Reading Curious George

Rockstar Rykken

As we all know...I get side tracked...okay mostly bored with things quickly, or I suppose some could say I am the type of person who starts things and then tends to never finish them. I am guessing those that follow my blog have thought that perhaps that is the case here...but I'm back! I changed the template on my blog and am feeling re-inspired. So beyond the fact that it has been SEVEN months since I have given an update, I suppose now is the most appropriate time. Rykken will be two in two weeks and this last year has flown by. It seems like I was just blogging about him turning one. Ha...how things change and this past year has been nothing like I had predicted. A few things I didn't expect....I bought a house in late February, I re-claimed my beloved dog after a year of her living with my mom due to Rykken's birth, I reconnected with an old flame and then disconnected with him again, I have watched Rykken learn to walk, learn to talk, and learn to show affection and compassion. I hit a very very low point and have hit some of the highest points of my life thus far. So, yes the last year especially the last seven months have been crazy incredible.




Some updates on the cutie patootie...like I said he will be two on August 16th, he is a ball of energy (all of the time). He is one of the happiest little boys I have ever known. He is always smiling and laughing and one of his favorite words is "hooray", if that tells you anything. He is talking quite a bit, he says simple phrases like "What happened?" and "I did it!", and my personal favorite...."I love you" which is most often pronounced "I low ooh". He also says an incredible array of words and will repeat any and everything I say. At this point in his life...Thomas the Train is EVERYTHING to him. He loves that train and talks about Thomas pretty constantly, and wants to wear his train pajama's every day, and tries to push our dog around from behind shouting "choo choo!". He has hit his picky eating stage and will only eat select foods including green beans, mac and cheese, spaghetti, cereal bars, peas, and grapes. He consistently answers with cake, cookies, or ice cream if I ask him what he wants to eat for dinner. He is very curious about the potty and using the potty but not quite ready to actually work on potty training. He occasionally wears his Elmo underwear and says "momma...cool!" But I haven't pushed it further than that yet, the time is coming soon as I don't think its a good sign that he brings me his powder and asks me to change his diaper and use powder. If he is big enough to be requesting special order diaper changes...he is big enough to be using the potty.

I promise I will try to keep up with blogging and as soon as I clean my house I will take pictures and post those as well. :)