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19 months: Just Hanging Out

E's Word(18 months)

Shawn had thought it would be a great idea to create a dictionary showing the words Easton knows and how he says them. This will provide us with a reminder of not only his growth, but the interesting and adorable way he pronounces things! Once I figure out how to organize this; I will do so!! I will add more words as I remember them all!

Excavator-Oca-boom / Back-hoe- Bach-ho / Bull Dozer- Bo Dozer / Bob Cat- Bob Cat
Loader-Loader / Dump Truck- Dump Dump / Garbage Truck- Darbage Truck / cement truck- cemen truck/ dirt/ road/
Ice Cream Man- Ah Ceem Man / Happy birthday- Happy see dee / Love you- la-lu
Shovel- Shozzle / Rake-Reek / Lawn Mower-mon mower / Weed Wacker- Wee Wacker
Blower- Bolo / mulch-mooch / bucket-bocket / hammer-hamma / screw driver-scho die-va
saw / drill / Octagon- ocagon / Oval-ovo / Star-sar/ Circle- sa-sa /Thunder-Tunner
Lightning-lightning / dark-dock Rain- reen / coffee- ta see / Pasta- passa
Back yard- back yard / sand- sond castle-tasle / feet- seet / Nose-no / Eyes
Mouth-mow / Hair-heyr / Ears- eas / Toes / Fingers-finas
number- noma / bug- bud /Lightning bug- nightning bud / swing- sing sing
waterslide-waddeslide/ blueberry-bolos / avocado- ado tado / banana-bana /juice-jew/ pizza-pissa / sause/ sase /crackers-kakas / chocolate milk-choco-milk stove top- tove top / look out- luk out/pick it up- pick it up /Easton- Eton brush- bush / Diesel- deesel /Helicopter- hop clop / Motorcycle- cycle bike
air plane- ah plane / Zebra-zeba/ Bison/ Lion-ninon/ Tiger-tider/ Bear
Vulture- voture Hippo Monkey-mokey Rhino Iguana-wana Fish-fshies Blanket-blanken Yellow- lallow Red Blue-boo brown-bown Orange-onge
Green- deen Purple-purpa
Fork-fook /Spoon-soon /apple juice- appo jew /grapes/ drink- deek/ winnie/
Knife-no no ni /dinner-dinna /chicken- cheeken /ribs /amen-ahmen /oh God- oh dod
sit down- seet down/ pick it up/ olives- ollis / brown sugar- bown sugar/ school bus- schoo bus/ up (down)stairs- up (don) seers/ open/ shut/ lotion- loshun / round and round- roun-a-roun/ cross the road- coss a road/ lemonade- omenade / mercedes- meer-de-ce-de / baseball bat- be-baw-bat / water balloon- waler balloon/ policeman- pleashman/ fireworks- fiwoks/ roller coaster- rolla toser/

My First Cycle Ride!

19 months

Sorry about the delay on the post, but we've been having way to much fun this summer! We just got back from our first family trip, which took us first to Madison, Wisconsin to visit Aunt Michelle, Uncle Randall, Matt and Mali, and then to the Wisconsin Dells. Easton enjoyed his cousins so much, it was hard to leave. The Dells were so much fun, we are thinking of returning in August! Easton loved the waterslides! "More Waterslide" was the word of the day while we were there!
July has probably been the toughest month we have encountered thus far with Easton. We had a week there where he woke every morning at 4:58 in the worst mood possible, and stayed crabby all day long. All throughout the day it was "hod ju mommy", and our little guy would claw his way up onto me. We thought the terrible two's had come early, but eventually figured out his 2 year molars were coming in.
Along with that, Easton is happily testing his boundaries. There isn't a thing in or outside of our home that he hasn't tried to climb up on and jump off of. He doesn't like the word no and will test as much as he can. He will even get a little bit of an attitude when he is overly tired and start demanding("a wan baba milk").
Aside from that, we continue to be amazed at how much of a conversation we can have with Easton. He is beginning to understand what is his, dadda's and mama's, and will name it as such("dada's dirty shirt" or "mama's choffee"). He likes to blame his messes on others ("Aspen did it")and is learning colors, but continues to call everything yellow the first time around, because it is his favorite. When counting, he will call out certain numbers, and knows visually how many is two.
We are constantly laughing as Easton can be quite the ham. He knows when his being goofy is amusing others and will play it up as much as he can if possible. We feel blessed everyday as we enjoy our little gift!

1 1/2 years old!!

SCHOOLS OUT!! Both Easton and mommy are excited to be home together! Mommy is especially excited for all the things that we have planned as a family.
We have already made it to the community water park, and I have to say, that was a bit interesting. At first I thought the money was wasted, but was pleasantly surprised when Easton went from the ankle deep part of the pool to about where it hit his chin. He was trying to get to the waterslide where all the kids were. Unfortunately, they don't allow babies to ride down with mommies! Guess he will have to learn to swim fast! While there, he learned how to climb out of the side of the pool, and jump into the water. We enjoyed playing with the kids and making some new friends. We hope to make even more friends when we go to mommy and baby swim classes, and busy baby time at the park district.
We had a great time going on our first family zoo trip. Easton was so excited to see the real animals and liked saying their names, and mimicking their sounds. The weather was perfect and all the animals were out playing and swimming.
Easton is doing a great job talking and continues to add to his vocabulary everyday. His doctor said his words are very clear and understandable for his age. He likes to sing bits and pieces of the alphabet, the wheels on the bus, and roll over. If we get to a song he doesn't know, he will lip sync! It is hilarious to look in the rear view mirror and see his lips moving to the lyrics. He is putting two and sometimes three words together. He was in his bouncer the other day and said thank you dada. Easton has learned that mommy has difficulties saying no when he uses the word please. He has the cutest little way of looking at me and saying, "please mama, more", and I can't resist. He is very polite and almost always uses please and thank you. He is also working at counting. So far he can count to three. He doesn’t always get it. He might get to two and add a nine or a six.
He is doing well with letting us know what he wants, or making choices. We can almost carry on broken conversations. If we ask what he wants for lunch, he might say hotdog, or if I ask if he wants a sandwich, he might say no. He will come to me and tell me he wants milk, juice, or water to drink or more pineapple or pasta at dinner. He is a great helper, and loves to help mommy and daddy put away groceries. The mouthwash will end up in the fridge and the peanut butter usually ends up with the pots and pans, but his thoughtfulness is much appreciated!
We might be looking into getting a potty soon! Easton is already letting me know when he has to poop. He will walk up and say, "Poop...poop....poop". Shortly after doing this, he finds his way to a corner, or chair( for leverage of course), and proceeds to go. If you look at him, he will say, poop. I have tried taking him to the big boy potty when he comes to tell me he has to go, but he doesn't want much of that right now.
18 month doctor visit: 26 lbs (58%), 33.75in (85%), he is also in the 85% with his head size.