Saturday, July 31, 2010

Smart Lil' Cookie



Jalen's such a smart little boy and I know he must get so frustrated that he can't always communicate what he wants with us but he is getting better. His speech is becoming more and more clear by the day and he is really into mimicking everything we do now so gotta start watching what we say and do :)

Today he kept repeating "a ball" over and over and pointing to our hall closet where we keep our vacuum and Swiffer broom. I kept telling him "there is no ball in there" but finally gave in and opened the door, he grabbed the Swiffer broom and went running into the kitchen where he got down on his hands and knees and shoved the broom under the stove (like he has seen mommy do before to get a small object out when it is pushed or rolled under). He thought there was a ping-pong ball under there and knew just what to do to get it out. Unfortunately there was no ball there so he was very persistent to keep trying and I have my camera in reach so I was able to record his persistence. Sometimes he just amazes me with what he knows and how his little brain works!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Jalen Jammin' in the Car



We turned around to see Jalen bopping his head back and forth today the song
"Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now)"



So funny. I know it has been a while since I have posted on here. I love adding pictures and for some reason have such a hard time lately uploading pictures on here versus the quickness I can do on Facebook. Jalen is a little over 20 months old now and is just doing so many new funny things. If you say Ready, Set,.." he yells "Go!" although it sounds like "Doh!" and if you say "On your mark,.." he says "get set, go", again sounding more like "det set, doh", the pattern is he hasn't gotten the "g" sounds down yet :) Jalen also will say "two" after we say "one.." and he tries to hold up 2 fingers when he does so (preparing him for his 2nd b-day in Nov). Jalen has been doing good in daycare and I was told one day by one of his teachers that he has such a funny personality and one of the best she has ever seen. I know this but I didn't know how he compared to the other cuties in his class. He also is beginning to really know his colors, especially yellow, he loves to yell "lellow!".

It has been very hot here, 107 deg today to be exact...thought we moved out of the desert! We are going camping this coming weekend in Sulphur, OK (just 30 mins from our house) with Hilary, Joshua and Jude and cannot wait. It will be our 3rd attempt so please no rain this time around! We will be heading up after work on Fri and coming back on Sun. there are cold springs, rivers and a nearby lake so we should be able to stay cool pretty well. We are so excited to have Jalen experience camping for the first time and how much fun to do so with a friend I grew up camping with!