Growing Up Too Fast

He loves to play with mom and dad's shoes.

My little boy is getting so big! And not just in size. He is really becoming a little person. He loves to talk (and talk and talk) and has a decent vocabulary. Some of his favorite words are tractor, silo, motorcycle, helicopter, farm, juice, dance, show and car. He loves to play with all things boy, tractors, cars, tools, you name it and he's all over it. He loves to ride bikes outside with the neighbor kids. He's also smart. Sometimes too smart for my liking. Not too long ago Travis had some boxes of mason jars in the front room. While Travis and I were still eating dinner Curtis carefully took all of the jars (~15) of the boxes and stood them on the floor. Then he took them one by one (sometimes he tried to pick up an armful but realized that wouldn't work) and lined them up along the window edge. He'd make sure to push them close together so that they would all fit. When he filled up the little window ledge he moved on to the bigger one. I was really amazed by it all. He was pretty proud of himself and so was I. One of his favorite things to do at his grandma and grandpa Edwards house is to line up cars and and drive them on their window ledge.

His favorite summer activity is swinging! He absolutely loves to swing. I think that if he could live on one he would. Yesterday he spent the day with his aunt Joanne and cousins while I was at work. Shelby reported to me that she pushed him and pushed him until she was hot and tired. But whenever she stopped he would whine and say, "be be" (his version of swing) and then she would be a sweet cousin and push him some more.

All in all Curtis is super cute and I just love him to death and can't believe that he'll be two in just a few short months. Man, how time flies!