House

So for those of you who don't know, we put our condo on the market the beginning of August in hopes it would sell so we could find a house with a yard and a garage! We were optimistic that someone would come the first week and want it but no such luck. Now that it has been on the market for almost a month, we have stopped making it "show" ready every morning before we leave. I just said to Kevin last night that we need to do a good cleaning this weekend! So I left the house this morning, we will clean tomorrow!

Well wouldn't you know, today at 11:45, we got a text message saying that someone wanted to see our place at 5:45! My first thought was...FINALLY!! Then I thought, oh no it is not ready for anyone to see. So Kevin came home on his lunch break and picked things up and then I came home early from work and cleaned! I think it looked the best it could. Now we just have to hold a good thought that the person looking liked it. Wouldn't that be a wonderful start to a weekend!!!

16 months

This was taken when we were on vacation at my parents lake house the beginning of the month.

I am actually on top of things this month. Today Jack is 16 months old. His teacher told me today that she thinks that Jack is so smart. She said he is really busy and too smart for his own good but she loves him cause he knows the rules. The only problem is he doesn't always follow them. I think that about sums it up.

Jack is very curious. He wants to see and try everything. He wants to know what we are doing at all times and wants to try it too.

He is really into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on tv right now. We have recorded several of them and he likes to come home from school and watch mickey. He really enjoys dancing to the "Hot dog song."

He also likes playing with his fisher price farm set. We tell him that his animals are hungry and he goes over and "feeds" them.

He is getting good at feeding himself with a spoon. At school he will not let anyone help him eat. At home we still help him from time to time.

Some other stats:

- We are in the process of changing over to size 4 diapers.

-He wears 12 and 18 month clothes

-He is a pro at climbing up the stairs and then sliding down on his tummy.

- He is beginning to play with cars and when he moves them around he says vroom.

- He is obsessed with our iphones. He loves to watch youtube videos on them. His favorites are 5 little monkeys and twinkle twinkle little star. He is also quite good at using an iphone. He knows how to unlock it and change the screens. He loves to flip through picture on it too.

We went to the Miami county fair last weekend with Kevin's family. This is a picture of Jack waving to the animals. He loved looking at all of them (and the all the people for that matter) but he would not pet any of them.

Talking Up a Storm

Jack's vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few weeks. He is trying to say more and more and I LOVE IT!!! He is actually communicating what he wants instead of whining all of the time. He can say ya and no and for the most part uses them correctly. He also shakes his head no. (He tends to do this more than agreeing to something.)

He says mama, dada and papa (which is what we are calling my dad.)

He says dog and kitty and he makes the sounds a dog, cow, lion, lamb and duck make.

He says ball and milk.

He says Thank you and love you (which are my two favorites!)

He is growing so much and is changing by the minute. We had such a good time at the lake with my family this past week. Jack was so busy and loved being there. He enjoyed swimming in the lake with his turtle water ring but he wasn't too crazy about the little pool we brought for him. He spent most of his days "exploring" and trying to figure out what he could get his hands on that he wasn't supposed to touch.

Now it is time to go back to do work tomorrow. (boooooooooo) Did I mention that we also put our condo up on the market last week. So hopefully soon someone will be interested in it so we can move to a place with a yard and lots of room for Jack to be busy! (because that is his favorite thing to do right now!)

A long over due post

I have seriously been slacking in the blog department. Life has been crazy the past few weeks. First our basement flooded, then we had to get all new carpet. Then I got strep throat and we decided to put our condo on the market and finally we went on a much needed vacation to the lake house with my family.

Jack also turned 15 months old in the mix of all of that so here is a little update on him

at 15 months Jack was

- 24 lbs and 33 inches tall.
- his appetite has decreased a little but he still loves fruit!
- he loves cheese nip crackers. I mean the kid is obsessed with them!
- he is saying more and more. (No, dada, mama, yeah, dog, cracker, milk, ball, oh no, more, thank you, shhhhhhhhh, papa)
- he knows a lion says "roar", a lamb says "baa," a cow says "mooo," and a dog says "woof"
-still in size 3 diapers
-wears 12 month clothes
-is a very happy, busy boy