Bye! Bye! (kitty)

We have a kitty that hangs out at our house. We've named her Fluffy Kitty. Ross now says "bye bye kitty" when someone is leaving, when he's happy, when he's sad... I think you get the picture. This morning he looked out the window as I was leaving to tell me bye bye kitty. Can you see him? What about now?
Is this better?

I think he we was telling me to "listen! listen!".

What a great way to start my day off to work! Perhaps I'll be sweeter to my co-workers. Nah! Let's not get crazy here...

Kozy Shack

I have found the ultimate food in teaching Ross how to eat with his spoon. Kozy Shack rice pudding! It will not come off the spoon and Ross loves it! Now I'm not sure if it is such a good thing that it sits on his spoon like Elmer's glue but hey, he likes it and since when did eating a little glue become a bad thing. :0) just kidding

Gone. Gone.

The next morning we worked on our fork skills with some pancake. He wanted a spoon too though. A pancake and spoon don't exactly go hand and hand but it made him happy.

Like Mother, Like Son

Ross and I were in the kitchen the other day and he pulled out the drawer that I normally let him play with. I walked out to do something for a minute and came back and he had put all the containers out and had a lid on each one. They didn't all quite match up but he put forth a great effort. He likes order just like his Momma!

Once he finished he decided to sit in the drawer while he was picking up. He quickly realized there wasn't enough room for him and the containers.

Fat Baby

My friend De calls Ross "FB", which is short for Fat Baby. (though he isn't fat, just big!) Another friend took this photo while in New York City and sent it to him. I love it.

Some stats on Ross: He's now 1 1/2 yrs old! I can't believe it.
weight: 32 pds
height: almost 3 ft tall! He's going to be ginormous!

• He loves to play ball.
• He knows so many words now. One being "listen listen". His daddy taught him to tell me that while shaking his index finger at me. Lovely. :<)
• He's definitely an outside boy and constantly on the go.
• He loves to dance!
• His favorite foods are: watermelon, cantaloupe, pickles, chocolate covered raisins, and pizza! He'll eat veggie pizza but that's about the only time I can get him to eat veggies. He gets his daily servings in the fresh juice I make him.

TV time crackdown!

I have had to crackdown on Ross' TV time. Of course I can't guarantee what goes on when I'm not home but I hope Dad is going along with this. (hint hint) I like not having the TV on if Ross is home, awake, and playing. Ross disagrees. I think Dad disagrees too. ha Now that you have the back story we'll skip ahead. While I was putting away laundry on Saturday Ross went in our bedroom with me. He saw the remote on the floor and you'd have thought he was being given a lifetime supply of chocolate covered raisins. (I keep the living room remotes put away since the crackdown) He squealed and went straight for it. Then he walked immediately to the living room and tried to turn the TV on. Poor mistreated little dude!

Vrrrooom! Vrrrooom!

Like all kids toys are forgotten and then remembered. Ross has decided that he loves his red car again and the John Deere has been replaced. So we hear a remix of the sounds on this one now. He still can't quite figure out how to carry his buddies around on it with him. He took a tumble into the wall the other day while trying to drive and carry his load. Got to have those buddies!

Playtime and Haircut

I was in the kitchen making Ross his juice and he wanted to play. I gave him the usual drawer with the plastic storage bowls and instead of playing with them he dumped everything out and climbed in the drawer. He likes the wisks.

He was in bad need of a haircut so we finally got around to taking him. There is a place in West Little Rock called Pigtails and Crewcuts. Ross really liked playing.

Barbie Jeep ride

These are videos I took of Ross driving the Jeep. Again I forgot the video camera so I had to use the digital camera. Forgive the shaking from all my laughing but one of the clips cracked me up.

Sunday - Happy 4th of July!!!

We went to a cook-out on the 4th. Ross and Lilly were big buds. I'll have some more pics to post later from the 4th.

Lilly had a princess chair that Ross really liked. We should have brought his crown!

They got hungry before the food was ready so they shared a snack.

All things pink... Lilly also had a Barbie Jeep that Ross loved. He couldn't figure out the pedal though so Dad had to push it while steering. I tried to but never could quite get it.

Ross actually made it until the fireworks started, which was a surprise since he usually goes to bed at 7:00. He would about break his neck trying to look at them.

We had to leave pretty quick after they were over b/c he was so tired. I snapped this on the drive home. He had his buddy and ball while watching Barney. He was quite content.

Saturday

We had a busy weekend! Saturday was our Meme's birthday so we had lunch with the family and then we made our way to Monticello to hang out with some friends. We played, went swimming, and had some great food! Lauren and Lacy were great play buddies with Ross!

This was his first time in a big pool since swim class ended so he wasn't too sure about it. He mostly stayed on the steps playing with the toys.

His classic "excuse me, do you need something" look.