Twenty Months

 20 Months

Your cousins came this month! It was so much fun having Auntie Janecce and the kids over for the weekend. We took them to the hotel pool, Lions Park, up the mountain for mushroom hunting and cooking hotdogs, down to the river to play in the water and sand, and stayed at home where kids played and played. Jessie was here. I loved the idea of her, but did not want her to touch your stuff. Most of the time, your naps were off, but we did have some good morning walks each morning since everyone was up and playing by 6am. 

 We have been doing more movie nights. You still do no watch the whole thing, but you feel like such a big kid by getting your own pillow and blanket out. You are very particular about the way the blanket lays just right. 

 We tried to go for a little hike as a family, but the ticks were too bad to go out, so instead, we went to the river last minute. We had no swim suits, no life jackets, or sand toys, but we still had fun. The other kids kept asking me to do something with them and I reply was always, I have to watch JoJo. Well, the water was shallow and you could walk around in it. The other kids just didn't get how easy it is for a kid to drown. Well, you tripped over in the water, landed with your face in the water, and even though the water was shallow, you were panicking and couldn't get up. I was right there so I could scoop you up, but it was a good lesson for everyone how important it is to watch you. 

 We have been going to church weekly now. Maggie is such a sweet big sister and has styled your hair for me. You won't sit still for me, but you will sit still for Maggie while she puts your hair in piggies. 

• The big kids are home for the summer and you are loving having extra friends to play with. We celebrated with drinks from Creme and making our big summer plans bucket list. 
• With the start of summer means the city pool. It was been such a warm June, that we have been there lots. It is a challenge because you do not like wearing your puddle jumper. So I am sitting down on the steps with you the whole time because you don't want me to hold you but you don't want a puddle jumper. I have had to scoop you up out of the water several times baby.
• We got kitties this month. Smokey and Shadow. They are good kitties, but you are not afraid of them. You will grab them by the belly and drag them all over the porch. This reminds me that you never call an animal by the name, it is always "meow meow", "neigh neigh", "moo moo". The only one you call by name is puppy. You love animals. One of only video that you will sit through the whole thing is Dad's fishing video. You love "fishy" and when we drive by water, you like to point out, "water . . . fishy?"