Cheeseburger Pudding

Recently, Lyndon was doing a good job of finishing his dinner and I decided to reward him with some pudding. Because love is pudding. He had eaten a little bit of shredded cheese with his dinner, and when I presented him with his dessert, he grabbed a small handful of shredded cheese and put it in the pudding! Then he simply said, "cheeseburger pudding."

Colinisms

If Lyndon can have Lyndonisms, Colin can have Colinisms. Colin seems to be growing and time passing so much faster than it did with Lyndon. Colin began smiling very early, and he often sticks his tongue out when he gets tickled. He LOVES his brother and always laughs at him. Lyndon is very good, loving and gentle when it comes to Colin.

So far, Colin's nicknames are: Pea, P-Burger, Burger, Burgie, and Peadro.

Colin's laughing, coupled with his reflux, almost always results in hiccups, but it doesn't seem to bother him. When he laughs, he does it in little bursts that sound like "hee...hee...hee."

He has been really good about sleeping after a bumpy stretch during his 5th month when both boys were inexplicably waking up in the night. His eating has always been great and shortly before 6 months, we started giving him cereal baby food. He likes it all and has a great appetite.

He has had multiple ear infections, but it's hard to tell, because he rarely cries about anything for any length of time. He is a very content baby.

He sits up really well and plays with toys, only rarely toppling over. He likes all different toys and has also begun spending time in his Excersaucer. Like his brother, he really likes his baths and likes to bat at the water.

He started daycare in July and loves it. He is sometimes tired after a long day of playing, but he has taken to it like a pro.

He is talking more, starting to use "dada" kinds of sounds, so it may only be a matter of time.

He is recovering from his first bout with a stomach bug that had him puking and pooping regularly. In between each, of course, he smiled all the time. Nothing phases this kid.

Lyndon Notables Summer 2008

B-Ball in the Sky
We took the boys to a Redbirds game in late June or early July, and Lyndon was more in tune with the game than he had been before. He ate a massive hot dog and for the most part watched the game intently. A great moment when a batter hit a long fly ball into the outfield. Lyndon just turned and looked at me in amazement and smiled. All weekend he talked about "the ball in da sky" and he will still bring it up if you ask him today. He calls baseball "b-ball." He is also looking like he's going to be a lefty, which will probably bring him a three-year, $10 million contract straight out of daycare.

Wrestling at the Tomato Festival
We went to the Ripley Tennessee Tomato Festival since Shelley works for the City, and it was what you would think a small-town fair kind of atmosphere would be. It was in the upper 90's that day, so we weren't going to keep the boys out long. Lo and behold, we saw a wrestling ring and some Memphis-based wrestlers were honing their craft. Lyndon loved it, referring to it as "a big fight!" He also was angry when we decided to leave, and a little skittish of the brutes when we got his pic taken with them.

Daddy....Airplane
I traveled a lot this summer, and before each trip, I let Lyndon know that daddy was going on an airplane and the day I would return. The smart boy that he is, he would say, "Daddy. Airplane. Friday!"

I Kissed a Girl
Lyndon loves grabbing the cell phones and any other gadgets at hand. Imagine our surprise one day when I turn the corner and the song, "I Kissed a Girl" is blaring from Shelley's phone. I figured it was on her phone somewhere, but come to find out, he had somehow downloaded it!

Imagination
Lyndon's imagination is really taking off. He has begun pretending to be Spider-Man by walking on all fours across the floor and saying that he's climbing up the wall. He also roars like Hulk, stomps his foot and says "Hulk smash," and most recently says he's a sea monster and is going to eat us.

Fishing Trip
We took Lyndon and his cousin Zoe to Thunderbird Lake in hopes of them catching their first fish. They were both excited, hated the idea of Jessica and I casting for them, and neither landed one that day. However, Lyndon was extremely excited and kept saying things like "A BIG BITE!"

The Toddler Assassin

That's going to be Lyndon's wrestler name. "Daddy, fight" is a war cry that I hear each and every day and Lyndon goes full bore when we wrestle around the house. He shows some toughness in the bumps and bruises he gets while tumbling about trying to clobber me Ric Flair-style. We've had to teach him to use a little more caution with mommy and Colin, of course.

Lyndon is sleeping good, though he would prefer to stay up later than he does. His bedtime is now 8 p.m. and he gets up around 6, sometimes later if he's really pooped. He has a habit in the early morning of crawling in bed with us.

He loves going outside and it's always a struggle to get him to come back in the house. He likes going in the garden, watering flowers (and me), playing in his sandbox, finding worms and buggies, blowing bubbles, playing baseball and just general exploring.

Foodwise, for breakfast, he's been eating whole grain waffles, breakfast bars, fruit of all kinds, turkey bacon, eggs and yogurt. He has backed off of pancakes. He still loves yogurt more than anything. For lunch and dinner, he likes lunchables, PB&J, sandwiches, cheeseburgers, chicken enchiladas, turkey dogs, spaghetti, garlic bread and eggrolls of all things. He doesn't care too much for pieces of meat, other than lunchmeat. Of course, he loves junk food like cookies, chips and dip and CAKE! He loves cake. When leaving a birthday party at his Aunt Brenda's house, we was saying his goodbyes to everyone and finished with "bye bye, cake."

Fee Fee Fee Fee Fie

Well, I'll be the first to admit that I'm terrible about updating this blog. I've got to go back a bit and reflect on the whirlwind of development for both Lyndon and Colin. First, with Lyndon. A couple of months ago, he began to get a handle on counting. The funny thing was, you ask him "how many" of a certain object, and he would say, "Fee fee fee fee fie." "Fee" and "fie" were the only numbers, according to him. However, one day as Shelley was counting, he jumps in and starts counting along with her "three, four, five." Even more shocking, he began counting in Spanish one day! He's a sandbagger, that kid. As much as we like surprises, it would be awesome if our daycare let us in on some of the things the boys are learning.

Lyndonisms, Summer of 2008:
"Okayyyy." - Lyndon does not know or utilize the words, "yes" or "yeah." He says "okay" instead. He also changes emphasis of syllables, depending on what he's being asked. It can be a quick "OK" (eating breakfast, etc.) or a drawn out "OKAYYYYY" (do you want to do to the zoo?). "Buggy" - Any bug, alive or dead.
"Pie-Man" - Spider-Man, currently his favorite character/show, pushing Diego out of his top spot that he occupied earlier this year. Lyndon likes the villain, The Rhino since he reminds him of his favorite animal at the zoo, I guess.
"Hoak" - A close second in terms of Lyndon's current top superheroes. Hulk battles his arch-enemy, The Abomination, who Lyndon refers to as "Obama Jason."
"Base-ll, wegno" - Basil and oregano. I grow them both and I began pulling off leaves and letting him smell them. Now, he loves to harvest, sometimes too much. He enjoys bringing mommy some basil and oregano to sniff, and I often use that as a trick to get him to finally come inside.