spaghetti face

I'm not sure why kids enjoy rubbing sauce all over their face when they eat. It's weird to me. But he seems to be having a good time. Sorry for the blurry photos. He can never sit still for a picture anymore.

week in review

We inherited this big monkey from a birthday party last Saturday. They saw that Tristan was spending more time with it than the other kids, so they thought he would want to take it home with him. We'll give him one more week with it. Anyone interested in adopting this monkey? Truman?

This is what my boys made for me mother's day morning.

Dad teaching Tristan how to blow bubbles. Notice the hand holding. Adorable.

Many nights hanging out with the Thomsons, trying to catch up on Lost. We just started season 5 yesterday. Do you think we can catch up for the series finale this Sunday? Two seasons in one week, it's possible.

Tristan at the petting zoo. He loves picking the goat's noses, playing with the fun dark round pebbles under the goats (aka goat droppings), and when the goats pee, he thinks it's a water fountain to play in. Lots of hand washing takes place at the petting zoo. He loves this place.

Tristan enjoys looking at himself in the mirror with his crazy bath hair.

happy mother's day

...to all of the wonderful mothers in my life, who inspire me and teach me so many things. I am surrounded by incredible women and I am thankful to have them in my life. My mom is special; she is one of my best friends. She is so talented, thoughtful, and beautiful. I really don't know what I would do without her. I love you mom!

14 months

Tristan is growing up so fast. I thought that I would record a few things here about our little 14 month old, so we can remember what he was like at this age.

• He claps his hands together and smiles whenever I say "yay!"
• He makes his body go limp and screams when he doesn't want me to pick him up; like in the grocery store when he wants to run around and grab food off the shelves. He even doesn't mind when people around him are watching. It's really fun for me.
• He's signing 'more' and 'eat'.
• He loves to dance to techno music.
• He doesn't like missing out on things; therefore he never wants to sleep. Nap time is still a struggle, his morning nap no longer exists. The other night we had friends over for a BBQ and when it was time for Tristan to go to bed, he screamed in his crib for a long time because he just knew that our friends were still in the living room hanging out. He was climbing out of his crib and insisted on hanging out with us, and ended up going to bed after 9:00 that night. Two nights later we were watching Lost with some friends and we had to fake a goodbye with them. Tristan and I walked them to the door and waved goodbye to them. Our friends had to hang out outside until we let them in again (sad! We are so mean). Tristan quickly fell asleep because to his knowledge, no one was out there having fun without him.
• He's a monkey and can climb anything! He has mastered the stairs, kitchen table, couches. Anything that's high up, he can climb it.
• When he gets hurt, he doesn't cry. He has fallen over in chairs, smashed many fingers, and has bonked his head over and over again and he immediately just shakes it off and moves on.
• He's obsessed with water. He finds a puddle and can hang out there and entertain himself for hours. The ocean. I'm surprised the salt water doesn't bother him but he loves getting smacked in the face with waves. He has no fear running up to a big wall of white water. Scary.
• He talks a lot. But we don't really understand what he is saying, just jibber jabs. And he loves to laugh at his own jokes. He says a jibber sentence and then cracks up at himself.
• He finds our cellphones and paces around the house with the phone to his ear as though he is on an important phone call. When I try to take the phone away from him, he goes limp and screams, (see second bullet above).
• He still loves his books.
• When he hears a dog bark in the distance, he barks back. It's the cutest little noise you could ever hear.
• When I point to a shark or a dinosaur, he growls.