, and naming things he sees all day long.

Go Go Go!

Rexford always wants to go somewhere. Usually everyday at some point he gets his shoes and brings them to us and shouts "go, go, mama, go bye!" He sometimes will get my shoes or Brian's shoes and bring them to us too. On Saturday he went to the door and put on Brian's shoes and pointed to the door and said he wanted to go. When we ask him where he wants to go he will just say go again or sometimes he'll say, "go papa" (that means he wants to go to grandpa's house). One time a few weeks ago he wanted to go somewhere so we got in the car and drove around town but no one was home so we picked up a pizza(his favorite dinner item) and came back home. He is becoming a very vocal little boy and talking all the time. His latest words are Ian(his cousin), purple, air, and Aly(his aunt). It is fun now that he can tell us what he wants and doesn't want. He is growing up too fast!