Cheerleader

Last night we braved the wet, cold weather to go and watch Uncle Derick play baseball in Bixby. We took folding chairs so we wouldn't have to sit on the wet bleachers. We even took Tucker's new mini sized folding chair. He was a huge fan. My stupid camera battery was dead, so I didn't get any pictures. He climbed in and out of it a million times.

When the game finally started, we made him sit on our laps so that he wasn't running all over the place. We were right at the fence so he actually discovered that there was a game going on. He was a big fan for anyone that hit the ball. He'd cheer wildly no matter what team they were on. He also learned to yell "Go, D!" and "Go, nine!" as well as "Strike!". It was so cute! They won too in case you were wondering!

New Words and Trouble

Tucker's vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds! As I was dressing him for MDO this morning, we were discussing where he was going and who was going to be there. I told him he was going to see Mrs. Gloria who he calls "Oria", Creede who he calls "Cede", and Hudson who he calls "Hutton". The entire ride to MDO he yelled that he wanted the three above people. It's so cute to see him starting to make new friends.

It was also picture day at MDO. I can't wait to see the class picture! I would have like to have been a fly on the wall to witness them lining up 10+ children all under the age of 2!

This afternoon, when I went to pick up Tucker, his teachers informed me that he had gotten into trouble a few times today. He couldn't keep his hands to himself! What should I do? I feel like he is getting out of control. I struggle with him acting up mainly due to the fact that I have set such high expectations for him, but I don't want him to be a total wildman! For once...I'm speechless!

Lots of randomness...

While on vacation, we bought Tucker a pair of sunglasses. As an infant, he always wore them remarkably well, but I wondered if all that would be different now. Nope! Tucker is obsessed with his sunglasses. He wears them inside and outside.

On the way home from Texas, we stopped for a pit stop at Ikea. While there we picked up a big boy table and chairs for the little guy. He loves sitting at his table for snack time.

This past weekend, we traveled to McLoud for Stephen and Sam's birthday party. They had it at a neat train place with miniature train rides. Tucker loved riding on the trains. Most of the time he would say "wow" or "whoa". It was too cute!

After the party, Tucker and daddy came back to McAlester for a guy's night. This was the first time they stayed home by themselves overnight. They did great! I stayed the night in Edmond at Aunt Ash and Uncle Noel's house. We visited the pre-sale for Just Between Friends on Sunday afternoon. I got Tuck tons of cute Summer clothes as well as a booster seat. I'm still not ready for him to give up the high chair 100%, but he loves eating at the table with us. Here he is enjoying lunch today.

Vacation Pictures

I'm finally posting some of my favorite pictures from vacation. We've spent the week recovering as well as having our master bathroom remodeled, so we're back in the groove of things.

Tucker's reaction to the "monk, monks".

He's such a big guy! He loved walking through Tiny Tot land.

Tucker and daddy in the butterfly habitat.

The zoo wore our little guy out! He fell asleep on the peaceful train ride around the park.

Tucker made a friend at the dolphin pool at Sea World. This little guy stayed and played with us for quite a while.

Shamu

Tucker cheering for Shamu.

We're in San Antonio

A little recap...

We left Monday evening for our vacation to San Antonio. We decided to see how far we could go the first night while Tucker was sleeping. We made it to Austin before I had had enough and was ready to stop. We got a room for the night, before getting up early the next morning to head to the zoo. The weather was beautiful, and the zoo was loads of fun for all of us. Tucker especially liked the "ebras" (zebras) and the "monk, monks" (monkeys). After visiting the zoo, we got to check into our condo for the night.

On Wednesday, we headed back into San Antonio for Sea World. A cold front had come in during the night and it was sprinklink on and off, but we decided to go anyway. A little sidenote here... I have been strongly convicted lately about complaining, and that I need to strive to be happy in all situations. So we stopped at Target for some raingear and jackets and off we went. The happiness came in that a lot of people stayed away from Sea World on Wednesday because of the weather. Sure we were a little chilly, but the park was basically empty. We never waited in lines or fought crowds as we walked to the shows. Tuckers favorite things at Sea World were the penguin encounter as well as the dolphins. Another advantage to small crowds were we got to stand at the dolphin pool for quite a while. One dolphin loved Tucker. He would come right up to the wall and raise his head up out of the water and smile at Tucker. We got some great pictures.

On Thursday, we headed to the outlet malls in San Marcos. They took the entire day...enough said!

This morning we checked out of the condo and headed back to San Antonio. We are currently staying in a beautiful hotel right on the River Walk. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe and are headed out soon for a ride on the boats as well as dinner.

We'll check out of here in the morning before heading back to Oklahoma.

Pictures will have to wait until we get home!

Potty and Pictures

Tucker has recently began telling us when he is "shewy" as well as going to get us diapers. Yesterday I found him laying in the living room floor trying to put on a diaper over his jeans. After some researching, I decided to introduce him to the potty. I know he is still very young, but I found that it doesn't hurt to begin introducing them to the potty chair after their first birthday. So last night, we made a trip to Wal-Mart where Tucker got to pick which potty he wanted.

Later that night, Matt put it together and Tucker spent a few minutes sitting on it. As usual, I had to document the moment...I walked into the bathroom with my camera, and Tucker looked up and said "cheese". Priceless!

Here are some other random pictures from the past couple of weeks...

He insisted on holding his kid's pack popcorn on our recent trip to the movies.

Shopping at the children's museum.

Playing in the bubbles with his friend Maverick.

Co-Pilot of the airplane.

The mirror room at the museum.

Look at those legs!

He and daddy were mimicking mommy after bath time.

OK

Tucker is now answering things with "ok" This morning he wanted a "cacker". He said "Peas, cacker." I responded by asking him if he wanted a cracker, and he told me "ok". He has continued the routine throughout the evening.