Sean is 18 months!

Sean turned a year and a half this week and had his well baby appointment yesterday.
He is 34.75 inches tall (97%tile) and 26lbs. 10 oz. (65%tile).
He is doing very well and is delightful company for all of us. Despite knowing how to say basic color names, everything is "yellow" when asked what color something is. I even said, "What color is your green truck?" and he said, "Yellow!" Very cute. He says quite a few words now: peas, teeth, please, tree (these four sound exactly alike, so context is key)! He says: bear, doggie, meow, oopsie, uh-oh, sorry and WOW! to name a few. It is fun watching him put sounds into words. He is still a climber and is getting quite skilled at scaling easels, couches, chairs, tables, and all other 3-D objects. Child proofing is impossible because his specialty is undoing baby locks on cabinets and getting himself in precarious situations!
He loves to eat vegetables, fruits, macaroni, chicken and is a big milk drinker!
He flirts with 20 something women by sticking his tongue in and out and making gurgling noises. It is cute for now, but I hope he doen't do it in high when he is asking some nice girl to the prom.

Weekend at Mammoth

Three weeks ago we went to Mammoth Mountain for some fun in the snow. Sean really got to practice saying "cold," "snow," and "ski"! He was intrigued by the white stuff and cried whenever he came into contact with it (because he refused to keep his gloves on his tiny hands). Hence, he is in only one picture in the Inn. Connor had a morning lesson and snow play with the wonderful instructors at the Canyon Lodge while Daddy skiied and I chased the miserable Sean. (Yes, that made me a bit miserable, too)! That night there was a blizzard and along with the winds came about 18 more inches of snow. The first 37 miles of roads were closed all day due to zero visibility, so we had to stay another night. Instead of a long car ride home, we bought a sled built for two and played in the snow. Even Sean rode in the sled for about 15 minutes (with his gloves on)! No pictures of that, though, as I couldn't manage the camera with gloves on, and it was way too cold and windy to take them off!
Here is Connor right before his ski lesson. He had a great time and an awesome sleep that night!

First time on the sled. They started from the entrance to the parking garage at the inn.

More sledding...Notice the snow was piled about 15 to 20 feet high and it is still snowing. It snowed all day that day!

Trudging through the deep snow to find more sledding bliss...I think Connor's boot is completely under the snow! They ended up making a snow angel before sledding down the slope.

The one and only picture of Sean. I was so grateful we had interior corridors for Sean to run out all his energy! Notice the little snow boot he is wearing.

Camera Found!

Hooray! The camera is found.

I also want to share some notable quotes from Connor...
In the car on the way to Mammoth, "Wooly Mammoths are NOT extinct, they are just nocturnal."
"Pink cows must make strawberry milk. They are nocturnal too, so we never see them. They have large eyes with little yellow slits so they can see at night.
"Mom, don't drive away yet, Chris is not in the car!" (As we were leaving a party in Livermore).
That's all for now, Sean won't stop driving little cars over the keyboard!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you all had a good Valentine's Day! Just wanted to explain the lack of new posts on this blog...I lost my camera! On it are pictures of us in the snow at Mammoth, and other fun poses that you will not see until I find it. I believe it is in my house somewhere. St. Anthony will come through for me soon, I am sure. Until then, stay well.