Jaden. My funny little stinker.

Jaden babe is 16 months old. (2 down until nursery, but who's counting. ;) ) Here's what he's up to lately!

Speech: Jaden says mama, dada, beesh (please), goggy (which sounds more like doggy, but I'm starting to think that's how he says "Charlie" who is his new favorite stuffed bear.), dis (this), kiki (which is both kitty and blankie).

Jaden barks and moos, and we're working on being a little monkey. ;) Occasionally he'll roar. But he's not much of a monster boy yet. I'm sure that'll happen at some point though, haha. He's a very vocal little guy. I wish I had one of those collars from UP that translate what he's saying.

Mobility: Yes. ;)

He's ALL over the place. Jaden loves nothing more than doing his toddler trot any chance he can get. Especially when mama pulls out the diapers and wipes- that always gets his legs moving haha.

Jaden also is a full blown climber. If there's something that looks like he could climb it, he does. He's starting to attempt the tv stand too- which we had hoped we'd be able to avoid that for a little bit longer. He's even starting to open drawers and step into them. (crapcrapcrapcrap) We apparently have some more baby-proofing to do. 

Jaden thinks he's a master of stairs, but seeing as how he fell down the stairs last weekend I'm thinking we still have some work. This boy thinks he's invincible. He doesn't want to crawl up the stairs or scoot down- he wants to walk like a big kid!! Heaven help us.

Eating: Again, yes. But also no. He's kind of being picky still. For the most part he'll eat anything, as long as he feels like it. ;) Jaden still doesn't love potatoes or eggs. And if he sees watermelon at the beginning of the meal you can pretty much forget about Jaden eating anything else. (In that sense, he's totally my kid.)

Jaden is into Curious George, and Little Einsteins right now- he loves dancing to the music in them. Lately we've been putting Pandora on the toddler channel during the day while he's playing- and mom is cleaning. There have been some serious moves busting out over here. I keep trying to get videos of it, but he's not fond of letting me get any. 

He's also turned into a peek-a-boo machine. He covers his eyes and then says peek a boo. :) 

Jaden loves to laugh- so much that he does his fake laughing any time he hears someone else laugh. ;) He covers his mouth with his hands and does this little shrug while he laughs too. I love this boy. He keeps me very entertained!

Anyway, of course here are the pictures to be shown off. ;) 

Matt is such a fun daddy to watch. He and Jaden are good buds, and you can tell. Last night we were sitting at the table and Jaden leans over and gives Matt's arm a big squeeze. He wouldn't let go for a few minutes, and he just kept chattering away and hugging Matt. Cutest dang thing ever! It melts my heart to watch these cute boys playing together. 

Sometimes your blankie is just too good to let go of... even when you're playing outside. ;)

Jaden always stops to pick the dandelions to blow out some wishes. 

For the 4th of July, Jaden and I went to Magna to hang out with Chelsi and her family. Matt had to work, so he missed out on the fun. We went to a rodeo in West Jordan, and it was so fun! Jaden had a ball, he would start squealing and clapping every time the crowd started cheering. :) It was so hot, but Jaden did so good. He liked the horses, and cows, and especially the snow cones and other little kids in the crowd. ;)

There was a riding group called the Ehcapa (Apache spelled backwards). It was crazy to watch them ride bare back, and then do jumps bareback too! I feel like the twins would love that. :)

I finally got the OK from Matt to cut Jaden's hair. We've been letting him sport a mullet for a while now, and it's cute... but started looking scraggly. So. We finally broke down and bought a clippers set, and I got brave and tried it.
I had to take a million pictures trying to get a re creation of Matt's with his baby mullet. (Sadly I don't think any of them look like it, but at least we've got documentation. ;)
Most of the attempts to get a copy of Matt's picture just turned into bloopers. So of course I had to post all of them. You're welcome.

This face. Hahaha. It's like "Oh my gosh mom... when are you actually going to do the dishes?"

Guys... haha

I couldn't help it- I had to stop half way through cutting Jaden's hair so I could get a more dramatic shot of his mullet. ;)

Playing peek-a-boo is our new favorite game.