Fun with a Toddler

Oh I love my little boy..and that is what he is right now, a little boy. He is getting so big and independent and we are just loving watching him develop his own personality...which includes brushing his teeth for like 10 minutes at night to stall going to bed. :) But he is a big boy now walking, learning to run (very dangerous as he learned Sunday when he lost control and ran right into a pew at church..funny now but he made quite the boom), sitting in a booster seat and the table and eating big boy food and even occasionally working on drinking from a cup. It really is amazing how much he has grown up in the last couple of months. But here are some really fun pictures to enjoy :D
Were going through his hats from last year to see if any of them fit and he thought it was hilarious. This was one of the few that did fit and he loved putting it on himself. hehe

Cute boy sitting at the table and eating. He hit a point where he was so fussy eating and we did not know why. Then one day I was getting his dinner ready and when I looked over he had climbed into a chair and was sitting at the table with his sippy. I got out his booster and he has been happy ever since. :)

Grandma and Grandpa (my parents) came over last weekend and Jake had a great time just hanging out with them.

Here Jake and his Grandpa were getting very excited over a cartoon...probably Mickey. :) He sure was a Grandpa's boy that weekend. It was really cute.

Ahhhh...the first time he used a fork. So much easier than a spoon right now because he loves spearing the food and he has not really figured out the fine art of using a spoon yet. :) Thank you Bonnie for this wonderful tip. :)

Too cute

However very often the fork gets abandoned at some point in favor of the hands. :)

Jake, Grandma and Piper...everyone looks so happy :D They had all just come back from a walk.

Mom, Dad and Jake all in their jammies. :)

And oh Jake's favorite part of the weekend. We had been bad about getting Jake's little pool out this summer and so we finally got it out for the first time. He was not too happy about it until Ryan thought to put his slide going into it. He instantly wanted to go down the slide and loved splashing into it. Often taking a dive into the water at the last instant. Way to go Dad!!!!

This is too much fun!!!

Making the plunge. But that is us as of now. Hope you all are enjoying the last bits of water and fun and looking forward to some nice cool weather. :D