Boating and Sweet Corn

Friday night we got to enjoy some tasty sweet corn, courtesy of Jerry & Terry who got it at a local market. Yum! Devan LOVES corn on the cob. Ever since he got his first taste at Erin's BBQ in Oregon, he gets excited when we eat it. He knows exactly what to do and devours the entire ear!

Helping shuck the corn. This was fun until we got to the "hairs"... "Mommy, hair on my corn! Hair on my CORN!!!!"

He didn't care that it was too hot to eat- he wanted it NOW!

We also had a great cheesburger and onion rings :)

"Mommy, I eat burger with cheese. Daddy cook my burger outside!"

Saturday, we decided to go to Lake Chesdin for the first part of the day. We left around 8am to get a jump start and beat the heat. Unfortunately, several other people had the same idea. So we didn't get our beach :( We had to scout for another one. We found one but it was rocky so we had to anchor out a bit. And we had to wear shoes in the water. But everyone had fun and enjoyed the water. Even though the water was 92 degrees, it was still cooler than the air temp!

Taylor swam and swam and Devan did great in the water. We even got him to float in his life jacket! Of course, it helps when you play the game called "splash Daddy in the face using your feet". This got him on floating on his back and he didn't think about his hair getting wet because he was having too much fun kicking his feet and splashing Dustin :)

We went back to the beach for a snack and some sand castle building. By 1pm we were ready to go. It was getting really hot and our beach was losing the shade.

Yes, the tongue does help me steer!

Checking to see if other boats are coming

Hanging on the beach while Devan drives the boat

Devan Update

I realized it's been awhile since I posted an update on Devan. And lately he's been impressing us more and more with his vocabulary... He has some of the funniest sayings!

• "Sunshine in my eye, Mommy. Stop it sunshine!"


• "Milk all gone?" "No, your milk isn't all gone." "There's more in there?" "Yes, there's more milk in your cup." (This is the common conversation with anything related to food or drink. It gets annoying because we repeat it over and over, but I know he's just trying to solidify the concept.


• "Daddy (put) my choo-choo away." "Are you tattling on Daddy?" "Yeah...."

It's funny what he picks up on:

• Sometimes we slap our leg when we call Taylor to come. So he started doing that and also does that when he's calling us to come!


• And he now tells Taylor to stay. But also tells us to stay when he'll be right back.

He's really impressed me with his vocabulary. We were looking through books yesterday and he would say things like "Elmo reading book", "Where's Abby's shoes?", "Hat on coat" (both hanging on a wall hook). Before he would say the items separately. But now he's connecting items to people and able to string the thoughts together :) And now he's able to distinguish between snack, lunch, and dinner (breakfast is still too hard to say). But everything used to be eat or snack. And he likes to ask the question "Daddy plate all gone? Daddy dinner all gone?" "Is more on there?"

And a good sign that he's trying to learn more words is that when he asks what something is and you tell him, he tries to repeat the word back. He used to just say "oh" and then ask you again.

He's also obsessed with fruit snacks (and when he says this, it's the cutest thing ever!). These are special treats for him.

His new phases that we hate:

• He doesn't like to get his hair wet. This used to be just in the pool or on the lake, but now it's in the bath too.


• He likes to whine about everything


• He wants help with everything, even though we know he can do it. This can be from getting up off the floor to putting his train tracks together. "I need help Mommy" (and this is usually in a whiny voice).

On a positive note, he's been telling us he went potty right after doing it! A huge step! And when I get him in the morning the first thing he says is "I wet Mommy" and we change his diaper right away. So yesterday he spent some time running around without any clothes on. We had several accidents but he told us he went potty (although it was right after and not before). But we spent a lot of time reading on the potty. His favorite book yesterday was Dr. Seuss's "The Foot Book". I think this is because we get to swing our feet around and be silly... "Left foot, left foot, right foot, right. Feet in the morning, feet in the night. Up feet, down feet, here come clown feet...."

19 Weeks, 5 Days

Well.... In 2 short days I'll be half way done! I can't believe I'm almost 20 weeks! It seems to be going by a lot faster this time.... Probably because I'm chasing around Devan. And he keeps us plenty busy :)

I have given up on normal pants.... I was down to 1 pair of regular jeans but then just decided to give up. Why try to squeeze into them and then have button marks on your belly from where the button was pushing into it all day? Just not worth it. So I bought a couple pairs of pants. And they're nice and comfy :) But I'm still in normal shirts, although my supply is quickly dwindling.... Good thing my mom's busy sewing me some shirts :) It was so fun to go through patterns and find some that could be easily altered to maternity shirts. And then to pick out the fabric. Good times :)

Other big news: the movements have gotten stronger and can now definitely feel the kicks from the outside. Sometimes they're big ones! This is surprising because with Devan, I couldn't feel anything until almost 21 weeks. And then it was just little flutters. But I have less muscle and fat this time... Plus I know what I'm feeling :) This time around, the little flutters started at about 17.5 weeks and have significantly gotten stronger the past week. Lots of rolling around and somersaults. But last night he/she was doing karate in my belly and I could feel them with my hands! So surreal....

Weight gain: 10 lbs (I've been bad... Too much eating out and junk food in Oregon.... But boy was it delish! And now that we're home I've continued the ice cream-before-bed routine...)
Maternity clothes: just pants but shirts to follow shortly
Cravings: just ice cream :)
Symptoms: not sleeping!!!! Other than getting up at least once every night to pee, I haven't been sleeping very well. I can't get comfortable and it takes me forever to fall asleep. And then I'm exhausted in the morning. I've reverted to getting up an hour later each morning, which makes for extremely hectic mornings but at least I can keep my eyes open at work :P
Upcoming milestones: 20 weeks in 2 days! And the BIG ultrasound :) But that's not until August 4th (1 day before 22 weeks)... Boo Hoo.... :( But I needed to get a morning time slot so Dustin could come, so that was our earliest option.

Giddy-Up!

Giddy-up horsey!! Yee-haw!

Short little video of Devan riding his horsey

More Misc Pics

Here are more misc. pics from Candi's phone:

Candi and Devan went to Enchanted Forest to visit AshLynn (who works there). She's in charge of the kiddie rides and took him on the little train ride (which I hear he didn't particularly enjoy). And later, the 3 of them got to enjoy a picnic lunch. Candi said a lot of the stuff was scary for a 2 year old, but he did enjoy the slides :) That's my boy!

I haven't been since I was little, and I wonder if it's the same as I remember (probably not). But isn't it great that Devan can now have the same memories as I did???

(for some reason these pics came out really tiny....)

Candi, you will have to narrate as I don't know what Devan's doing... :)

Devan and AshLynn

Looks like a slide??

Goofing around before (or after) pool time

Devan riding his horsey ("ye-haw!" he says)

Devan having a lazy morning with Grampy

Misc pictures

Here's some misc. pictures from my mom's phone.....

Mmmm... KIX!

At Wildcat Park with Gigi (Aunt Steph). Always has that cheesy grin... :)

Whoo Whoo needs a diaper too!

Riding the ribbit at Central Park

Yum! Home-made popsicles!

This pic brings back memories.... Us in our diaper eating apple juice popsicles at Great Grandma's house.... :)

Devan wasn't too sure about the apple juice one... So had to test out the grape juice. Two-fistin' it, baby! (I think grape won out)

Avery Park- climbing on the dinosaur bones, hunting for chipmunks :)

And we always have to test out the slides....

Goofy kid!

Whoo Whoo got promoted to co-pilot!

Derek & Annie's Wedding

Thanks to Karen Jurosky, I have a couple pictures from the wedding I can post. The rest will have to wait....

The wedding was perfect! Perfect weather, perfect venue... Everything went off without a hitch and everyone was definitely enjoying themselves :) Devan was such a trooper, considering he didn't get a nap. By 8pm you could tell he was winding down because he wanted to be held all the time. But he did his fair share of dancing :)

Rehearsal dinner at Helvetia Tavern

(They have the BEST onion rings!)

Us with the lovely bride and groom

A few pics with Devan before he got messy... :)

Candi being escorted by her date with Devan (watch out Joe, he's moving in!)

Nice family pic :)

Best man and the groom

Family!

Aunt Chris and Uncle Randy

Family #1 and Family #2

That's all for now.... You'll have to (try to) wait patiently along with the rest of us for the actual pictures from the photographers.... Thanks Karen for being the unofficial photographer of the night!

Pool Time

Devan spent a lot of time in the pool while we were in Oregon. The first time he barely got in. By the end of our trip he would float and blow bubbles :) But he didn't like getting his hair wet. We had to dry it off with a towel before getting back in (it was a crisis that his hair was wet!)

Playing basketball with daddy. Slam dunk!

Trying to get him to relax and float