1, 2, 3, Ford

Ford turned 18 months old on July 15th. The whole child development thing is really amazing to witness. He had a 10 or 15 word vocabulary a month ago. Then, the week before he turned 18 months, he just started talking. Now he mimics words we say and also has learned some animal sounds.

This morning Scott was saying numbers to Ford and asking him to repeat them. Scott said, "Say 'one'," and Ford said, "One (sort of),"then "say 'two'," "two," "say 'three'," "three." When Scott got to four, he said, "Say 'four'," and then Ford pointed to himself. So, he thinks when you count it's 1, 2, 3, FORD! Here are a few pictures taken this week. Ford had graham crackers and he gave them to Elmo. I looked over again and he was feeding them to Elmo.

He has also started insisting on feeding himself with a spoon. He does pretty well, but it can get really messy. He decided eating yogurt with a spoon wasn't going fast enough, so he picked up the yogurt and started drinking it.

The last two pictures are of Ford on an old laptop that Scott has and of Ford in the bathtub tonight. I just thought they were cute and wanted to include them!

Like Father, Like Son

The only people who say that Ford looks like me are people who don't know Scott. Sometimes, I'll get a "he has your eyes," because Ford and I both have blue eyes. But, Scott has blue eyes, too.

We got some copies of baby pictures when we were at Scott's mom's. So, now we have proof...HE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HIS DADDY. Who he acts like is still a mystery!

Going to Carolina

Last weekend, we went to Lake Lure, NC to visit Scott's mom and stepdad a.k.a. Grana and Papa Forest. They hadn't seen Ford since his birthday and couldn't believe how much he had changed!

We were worried about how Ford would travel in the car (it's about a 5 1/2 hour drive from Nashville). He only slept for 30 minutes on the way there, but he was amazingly pleasant. He ate lots of graham crackers, looked at lots of books, and listened to his Kindermusic CD which all seemed to keep him happy.

Lake Lure is a beautiful place and they live in a mountain community with lots of fun stuff to do. There is a swimming pool, lazy river, beach, playground, putt putt, game room and much more. We went to the pool and lazy river one day and went out on their boat on Friday and Saturday afternoon. I'm not sure if Ford didn't like his life jacket or if he was just tired, but he wasn't entirely happy with the boat ride. Papa Forest let him help drive the boat and we went to see the ducks at the marina and that seemed to help. It will be even more fun to visit when Ford is big enough to enjoy everything.

Ford did amazingly well...he slept through the night and took naps without a problem. And, other than the last 45 minutes of the ride home, he was a very happy little boy. We were so proud of him! It was so nice to be able to spend a long weekend with Grana and Papa Forest. We all had a wonderful time.

I'm new at this blogging stuff. It has taken me a whole week to publish my first post! Hopefully, I'll get better at this and I will try and post at least once a week.