New Shoes and Playing Around

Little R has some chubby feet so we have to carefully pick shoes that will accommodate this issue. We were able to find some new summer sandals the other day that don't leave indentions in the top of his feet, which also means we don't have to listen to him scream and point at his feet as soon as we put them on. He is trying to become more and more independent and copies many of the things he sees us do everyday. Learning to put his shoes on is one of his new fascinations.

Here is an attempt to put his new sandals on all by himself.

This is the frustration and kicking of the shoes that happens when he can't get them to go on how he thinks they should.

gave up on the shoes and went to play with the vacuum cleaner

This little boy loves being outside so we usually spend the evenings out there letting him play. While we are out there he likes to do a little yard work for us by dragging the water hose all over the place.
This is Rhodes stuck under the table and not sure how to get out. He kept trying to stand up instead of bending down to crawl back out.

Just a Regular Day

You never know what each day will be like with this very active little boy. He has started becoming attached to certain things (weed eater, vacuum cleaner, and stuffed animals) and wanting to take them with us everywhere we go. The toy vacuum cleaner has to constantly be on or he will be very upset, even if he isn't playing with it at the moment. The stories and laughs are endless each day and we are so blessed by this little man more and more. His sweet kisses just melt our hearts even though they tend to be a little slobbery. We are always looking forward to the next adventure with him which usually brings along lots of laughs.

Standing inside his new toy bucket with the vacuum cleaner.
about to fall out of the bucket, on purpose

This is what we like to call Multi-Tasking at 20 months old. Read a book and keep the floor clean. Maybe when he is older he will be able to vacuum and play video games at the same time!
reading his animal book

13.1

This past weekend I took on the Country Music 1/2 Marathon in Nashville. It was pretty much a race to beat the major storms that were set to hit Nashville around 10:30 that morning. I was able to finish before the storm but did get rained on walking to our car. It was a great race with tons of spectators and live music throughout the course. I was one of 32,000 people running that morning and really did have fun! There were more hills on the course than I had ever imagined, pretty sure there was not much flat land to run on.

somewhere along the 13.1 mile route

We also celebrated Tim's birthday while we were in Nashville. Friday night we had a wonderful dinner and a yummy cake to celebrate. It was so fun to have everyone together.

excited about the ice cream cake he was about to eat

Little Cleaner

Rhodes has started mimicking everything that we do. When Drew is cleaning he throws the towel over his shoulder and grabs a bottle of cleaner, notice what the little man is doing. He wants to be just like daddy.

Very smart boy reading all of the directions before using this on any of our furniture.

Weekend with J & J

We had a wonderful week/ weekend with two of our great friends. Jared (JWood) came and led worship for our students on Wednesday night. Our students love JWood and were excited for him to be back with us after having him here for Move Weekend. Jancy also came to visit for a couple of days, which was tons of fun. Rhodes loved getting all of the attention from both of them.

Rhodes loving Jared

kisses from Jared before he left

playing with Jancy

so glad she got to come visit, we always have lots of fun!

A Week Around the House

We bought Rhodes some new yogurt at the store this week and let him try it for the first time last night. He has just started drinking out of a straw so we weren't sure how this would go. As you can see from the pictures, he LOVED it!

all done and wanting more

wearing daddy's hat around the house
He got these bowling pins for Christmas and decided they were more fun to use as drumsticks on the coffee table.

Loving his new toys, thanks Kat

Easter 2010

Here are a few pictures from Easter day at our house.

Family picture, Easter 2010
Didn't like having the bunny ears on his head.
Hunting more eggs Easter afternoon.

eating more treats from inside the eggs....his favorite part!