jack anthony 21 months

yes i know, you are almost out of the stage of me calling you by months.  to strangers that ask i have given up on telling them how many months you are.  i have officially started to say...*gulp*  he's almost  t w o.
and boy are you proving it these days.

mr.  i n d e p e n d e n t  himself.

you are quite the recorder these days.  trying to repeat every last word we say.  you've impressed us with the way you just say things on your own too.  like chocolate milk aka "co co - nilk"  it impresses daddy so much so he gave in this weekend and put some chocolate syrup in your "nilk."  

today at mass you reminded us how much you are obsessed with daddy's truck.  "da-ee tuck"  was all you could tell us about.  when mass was over, you were happy to get plenty of holy water or  as you said "o-ie wa"  with a sopping wet hand. on our walk to the car you said "bye bye je us!"  

you are happy to tell everyone and everything hi and bye. for example the baby pool, mama's car aka "mama tar," maudie - "ma-ie" and of course your little four wheeler you ride around on in the house, you call it "joey"

you have started a new love with the word "no"  we aren't too sure how we like this one.  you want us to rock you to sleep at night now, this might not be good before we transition you to your big boy bed. ( i know i know, mama hasn't pulled the trigger on that one yet.  we do have good reasons to put it off) but for now we enjoy rocking you, especially mama because before long you wont fit on my lap.  you've gotten the biggest bruise so far (as seen in these pictures) we are going on a week with its appearance only getting more colorful.  you don't eat much in your high-chair anymore.  you are more eager to climb up in "da-ie chair"  and eat like a big kid.  even though we try and tell you big kids don't get up and down constantly.  we are working on it.  you're still a thumb sucker and well we will worry about quitting that one later.  going through mama's hair - we are working on that daily lately because its getting to be a bit much.  we can only laugh at the thought of if we didn't get you to quit that habit.  jack, you are doing so much so fast these days you are making this summer, truly a blast.  it's hard to catch up with you and well when we do we don't want to let go of you!  you are still so lovey and well we love that and always will! only a short   f o u r   months left with just the three of us!  we are so excited for you to teach brother just how this little family rolls. 

 we love you little man! xxoo

(pictures were taken after church at our little hamburger joint down the road from our house. you were very excited to have some "am-booger" and "rise" )