Two and a Half

Little Rex is now two and a half! Here he is with his buddy Sophie. She is such a doll and they play together really well.

I wanted to record a couple more funny things Rex has said lately. He's a funny little guy.

Rex: "I don't like Santa Claus!" Me: "Why?" Rex: "He's old." After explaining that Sant brought him presents he was okay with him again, but I thought it was pretty funny.

We took Rex to In and Out for the first time. On our way out the door he said, "That was fun. That was a fun cheeseburger." I have never seen him really eat much of a cheeseburger, but he was all over that one. He's got good taste.

Seven months?

Wow, this little man is already seven months! Yikes! He is still growing fast. I had to snap a quick picture of him today while he still fits into this 12-18 month outfit. Yes, we grow 'em big here.

Baden has been into smacking his lips like crazy. I think it's adorable. He is the happiest little guy ever. I really wish I could freeze him at this age...minus the spitting up.

One of Those Days...

Well, we had our first expense of the year on New Year's Day. Our freezer died. A day after we stocked with food from Costco. Yup. Not so good. At first we thought it was just the freezer, but then the whole unit went through a slow, painful death.

Below: Rex is currently in love with that green colored Odwalla juice. He is not in love with me taking his picture, in case that wasn't clear.

Here was our make-shift freezer. Luckily our neighbor also let us use some fridge space till the new one arrived. And luckily the giant birds in our backyard only ate the waffles.
Our new fridge arrived late last night and the drama is over. Come on over and have some filtered water or ice. Yeah, baby - that's an upgrade.

Up to and In to

Rex has been changing and growing so quickly lately. I wanted to write down some of his latest tricks and things he's into before I forget.

1) In the past month or so Rex has been discovering new things he can do with his body. He'll strike a pose, like holding up a leg or squatting and say "Mom! Wook at dis! You like it? You like it?" He wants to show us his every move. I am usually rolling on the ground when he does this. It's hard to convey how funny it is just by writing about it. Here's an example of one of his poses.

2) He's still wiping off most of my kisses. His latest comeback is telling me it's too early for kisses (just like I tell him it's too early for candy).

3) He still loves Jeff's Starcom guys, but also enjoys the Lego men as well. He likes to see how many heads he can stack on one body.

4) Rex hates having his diaper changed and has come up with some good stories to avoid it. He was poopy yesterday and I called him on it. He denied it and I asked what was the poopy smell. He told me it was dog poop. Funny, especially since we don't have a dog.

5) He is using his imagination a lot. He loves to play imaginary catch, which he came up with on his own. He'll announce that he's going to throw the ball and then he wants you to catch it. Turns out I really am athletic because I have some serious imaginary catch skills....and all this time I didn't know.

6) The other day I was showing him the pictures of him I have on the sidebar of the blog. I explained that the first one was baby Rex and that he kept on getting older and bigger. All of the sudden Rex started clenching his fists and teeth and shaking. I said, "Rex, what are you doing?" He replied honestly and innocently, "I'm trying to grow!"

Here's Rex and I the Sunday before Christmas. I love this amazing little boy.

Florida Adventures Part 2 - the zoo

The day after Chrismas we all headed for the Tampa zoo. It was a fabulous zoo and I think we all had a great time. These two led the way.

They had a little play area there that Rex and Grant liked.

Here's Jeff seeing just how close you can get before you get your eyes pecked out.

The cousins were so fun and so sweet with Rex and Baden.

They had a lot of areas where you could touch the animals - or try to.

Rex had so much fun with grandma and grampa.

He even got to style the goat.

Grant thought the goats were pretty cool, too.

Malinda, Madi, and Grant RODE A CAMEL!!! Now that's a cool zoo!

A close-up of the riders.

Rex got to ride his daddy - not quite as exciting, but free :)

Malinda and her great kids.

It was a fun-filled day. Rex made it through all of it but the last five minutes. He crashed in the stroller.

Florida Adventures Part One - the park

Malinda has a great park close to her house. We rode her bikes over and played for a while. The area is beautiful.....so green, tons of trees and landscaping, lakes, etc. Anyhow, here's aunt Malinda helping Rex climb the ladder.

This is Malinda's newest addition - Izzy.
"No mom, I am definitely NOT throwing sand since you told me not to."

Cousin Grant is also NOT throwing any sand.

Catching a father-daughter moment.

Here comes three little boys down the slide.....one...

....two (realizing he's a bit too big for this)....

...and three.

We didn't make it to Disneyworld, but the nice thing is - I think Rex is just as happy to be at the park.

We're Back!

We got back late last night from our trip to Florida. I've got lots to post, but I'm going to pace myself. Anyhow, here's a couple of pictures from Christmas eve. Malinda got everyone matching jammies. Here are the ladies. No, we didn't have to wear the antlers to bed.

Here are the men.
Here are the little men. They looked so cute all matching.

We had a great trip. Now it's time for some serious catching up on sleep (for the boys) and laundry/cleaning (for me).