Oh my ears are tired!

Lately things around here have been crazy. We've had things to do just about every day. June is usually a busy month for me anyway but for some reason this year it seems a little crazier. If my crazy schedule wasn't enough, my son has taken off with his jabbering. He's started saying so many new words and there are days I am so thankful for nap time. He is loud and seems to talk nonstop. I love that he's finding his voice but there are just some days that I long for quiet.

Talent has new words that he has been using quite often. It's exciting and also tiring at times. Since he's learning that words are exciting, he's trying more to say things. He has mastered "Riley" (one of our dogs) and has been saying it for quite some time now. He also has learned French fry, Nee Nee (my Mother In Law), donkey, bull, and frog. Now they aren't all crystal clear, but you can tell what he's trying to say. He's also able to say shoes and says this every single day when he's ready to get out of the house and go somewhere. He makes me tired with all of his jabbering. Don't get me wrong, I love that he's learning and growing his vocabulary. But, it sure makes you tired when you have to say, "Yes, I see" or "What?" 9,000 times a day. He always says, "HEY! Mom! MOMMA! MOM! Mom? MOMMA!" until he gets a response. It's cute but also draining. That is when I tell him to go talk to Dad. I know, I'm not nice to send him to his Daddy.

This child is changing and growing right before my eyes. I love it and hate it all at the same time. We had family pictures taken with my parents, grandparents, and my brother's family a few weeks ago. We got them back today and I see all of the changes Talent is making. He's growing and getting tall and skinny. He's just such a beautiful child. Seth and I sure made a beautiful baby. I'm going to leave you with a couple of my favorites from the session with Keelie Lipscomb Photography. She's truly the most talented photographer in our area. I just adore her.

Ribbit....

Talent has been wanting to be outside since the weather has been nicer lately. Today we were outside playing and I found a teeny little frog about the size of a quarter. Now, I don't know if anyone knows this about me or not, but, I don't like creepy crawly things or little critters. I'm not entirely sure how I've made it this long out in the country. But, anyway, I saw this tiny little frog and I caught it. Talent has only seen frogs in books or in the little figurines that I have around the house. He's never seen the real thing. I carried this tiny frog over to him and showed it to him. He made the cutest little face. He started making his frog noise. Once the frog jumped out of my hands Talent started pointing at it and making his frog noise and asking me to get it again. I chased that frog and eventually found another. I never could catch either one of the little suckers. But, it was fun chasing frogs with him.

He's been saying so much lately. He's learned so many new animal noises and so many new words. I just love this age and all of the new things he's learning. Just this week he started saying "boat" and "rock".....I just love all of the learning he is doing. We've been doing a lot of reading at night before bed. Talent picks a bunch of books and I read to him. I point to things in the books and he says what they are. If there are animals in the books he makes the animal sounds. It's been so much fun seeing him learn. I plan on taking him to the library to some of the children's programs this summer. I think he will really enjoy it and I think it will be so good for him. I am really looking forward to seeing him learn so much more.