OCD?

Jaydan might have a little bit of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder... he has the tendency to line things up in perfect rows...

Summer 2009

eating his first dum dum sucker

at the beach in Seaside

playing at the Redmond Town Center bear fountain

Summer has treated us well this year. We've been lucky enough to have gone to Chelan twice, Seaside and had some sunny days to play outside. Jaydan has been LOVING the warmer weather and has been a traveling trooper with our road trips.

Seaside was cool for the first couple days but Jaydan learned to appreciate walks on the beach. He enjoyed his first dum dum, lots of french fries, rides on the carousel and of course, the newness of sand. We had a great time with Dirk's family - Jaydan LOVES playing with his cousins!

More regular fun has been the local Duvall parks and some trips to Redmond Town Center to see the fountains. Jaydan loves the bears! We're looking forward to some more warm weather this week so that we can enjoy some more outdoor fun!!

Jaydan speaks!!

Okay, so he's been communicating rather well for a long time now but his words have been few and somewhat broken. Things like "daddy" and "pa" (for grandpa) have been around for awhile; "juice" and "please" are also well used. Jaydan FINALLY said "mom" at 17 months... I was beginning to wonder if would ever be uttered from his mouth. I must say that I am SO happy that he's finally calling me by some sort of name!

But, the biggest shocker for me was 2 days ago when he decided to throw out a very clear and distinct "dinosaur!" Threw me for a loop... at first I thought I was hearing things, hoping that I'd heard such a large word from my 18 month old. But, then it came again 3 additional times in the same day, "dinosaur!" followed by his signature stomping around. I LOVE IT!! Now that a 3 syllable word has made its way into the vocabulary, we're now working on reciting the alphabet.

Children are amazing.