Butchered

Before (and yes those are my shoes)

This sweet boy got a haircut for the second time in his life last week and it didn't go so well.  He had to sit on my lap and and I had to hold his head while the stylist cut.  Taylor and I have wanted to grow his hair out and what's the first thing the stylist does?  She chops his bangs so short that I have no other choice than to cut all of his hair super short too...boo.

After

While he looks super cute, don't get too close.  His hair got butchered and I don't blame the stylist for that, because he was screaming and convulsing and who could cut hair evenly working with a client like that?  No one.  I am sad that his long locks are gone, so thank goodness hair grows!  Now I know to tell the stylist to cut the back first!!

I'll take a bologna sandwich with a side of bologna please

So, I know that you can't get a more processed meat than bologna and trust me, I like to keep eating on the more natural side.  I just can't let go of bologna though, it's so delicious!  So gross, I know, but I think I'm fine with it. I'll call it one of my more disgusting food choices, but it's disgustingly good and I don't even mind eating it plain out of the package.  In fact, I did that on the way home from the store one day when I had a hankering for it and it was so worth it!  Yum...bologna.

My main man is 22 months!

This guy is so animated and fun.  He is 2 months shy of being a big 2 year old and we can hardly believe it!  He's definitely got the attitude to prove it, complete with fake pouts.  

Faves from this month:

1. Anson points to his eyes, ears, mouth, nose and toes.  In this video, he blinks his eyes to show me where they are, says nose and points to his mouth.

2. Each and every time he wakes up from his nap, he says car which is his way of asking me to put him up in the window to watch the traffic go past our apartment.

3. He and his Daddy were the best Valentines Day dates.  We had heart-shaped pizza on red plates and exchanged cards and candy.  

4. He had is very first oreo and he loved it, but who doesn't like oreos?!

5. We got to go to Fertilie, MN again for a couple nights and play with Palmer, Dexter, Alicia and Garth

6. We took a fabulous 10 day trip home to Idaho and loved every minute of it!

7. Anson's new signs are hurt, diaper change and light.  His new words are poop, door, choo choo, nose, shoes, coat, cheese, show, color and kick (as in kick the ball). He also says hi Dad and hi Mama. 

8. We discovered story time at Barnes & Noble on Tuesdays.

9. In an attempt to help with his picky eating, I had him help me prepare sweet potatoes for dinner one night and showed him how to push a chair up to the counter, so now playing at the counter is a daily event.

10. Anson LOVES to help put dish washer tabs in the dishwasher, close the dishwasher while I'm in the middle of loading or unloading it and close the washer door while I'm doing laundry.

11. We love to wrestle, chase each other and play hide and seek.

12.  He totally thinks when his eyes close, that he disappears, because he opens them up wide and says boo! 

13. He has a smile and giggle that is enough to break anyone's heart right in half.

14. Anson still loves to dance, but he's steadily getting shy about it. The song has have just the right beat. I sure hope he doesn't loose those moves of his!

15. My most favorite for the month is that after his nightly song when I put him to bed, we blow kisses at each other until I'm all the way out the door.  It's so, so cute.

Happy 22 months to our Angel.  Though at times, he's anything but angelic, we love every minute of raising him and we're grateful to be him Parents through the good and bad times. Did I mention that he gives the greatest kisses and hugs ever?  Cause he does and we live for them! Love you baby boy!

Call us what you will.

Be it Sister Wives or Lipstick Lesbians, we're gonna be matching necklace wearin', dance partyin', off pitch singin', inappropriate jokin'  best friends til the end!

Anson and I got to spend two full weeks with my dear Friend Alicia and her family in Minnesota in January!  You're wondering how the heck I made a friend in Minnesota right?!  Well, Alicia is actually from Teton Valley just like me, but she moves her family to Fertile, MN every winter while Her Husband Garth races Snowcross (yes, I know a famous person) and now that we have moved to North Dakota, we're only 4 hours away from each other!  Three cheers for having a friend so close by!

We had so, so much fun doing all of the above mentioned things as well as making bread, yogurt and so many delicious meals.  We also went shopping and I got Alicia all sorts of addicted to GLEE!  We watched lots of movies, played outside (when it wasn't frigid), read books and laughed all the while.  As the pictures clearly show, the boys had a blast playing together--Anson, thinks Palmer and Dexter are the greatest!  It was great trip!

21 Months

I was really good about writing a post every month of Anson's first year and then I fell off the wagon. Well, I'm back and here are some things about Anson's 21st month of life that I don't want to forget!

He loves to play dress up in his hat drawer.  Every morning he comes out of his room in a different hat-- it's too funny.  He plays pretend with utensils and dishes like he's eating a delicious meal.  He likes playing with his blocks and train set, wrestling and jumping on the couch and our bed.  He knows how to navigate an ipad like we've trained him or something.  He gets on his Dad's and goes straight to netflix and starts his favorite show, it's crazy!  And of course in traditional boy fashion, he loves to destroy everything in his path especially when he's grumpy.

He likes snuggling on occasion and when he does, he takes the hair of the person he's snuggling and rubs it on his nose while he sucks on his binky. This is something he's done for quite some time, but I think it's the sweetest thing ever.  He's even gone as far as taking individual hairs out of my brush and rubbing them on his face. A little background on that hair fetish: when I nursed him as a baby, I would rub my hair across his face while he ate and obviously it stuck with him.  The kid likes hair.  He is such a loving little boy.  He loves to give kisses and hugs and it's enough to break our hearts right in half!

Holy cow, does this kid love to dance!  "The dogs days are over" by Florence + the Machine is our all time fave, so much so that Anson knows right when the song is going to get funkier.  Observe:

He has lots of words and a few phrases, but here are a few faves: Mama, Dad, Papa, Nana (banana), oh no, what's that, truck, car, hi, please, go, baby, night night, more, book, ball and every parent's favorite: mine.  His signs(most have become words): bath, all done, eat, outside, binky and dance.

Anson used to be the greatest eater with a wide variety of fruit and veggies in his diet, but as of the last month he has become picky, picky, picky!  He won't go near things that he used to love.  Enter stage left: Jessica Seinfeld and her cookbook "Deceptively Delicious."  This has been a life changer!  It teaches how to hide fruit and veggies in food by pureeing them and all the recipes truly are delicious, just ask anson!  The best part is that Our guy (and Taylor) is getting the nutrient rich fruit and veggies he needs without even knowing it.

We love our little boy to pieces! He is fiercely independent, super sweet boy with some major attitude and he's all ours!  Not to mention that he's the cutest kid in the world!  He makes our lives so much brighter. Happy 21 months cutie!!

As far as trucker Husbands/Fathers go

I'm fairly certain that mine is number one.  Here he is teaching Anson the ropes.  Cuties.

Hat, hat, baby and a hat!