21 Month Old Waterbaby

Hi y'all! I'm 21 months old as of Saturday! We have busy day planned visiting my friend, Clayton, in the morning, and then Mommy is working on genealogy in the afternoon with the help of a friend and will even busier Saturday. So, I thought I'd give you the monthly update a little early. We didn't do anything special for the 4th of July because I'm not a big fan of loud noises so Mommy and Daddy didn't think I'd enjoy the fireworks. But, we did grill out and hang out at home which was nice after our crazy week before that getting our house ready to be sold. Since then, we've been spending a lot of time (even more than the usual) outside the house since we've had a bunch of showings and open houses. We've went out to eat, to coffee shops, to malls, to the playground, to the spraygrounds, and to the wading pool. We've spent a BUNCH of time in the water, as is my preference! I l-o-v-e the water. I am always hopping in my baby pool when we are at home, but the pool and spraygrounds have been so much fun, too! I am a social butterfly and make friends instantly. I love summer. I have a nice little farmer tan, but that's only because Mama always makes me wear my rashguard shirt at the pool. I'm getting really blond, too, from all that sun. Although, it has gotten so hot this past week (over 100 degrees)that I have been telling mommy its hot and blowing (my way of signing "hot") whenever we go outside or get in the car. You know its roasting out when a toddler thinks its too hot!

Last week my daddy was off from work before he started his new job so I got to spend lots of time with him. That was fun! On Thursday we went to the Deanna Rose Farmstead. Daddy helped me feed the goats and I had fun playing on the playground there and checking out the duck pond. Too bad the next day Daddy had to leave for Minnesota. He started his new job there this Monday. Mommy and I both miss him tons!! I talk to him bunches on the phone and blow him kisses before we say bu-bye. Hope our house sells quickly so we can all be together again soon.

This week I got to go to the Wonderscope Children's Museum with my friend Clare. They have a cool indoor playground with ramps and stuff just for babies and toddlers plus a play store with playfood, grocery carts, an ATM, and everything a real store would have. In the lunch area, I enjoyed checking out the play submarine and watching the big kids feed koosh balls into the air tubes and watching them come out the other end of the tubes. So cool! Mommy has a whole list of things she wants us to do before we leave Kansas City so I'm sure she'll keep us busy.

I keep working on my words. I say a bunch of new ones all the time but only some of them really stick. Mommy counted 30 words that I definitely use regularly: Mommy, Daddy, Yeah, No, Yuck, Yum, Hi, See ya, Puppy, Doggy, Kitty, Beep beep, Toot toot, Car, Ball, Nicky, Bobby, Pretty, There, Owie, Baby, Eye, Happy, Cookie, Hoot, Hee-haw, Up, Didy, Thank you, Sorry, Go, Good, Cold, Hot, and Dirt. I am currently obsessed with dogs - every animal is a puppy according to me, and cars - every vehicle is a car, I say, although I am really more interested in trucks and tractors then regular old cars. I have said truck before but prefer to refer to every vehicle as car now. I have told both of my parents that I love them. Mommy thinks I have a bunch more words but that they just can't understand me most of the time because my enunciation is bad. I'll keep working on it. My Grandpa Huizenga says I'm speaking Chinese. I continue to adore reading. My books are currently my favorite toys. My favorite books right now are The Very Lonely Firefly, Tractor Factory, and Moo, Ba, La La La.

Oh, we got to see my grandparents a few weeks ago when we made a trip up to Grand Forks to look at housing options. I got to hang out with Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Bob while Mommy and Daddy looked at houses and apartments. I even got to go in the big pool at the hotel which I was really excited about. Every time I saw the big pool on the way to our hotel room, I squealed with delight. Mommy and Daddy did decide on a house for us to buy, too! After some negotiations, our offer on the house was accepted, but it is contingent on the sale of our house in KC, so sell, house, sell!! The new house has a whole lot more room, a fenced yard for me to play in, and a cool fish pond. We'll post pictures as soon as its a done deal.

Enjoy my monthly slideshow and a video of me playing at the playground at Deanna Rose. Check you later, homies!