Merry X-Mas and Go Ducks!

Dylan had a great Christmas this year. She went to Yachats with Grandma Wendy, Grandpa, Nana, Patrick, Grandma Colleen, Mommy and Daddy. Dylan LOVED opening presents this year and we often were not fast enough to get her new toys out of their package! The weather was so nice that we even went to the beach without our coats!We were also able to make a trip to Newport to visit the aquarium. Dylan liked looking at all the fish and wildlife but especially enjoyed the touching areas!

Dylan had a lot of fun putting random things down her dress and pjs on our trip as well. She decided that she was the piggy bank instead of her new duckie bank and started to put coins in her daiper and down her clothes! She also filled her dress with nerf darts! What a silly girl:)

Dylan has started to say more words as well, such as "cook", "apple", and "dog." It is so fun to watch her grow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was nice, filled with lots of hours in the car! It took us 5 1/2 hours to get to Hood River (normally a 3 hour drive). Dylan was entertained by mama singing "All the raindrops" over and over and over... We were able to have a nice visit with Auntie Kristen, Dustin, Rowan, and Carter and then met up with all the Foleys for dinner. Dylan wasn't too interested in the food but enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa chase her all over the restaurant! We also went over to the coast for a day and Dylan loved running on the beach. She also enjoyed feeding the chickens at Great Grandma and Great Grandpa's house.

In other Dylan news, she is officially obsessed with "The Wiggles." We have to listen to "Hot Potato" probably 20 times a day! She loves to dance to the music and make the motions to the different songs. She is also really into throwing anything she can get her hands on. She especially loves throwing things at the cats. The scary thing is that her aim is really good! Today she even tried to paint Gertie! She is definitely a handful but at the same time so much fun. Dylan also still loves animals, especially Ducks. She was very excited that the ducks are going to the Rose Bowl!

19 months

Dylan is getting so big! She loves to read books, sing songs, torture the cats, and play outside. She has also started to throw big tantrums when she doesn't get her way. A parent at my work said to me, "when kids throw tantrums it means you are doing something right, because you are saying no to things." Apparently we are doing something very right with Dylan! Even though she throws big tantrums, she is so much fun! We have been going to the park a lot recently. Dylan loves to go on the slide and swings and say "hi" and "bye" to the people we see on the way to the park.

Dylan Claire the toddler

Dylan is a serious toddler now. Her favorite word is "no" (which she uses for everything, basically a new babble word), she is refusing the potty, and she is talking and signing more and more. Her vocabulary includes baby, more, no, cracker, quack (ducks fan already), bye bye, dada, mama, and many more that I can't think of. Dylan has really enjoyed going on walks lately and now wants to walk with us rather than be in the stroller. Her favorite house has a statue of a duck in front of it which makes Dylan very happy. She is very adventurous and even goes down the big slide at the park all by herself!

Dylan also enjoys dressing up, which basically means that she takes things from the laundry pile and puts them on. She also likes to put buckets on her head, diapers on her arms and so forth. In addition to dressing up she is loving her baby dolls! We just got her a stroller and she likes to walk her baby around in it.

We just started swimming lessons again and Dylan is loving it! She kicks her legs and especially loves the duck water toys. We will have some pics up soon!

Dylan is oldah. Wicked pisah!

We survived Dylan's first plane ride when we went to Boston to visit Jon, Jenny, Mia, and Kainoa. She enjoyed kicking the seat of the people in front of us and hamming it up for the people behind us. In Massachusetts, Dylan really enjoyed visiting the coast. It was crazy humid so being in water was quite necessary. Mia had a lot of fun with Dylan although she got a little too close and got her hair pulled a few times.

Dylan learned some new signs during the trip such as help and music. Her sign for music consists of moving her head back and forth which is also how she dances. She has also signed and then used the potty consistently for a week or so. She also added a couple of words to her vocab such as, "more" and "cracker." Kelley and I decided that she is now officially a toddler.
Happy Birthday to all of those family members who have a birthday this month! Stay tuned as we promise to write more soon.