Boys Will be Boys

It's amazing to me how much of a boy Curtis is. He's only a year old, but man, he knows how to be a boy. Here are a few examples. Last night we went to a pumpkin patch with our good friends, the Jefferies. Curtis could have cared less about the pumpkins. All he payed attention to was the tractor that pulled the hey ride. He kept pointing at it and squealing in delight.



He also enjoyed crawling around the bounce house.



The other example comes from this morning. He spent 1.5 hours playing with his big truck! That is the longest that he has played with anything. He drove it around while making vroom, vroom noises. He tried to stand on it to climb onto furniture. Sadly for him the truck has wheels and it rolled out from under him. He loaded things onto it and then drove it around some more. It was really cute to watch him play for so long by himself and to be such a boy.

Kick Back & Relax

We haven't been up to much lately. Curtis has enjoyed spending time with his grandparents and great grandparents. He learns new things all the time. He tried to put his foot in my shoe the other day and he has had a few moments of standing unaided. He most enjoys getting into everything that he's not supposed to . . . oh, what fun.

Today Curtis cracked me up while he was eating his banana. He was lounging in his highchair with his foot propped up (after he had pulled off his sock) chowing down on his banana.



Later on in the day I was folding laundry when Curtis came over and carefully climbed into the laundry basket. He just sat there and watched the tv. Eventually he started throwing the clothes out of the basket and waited for me to push him around.



The lesson I learned from Curtis today was that it's ok to just kick back and relax and enjoy each moment as they come. Pretty soon my Little Monkey will be too big to fit into a laundry basket and won't be happy just chowing down on a banana.

Tender Mercies

Travis has the sweetest grandparents. They have considered me their granddaughter since they met me. It means a lot to me b/c I have been without a grandpa for 17 years. Unfortunately, over the last couple of years his health has not been great and has quickly deteriorated over the last 8 months or so. It had gotten so bad that he had gotten violent and was admitted to an adult psychiatric ward in a Salt Lake hospital. The situation was such that we thought that we would be going to a funeral a few months ago. But, the Lord had other plans. There was a team of doctors that spent a week or so observing and evaluating him and they determined that he was over medicated. Within a couple of days of changing his meds he was a whole new person. Over the last month or so I have heard from various family members what a new person he is. Hearing about it and seeing it are two very different things.

Grandma and Grandpa have come up to the farm to stay for a month and Curtis and I went to see them yesterday. Grandpa really is a whole new person. He speaks at a normal pace, walks on his own and spent the day out working on the manure spreader. Travis tells me this is the Grandpa that he remembers growing up and had almost forgotten what he was like.

I am grateful that Grandpa is still with us and is 100 times better than I have ever known him. I look forward to Curtis getting to know his great grandparents and them getting to see him grow up. :)

Happy Birthday Curtis Boy!

*disclaimer* I'm not eloquent in writing, or talking for that matter, but am going to do my best to express myself.

Memory is a funny thing. I don't have that great of a memory, in my opinion, but I remember clearly everything about the day Curtis was born. I won't share any details, but it was quite the day.

But this day was far from eventful. Poor Curtis started the day by getting 4 shots! It was time for his 12 month immunizations and a flu shot. He hated it, but got to have some chocolate milk when he got home. :) He then spent the rest of the day napping and hanging out with me. :)

The night before his birthday was quite fun though. We had a birthday party!! We invited a few friends and family. Curtis "opened" his gifts. Mostly I dumped gifts our of bags or helped tear the paper. He throughly enjoyed the truck and cars that his Grandam & Grandpa Edwards gave him.

After presents we sang to Curtis and he got to eat his cupcake! He thoroughly enjoyed it and hardly made a mess. :)

It was great fun and I can't believe that Curtis is a year old! He is such a smart little boy. He amazes me every day at the things he does. He crawls up and down the stairs, loves to throw things down the stairs. He loves to play with his car and make "vroom vroom" sounds. He pulls himself up and likes to cruise around the furniture. I think that it will still be a few months before he starts walking, which is fine by me. :) I love my sweet, happy boy. I have enjoyed these past 12 months and look forward to all of the adventures of the next year!