Teddy and Leo's Page

Not only is Teddy 16 months old, but he is on the move! And I thought these pictures were difficult to capture when he started crawling....

Here are some more of our "out-takes":

Teddy continues to be more and more fun every day. He talks all the time and surprises me daily by copying new words he has heard. The other day he pointed to a picture of his cousin Caroline and said her name! And at playgroup he pointed to his buddy Daniel and said his name too. He also recently said his first sentence when he pointed and said, "It's my ball." (It was in fact NOT his ball... but I was nonetheless proud). His favorite things to say seem to be "mamma" "more" "ball" and "no" and he loves to say "bye" and to blow kisses. He also has become very attached to two small stuffed teddy bears, and recently does not want to leave the house with out taking them with him. He calls them his babies, and actually he refers to all stuff bears as "baby." It is very cute! Teddy also really enjoys having books read to him, and his favorite (or at least my favorite to read) is The Monster at the End of the Book. He also still loves playing with any kind of balls. He loves to copy whatever he sees us doing (sweeping, brushing hair, blowing on food that is hot, etc) and for the moment he seems to enjoy putting things away (I am loving that!) He has helped Shae with a lot of the planting in our yard this Spring, and he has recently started enjoying the benefits of our garden. He is a big fan so far of our radishes, strawberries, and peas!

Last week we got to have a special guest spend the night. Teddy's cousin Jack slept over while his sister was still in the hospital and we had a great time with our guest. Teddy followed Jack everywhere and had a great time with him.

Teddy watched with envy as Shae and Jack shot some baskets. Poor Teddy... it was his nap time:

Teddy and Jack watching Sponge Bob:

I am behind on updating the blog again but this time unfortunately it is due to some difficult circumstances. Teddy's cousin Maggie has been very sick and in and out of the hospital since early Easter morning. She ended up having an emergency appendectomy on Wed. April 28, and while she is going to be just fine, the recovery is long and painful. Even though we are hopeful she will be home for Mother's Day, we are also just taking it day by day at this point. I have several posts to update, but this one will include the April Festivities. I will hopefully finish the posts including his 16 month update and his trip to Nashville soon as well.

We started off celebrating Easter early with the Moms club Spring Fling. It was Teddy's very first Easter egg hunt. This first picture pretty much captures exactly what he did for the entire "hunt":

Once he found an egg, he sat down and played with it. He didn't pick up any others, although his friends handed him some eggs:

It was a beautiful day and we had a great time at the Spring Fling.

Teddy tried to pushhis friend Vanley around:

Teddy had a lot of fun at the "bouncy place" we went to a few weeks ago. (Except for when he slipped, fell, and busted his top lip. Don't worry, I was definitely more traumatized by the blood than he was). Here he hangs with some buddies:

Teddy LOVED the bouncy that had some basketball goals in it. He tried to get a basket:

He tried and tried until he wore himself out:

We went to some garage sales a few weekends ago and found lots of "treasures" for Teddy. Someone even gave us these weights so Teddy can get buff:

April is one of our birthday filled months. Between Teddy's Aunt Sam, Uncle Hal, Grandma, cousin Jack, and me... we have lots of birthdays to celebrate! Shae always makes me a yummy cake, and this year he chose to make an icecream cake. It was SOOOO yummy! Here are some shots of the cake in progress:

Mmmmmmm.... mint chocolate- my favorite!

Of course we went to Provino's with my family for dinner. My brother and I enjoyed our free meals (we have the same birthday) and all of the cousins were rowdy together. Good thing everyone else in the side room also had loud kids! Here I am with little miss Maggie:

Waiting (not so patiently) for our food:

Teddy colored his menu:

Maggie let Teddy wear her stylish hat:

Aw... Shae and his "copy":

A family photo 4/17/11:

We all came back to our house for cake and presents after dinner. And of course the cousins got to PLAY:

There's the finished product of Shae's awesome cake:

(Notice Uncle Hal on the right... also celebrating his birthday). The ice cream cake was WONDERFUL!

On the 19th, my mom, dad, Shae, and I went to see Bob Seger in concert. It was a great show and we all had lots of fun:

Since the concert was at Phillips, we took Teddy to his Uncle Hal and Aunt Jenn's house so they could babysit. Turns out Teddy was a fussy boy, who only wanted his Uncle Hal:

On April 20th we celebrated another special birthday!

Happy Birthday Grandma Judy:

The last birthday in April we celebrate belongs to Teddy's only boy cousin- Jack. He turned five this year and we went to his very cool Star Wars themed party on Friday the 22nd. While all of the older boys played with lightsabers and doing relay races (GO JACK):

Teddy found something of Maggie's that he liked:

(Little does he know- his mamma had a cute silver car like this once upon a time... only to be traded in for a more kid-friendly/car seat friendly car). Teddy also had fun playing pat-a-cake with Maggie:

He also hung out with cousin Caroline:

Jack blowing out candles on his very cool Star Wars cake:

Teddy got the best view thanks to Uncle Jamie:

And when nobody was looking (except maybe grandma)... Teddy made his move and grabbed a lightsaber:

Good thing Jack had such a great party planned for the Friday before his birthday. Because we all spent the evening of his actual birthday (April 25) in the children's hosptial with poor Maggie! We did have cupcakes in her room and quietly sang to Jack.

The Saturday before Easter, we took Teddy to the local Spring Fling for his second egg hunt:

Now that he had one hunt under his belt, he was ready to go. Sort of. He needed a little help:

Later that day, we were all hanging out in the front yard. I guess Teddy decided he wanted to help Daddy with the garden...

...so he dug a nice sized hole in the yard. See how proud he was:

On Easter morning Teddy woke to find out the Easter Bunny had been in his room and left him all sorts of treats:

(This Jewish mommy noticed the Easter Bunny must shop at the same yard sales that we do... this stuff looks vaguely familiar!)

After they got up and dressed, Teddy and Shae went downstairs for another egg hunt. Teddy finally got the hang of it:

(Good job boys... except that as of today, I still know of at least 2 eggs you haven't found yet!)

Happy Easter!

Teddy also had fun coloring the great coloring book his sweet Aunt Sara sent:

But he took a break from coloring to take a call... on his baseball:

But he didn't stop coloring for long.... this boy can multi-task:

We also had fun coloring outside with Teddy's new sidewalk chalk:

Here is one last silly picture before I end this really long post. Teddy's favorite food these days seems to be oranges. He LOVES them and will even say "orange" when he wants one... or two... or three (he eats that may of the little ones at a time!) Well, the other day, he somehow got a hold of one before I realized it. I guess he wanted it so much that he didn't even wait for me to peel it: