17 Months Already?!!!

Dylan is racing all over the place, fulfilling big plans he makes. Of course, Jeff and I never know what those plans are, but Dylan sure knows and keeps busy all the time! He talks a lot, though half of it needs interpretation, he is communicating very well these days! He really enjoys talking. Here are a few recent photos:

Somewhere along the way, Dylan has picked up a crooked smile that he likes to make when he says "cheese"!

Dylan is passing nasal bulb torture on to his cat. Dylan never liked the nasal bulb and it is evident by the aggressive nature in which he attacks his cats nose!!!

We finally had a warm day and Dylan got really involved at the beach! Throwing sand and screaming with joy!

And then...he wanted to be one with the sand....so he played... and made sand angels... and rolled... and got messy! And it was great!

McQueen and Valentine's Day Fun!

Dylan's latest craze has been the Lightning McQueen race car from the movie "Cars" (which I am not proud to say I can recite the entire two hour movie!). We recently found a new shirt for Dylan on sale...it is a big too large but he enjoys wearing it.

When Dylan pushes a little button on the shirt, there is a car racing sound! Too much fun! He loves it!
We also found him a new hat, which he wears when he feels like it....not when we want him to!

And...of course, pj's...

We had a very fun Valentine's Day with Dylan this year (a new poster for his door, just like big kids' room's!)...we had an early breakfast at the Blue Plate Diner (Dylan had blueberry pancakes!)...then...went to the Norman Bird Sanctuary for a hike to "hanging rock" overlooking the beach. Dylan did more hiking than he has ever done before! He made it almost halfway to the rock before we put him in the backpack! Dad appreciated that.

We enjoyed a dinner picnic and movie on the living room floor with chicken nuggets and french fries! Dylan has only had fries a couple times before and thought it was such fun to dunk them into catsup!

...a little dinner video.... ...Topped the day off with a fudge pop on the floor with Dad.

What a fun day we had!

It's Christmas Time...!

Mr. D here...well. Apparently it is Christmas and Mom and Dad decided to decorate sugar cookies. They put me in my chair, set a cookie on my tray, and gave me red and green frosting. I wasn't really sure what to do... After a quick sample with my tongue, I realized colored sugar was amazing! As long as I acted like I was decorating, they let me eat the bright colored sugar!

I helped mom and dad do some re-decorating with some crystal beads. My soccer ball didn't quite look festive enough!

Christmas morning...Mom says, "Dylan, there are presents under the tree for you!" I went out to check the tree..."oooohhhhh" I said. Never seen this before...hm.

I had a great time playing with Mom and Dad and my new toys! Dad and I played baseball in the house!

I got some new trains. I really didn't want to put them down. So, I just carried as many as I could with me.

Rockin' my new baby...

I just love to sit in the middle of my train tracks!