Busy Days

With Rhonda at her wedding
Watching our backyard bunny

Playing with Sarah Catherine


Dancing at Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Matt's rehearsal- he danced all night.



Catching some zzzs with Daddy

Well, we have had a busy, busy month. We celebrated Tucker's 2nd birthday, Rebecca and Matt's wedding, enjoyed family time with the McCormicks, celebrated more family and friends' birthdays, caught up with many friends we hadn't seen in a while, and ended the month in the most beautiful way- on top of Chandler Mountain for Rhonda and Derek's wedding!

Tucker has definitely changed in the midst of all the craziness. Seems like when he officially turned two, many things changed. Tucker has definitely hit the independent stage. He wants to do just about everything on his own and occasionally allows us to help him out. We definitely have seen major mood changes. One minute is loves something , the next he wants nothing to do with it. One mintue he wants help, the next he is pushing you away. One minute he wants to go potty on the toilet, one minute he will have nothing to do with it. One minute he is hungry, the next he is ready to be on the move. One minute he is exhausted and ready for bed, and one hour later we are still flipping around in the bed.

We had a great two year appointment with Dr. Huie. We love Dr. Huie. He has just be wonderful with Tucker (and mommy) over the past two years. He was very impressed with Tucker and his talking. He looked in Tucker's ears for elephants and hippos. Tucker loved it when he got his smiley face sticker on a stick and of course was ready for his sucker when the shots were over. Tucker is growing just right. He is on track for his growth. In fact- still in the top 90% with head,height and weight. He weighed in at 35 lbs and 36 1/2 inches. He is definitely our big boy.

Tucker is into so many things right now. He loves creating art with playdough and markers and paint. Loves using his new easel. He loves to sing- real songs and songs he makes up. He loves to pick things out for himself-especially his clothes. He loves trying to eat in a big boy chair as opposed to the safe travel chair. He loves to eat Life cereal every morning for breakfast with an occasional bowl of Krispies with it. He loves to drink "Pa Grape juice." He loves his elephant and horse shirts from St. Louis. He loves to ride the elephant at the mall. He loves his trucks still. But has recently he really LOVES being a Bob the Builder fan and is becoming a big fan of Diego as well. He will sing the Bob Builder song all day- including his own version where Bob uses a hammer! He loves to read still and has recently started enjoying visits to the library. We went for the first time this past spring with our friends Lindsay and Trey. We'll that got Tucker hooked-especially checking out Bob Builder stuff. So we met up with Tucker's first buddy, Thomas, and his mommy and his new sister, Madelyn, at the library last week. We were able to enjoy a puppet show (Thomas and Tucker watched for an hour!!!) and then checked out 3 Bob Builder books which Mommy and Daddy couldn't return quick enough due to over reading. We definitely plan to start having a weekly library date in the fall. Tucker will be starting Mother's Day out twice a week in Aug. It will be a change for mommy but Tucker is very excited about going to school at church. We know he will love it and it will be good for our big man.

These days, we have just started realizing that are baby boy is no longer a baby and we are definitely in the toddler stages with our Big Fella! You know it is true when your baby tells you...

"Harris, look at me!!"

"No, No, No!!"

"I sleep with Mommy"

"There is Daddy's building with the American flag"

"Let's go see Daddy"

"Tucker sit there, Mommy sit there and Daddy sit there!"

"I wear my elephant shirt. My horse shirt is dirty."

"No, can't"

"Mommy, share!"
"No, that's not yours. That's Tucker's!"

"Let's watch Bob Builder, Mommy."

and finally, when he is asking the nursery workers "where is the computer" so he can "listen to Bob Builder music."

We have definitely hit a new stage. Lots of questions of who is that or what is that or where is that. We are dreading the day that Why becomes a question. But excited about all the changes and watching our sweet baby Big boy grow!