Shay comes to play

After lots of sickies running through Shay's house she was finally able to come play last week. Patrick and her got along great.

Well, at least until she decided she wanted to sit on the stool that he was sitting on!

Patrick laughed a lot that evening though. He especially loved showing off his dance moves for Shay.

They did really great taking turns with the toys for the most part. This cart was definitely a hit!

October Snow

On friday we enjoyed our first big and beautiful snow. Patrick fell in love instantly. He is such a copy cat and loves to do all the big people things.

Sometimes mom and dad need to take said big things away. This typically doesn't sit well. I still think he is kind of cute crying though too! ;)

Dad helped out though and gave him a Patrick sized tool that worked even better since it also doubled as a spoon.

Patrick went right to work "helping" daddy.

He also had a snack break once and while. We need to work on colors so he can pick out the yellow stuff!

I think he may have stayed outside all night playing if we let him. Now we need to figure out how to get mittens on his hands so they don't freeze!

Random Friday

Going for a ride in the kitchen.

mmmm.. Ah-bee's.

Smiles!

Show off

Patrick showing off his mad phone skills along with the animal sounds he has learned lately.

Giggles, just for fun!

Pumpkin Patch

Little boy.
check.

Awesome sweater.
check.

Camera.
check.

Pumpkins.
check.

We had a fun time at the pumpkin patch the other day. Patrick found a pile of mini pumpkin gourds and was in heaven at finding a whole pile of "balls" that he could throw. Once we steared him away from those, he found an apple tree with more "balls" that he could eat and throw!

He may be a little young for the pumpkin patch, but it was fun anyway!

And if you were trying to guess how big he is...
a little over 25 lbs, give or take a pumpkin.

Miss Cleo

Wow, what a long tough day. We woke up this am to Cleo just laying around and not acting herself. She began throwing up shortly after. We brought her into the vet only to discover that she was in kidney failure. They sent her home with fluids but not much hope. I left work early and gave her lots of loving. She was loosing her bladder control so we decided to not let her be sick much longer.
Ryan lovingly took her in. Before she left We got Patrick and he gave her some love and said Bye bye, Night Night kitty. Then I carried her out to the car giving her a little fresh air first. She perked up her ears and loved watching everything around her. It didn't take long and Ryan was with her. A lot of tears from us both today. Growing up on the farm cats died all the time, but then again we were lucky if they made it through one winter let alone 11. She was 15 and spent 11 years with us.
She loved to cuddle on our laps and made sure we never had a free lap without her on it. She did really well with Patrick letting him beat her up with minimal fuss. She wasn't terrible friendly with others, but was wonderful to us. We will certainly miss hearing her bell and feeling her kisses on our noses. Much love to Miss Cleo.

Miss Cleo

Some sad news coming. More details soon. For now, we will love on her.

18 months

or is that 1.5 years? When do I start moving from months to years?


Well here is what is up with Mr. P.

Playing.
This kid is really quite creative. He likes to imitate anything that mom and dad do and then pretend that he is doing it. Talking on the phone, cooking, cleaning and he especially likes driving (license to come later!) Last night he was playing with his cash register and it has a little microphone thing on it. He picked it up and we typically shout something like "Peanut Butter, Aisle 6" and so he talked into it and said "blah, yada, Aisle 6". So cute!

I love when he does imaginative play. He always wants to help in the kitchen lately. This means pulling up a chair to the silverware or utensil drawers and pulling everything out so he can "organize" it for mama. Don't trust the silverware by the refrigerator. I can't verify that it is clean anymore!

Talking.
This kid is a talking maniac. We are starting to understand the clearer words now. This month he added:
Meow for kitty (17mo 10/10/09)
Roar for Bear (17mo 10/10/09)
Beep (17mo 10/03/09)
Ah-Bee *Banana*(17mo 9/30/09)
Woof (17mo 9/29/09)
Amen(17mo 9/27/09)
Hand motions to "itsy bitsy spider" (17mo)
Hi (17mo 9/28/09)
It seams like the words are coming about 1-2 week now.

Sleeping.
Yeah, this could always be better. We are pretty certain there are some teeth, but there always seem to be teeth but nothing to show for it yet. He is still up a couple times a night. Ever since we all had the flu it has been down hill. He does go down better in the evening though and almost asks to go now by waving bye-bye and putting his head down on our shoulders.

Growth.
He is growing. Last count he was up over 23lbs. Haven't had an official measurement lately. He is wearing 18mo shirts and most 18mo pants now (although we are still rolling up the bottoms on them!) His fine motor skills are great lately. He loves to put things in holes like a screw in a hole or a shape in the correct spot. He is also a master-stacker and does a great job stacking his blocks.

He is still cuddly, loving, kissable and all around fun. A lot of work too with tantrums when he doesn't get his way. We just take it in stride as best we can.

Happy 18months Mr. Patrick!

Brrr.. it's cold!

So I had the bright idea to take Patrick out for a little walk in the park on Saturday. It was sunny, how cold could it be? Well around 30 degrees to be exact. We were out for a total of about 10min before the poor kid was shivering. I did get a couple pictures though!

I am just not ready for cold. I suppose I don't have a choice though as I look out the window and watch the snow falling.

Patrick is really fun to hang out with lately. He says bus or car when they go by and gets excited. When I have the phone he says "beep" when I press the numbers. Nana and GB arrived last night and he looked out and said "Nana". Today he wanted her to hold him up to the window so he could watch the snow fall.
What a fun kid!

Vikings beat the Pack

I guess #4 did ok for us last night. Good to know we can get the whole family in on the fun!

Growin' and Changin'

This boy keeps changing before our eyes. He is almost 18mo old and such a fun little boy to be around. I just love to sit back and watch him play.

He learned a new word this weekend "beep". It went well with his new toy.

He is also very into climbing lately. He climbs on his new chair so he can play in our junk drawer.

Last night he wanted to climb up on the couch and then jump. Such a boy.

He also got a workout in by working his core muscles on his "fitness ball"


He is a stacking fool with these blocks. He got this tower up above his head before it fell. He is so careful when he places each block so that it balances just right.

Yes, fun to watch indeed!

Ah-Bee's

I've been a bad blogger. From sickies, to busy photography, to busy work, it is a busy fall!

Some updates lately.
If you hadn't heard, we were a little sick this past week. Here we are a couple of sick Viking fans. no fun!

Patrick is back to himself. He has a new obsession with bananas though, or as he calls them "Ah-Bee". We will have to start hiding these because the obsession is getting rediculous!

We got him a new table and chairs a couple weeks ago and Ryan and him worked to put them together.


What is it about kids that they know how to do things without being taught? This kid picks up a screwdriver and begins working to put the chair together. Wow. Just Wow.

He loves his new table and chairs. We decided to put them in the kitchen so he has a place to snack. Well, we are already not sure of this decision since he can now climb onto his new table and reach everything stored on our kitchen island. He is getting so tall that he can now reach the "A-bee's", Scissors, junk drawer and all other objects meant to be out of his reach. Guess we have some re-arranging or *gasp* cleaning to do.

This kids is just seriously cute lately. He is learning to bring his dishes to the counter after dinner and throwing away things that have fallen on the floor. He also likes to look at us and say "no-no". Bummer on that one!

Well that is all, hope this satisfies your Patrick cravings for a while!