20 months: End of a Great Summer

Back to school for mommy! Both mommy and Easton are making a fairly smooth transition. Daddy says he only cries until my car is out of site(Easton cries a little too:)) Mommy is comforted by the fact that Easton and daddy have a wonderful bond. Whenever I come home from work, I like to hide and watch the two of them outside playing together. Easton has a special way of looking at his daddy. It is no wonder though. Shawn is a very hands on and involved dad! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful guy in our lives (plus he cooks dinner during the school year!).
We enjoyed the Dells so much that we decided to go back (as did Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Mandi, Uncle Michael, Aunt Missy and cousins Morgan, Maddie, Zach and Matt) for a second trip. Unfortunately, Easton was battling the flu and wasn’t as into the waterslides and swimming as he was the first time.
We are glad the flu has passed and have our little talker back! Easton definitely takes after mommy when it comes to socializing. We are always getting comments on how well he talks for his age. When you’re doing it as much as he is, it no wonder! We have noticed that during conversations, Easton will relate something we are talking about to something that may have happened as much as two weeks earlier. We like that he is making connections to the things he talks about. He is now at times up to four words in a sentence, and is getting better at letting us know what he needs. For a while, we were dealing with a whiner. For some reason, instead of asking for something, Easton would whine. We began to put him into the time out corner, and the problem was fixed within a day or two!
Easton is also working with numbers. He understands how many two is, and will occasionally ask for a couple (tuple) grapes. Colors are improving as well! He no longer thinks everything is yellow!
We are coming into the “everything is mine” phase. He doesn’t use the term “mine”, but will take a toy from you that he wants, and hand you something he doesn’t.
We bought a potty for Easton last month, and he wanted nothing to do with it. When asked if he wanted to sit down on the potty, the reply was a very determined “NO!” I left it alone, because as I have been told, boys can be stubborn about this. However, just the other day, before bath, I asked if he wanted to sit on the potty. He said, “Mommy sit down potty”. After I did, he sat on his. We both did a little pushing……and Easton had his first pee-pee in the potty! Mommy was so proud! We did a pee-pee dance, and had a pee-pee candy!
Easton’s attitude is awesome. Unless he is sick, he is always in a good mood. He keeps Shawn and me smiling all day long with the things he says and does. He loves to help and be involved in whatever we might be doing.

Summer Fun

Tunnel Fun

Playtime!