Tim's Big Rig

Jordon likes to talk about Tim and his farm machines but gets a little scared at times when it comes to actually getting in them and going for a ride. But then again, it's usually ok if Mom, Dad, or Grandma has him but he's still not sure about Tim at times.

The other shot is just another one of him "shooting hoops" at the basketball museum.

Grandpa Don and Joyce visit

Grandpa Don and Joyce have been coming to visit Jordon the last few summers, and they came this year at the end of July. Jordon had a great time with them- I'm not sure about what all they did since I was working most of the time, but I heard them talk about visiting Deanna Rose Farmstead, the basketball museum, St. Joseph, and Columbia. Don will have to fill in more details about their time spent together. I liked the shot they got of Jordon as a Mizzou basketball player- I think that was at the basketball museum.

New Big Boy Bed

We got Jordon a new bed a few weeks ago in order to be able to use the crib for the new one coming. We had converted it to a toddler bed, but now it's back to an infant crib and ready to go for when the baby makes his arrival. Jordon's been pretty happy about his new bed, although at first he still wanted to get into the crib and said it was his, not baby brother's. Since then he has said all kinds of things, including that baby brother won't sleep in the crib, but can sleep in Jordon's room, and that he would like to name him "Puppy Dog". He used to pull his shirt up and point to his belly when we talked about baby brother, now he says he's in Mamo's belly.

We got a bedroom set on sale at Costco, and so it will be fun when the boys get older to get the bunk beds set up so they can use them. For now, Jordon's pretty content with his twin bed that has cars and trucks on it. Which brings us to Cars, as that's what he is currently fascinated with. He could watch the movie on DVD all day long if we let him, and will carry the car characters all over the house. He even had Grandma watch the movie with him the other day-

His language skills are improving every day, and he is talking in complete sentences some. He's done very well with potty training for #1 but still working on #2. Seems to do better at daycare than he does for us at home- same goes for taking naps. I guess he saves the meltdowns for Mom and Dad.

Love my Aunt and Uncles

Jordon's been spending some time this summer hanging out with Aunt Sarzah (how he says Sarah), Uncle Tim, and mostly time with Uncle Jon. You can see they like to horse around- Jordon loves to be tossed around, hit with pillows, tackled, you name it. He doesn't quite understand why Mamo doesn't like to continue this kind of play at home, but Dada does a good job of it. He's still not quite sure about Uncle Tim and thinks he's scary at times- it helps if he has a cookie to share.

Goofin' around

Hangin' out with Uncle Jon... wearing Dad's shoes, and got some goodies in the mail from Grandpa Don and Joyce! The lion backpack was a hit and has come in handy for taking matchbox cars with us when we go out to restaurants!

Visit to Wonderscope Children's Museum

It's been a long time since I posted anything- have been working lots with not much free time so lots to catch up on. I think we actually visited Wonderscope at the end of June. Jordon really seemed to enjoy it- all the slides with the balls to roll, waterplay, and of course legos. The air duct system that blew the scarves around was a big hit with all the kids there. And we couldn't leave without getting a 4 foot firetruck puzzle that he has since mastered putting together.