Latest "Ari-isms"

I don't want it _________. (anything from milk, to lunch, to a nap)
You're so cute
I funny
I do it gob (which means he wants to push the button to open/close the garage)
I tooted
It yummy
Yay, shopping
Exercise (while doing a head stand on the couch or with his feet up on the wall)
Here ya go Mama
I did it!
See Ari (when you're trying to take a picture of him)
Gucky Mama (when he has my hair on him)
followed by "wash hands"
Here ya go
Thank you
I want sippy
I want milk sippy
I wanna watch Homas (Thomas) with the occasional "now" added to the end of that
I want this
I want it
I want ACM (what he calls his Dr. Suess' ABC computer book)
I want iPhone
I need iPhone
Sing Temple Mama (I love to See the Temple song)
followed by “sing temple again”
Help please
I hold you
I hold you now
Sit down
followed by “there” while patting the floor near him
I want watch T.V. ball (aka football)
I want kicka goal (not kick a but rather, kicka)
Go Texan ball
No Cowboys ball
This way! (in a super whiny voice)
I want Bubby Light (referring to his Mobi Light)
Want Whiking (Lightning McQueen)
I throw it
Catch it Daddy
Want ketchup (with everything)
Open weendow (window)
I want outside
Walk (what he says when you're holding him to let you know he wants down)
Go, go, go.... aw man! (while watching football)
1st down w/ a arm chop & leg lunge (if standing)

Ari's Say the Darndest Things....

I want CHICKEN.
I want Chick-fil-A.
I want go.
I want church.
I want Buzz.
I want Cars.
I want Thomas. (which comes out sounding like Homas)
Daddy work.
Soccer! (Sock-ah)
I love you.
I hold you.
All done.
Hello.
I want this.
Look.
Thank you.
Sorry Mama.
Here ya go.
I hold it.

Talky Talky A Lot...

I feel like time is passing me by and everyday that goes I think, "I need to write this down, blog about it, take a picture..." And most days none of my ideas come to fruition which is very frustrating, especially when I'm trying to calm my nerves because in my head I think Ari's been saying, "Nuh uh" as the response to everything for weeks when really it's only been 3 days. Or the fact that Ari does/says something new almost everyday and I can barely keep up. He is a little sponge when it comes to learning new signs and at this point he knows everything we know so I'm having to learn more to teach him more. All of this I'm grateful for but boy is this little boy smart! He can also repeat pretty much anything you ask of him and has gotten really good at "I love you." *heart melting*

About 3 weeks ago he found Sarea's copy of ABC by Dr. Seuss in her room and has been having us read it daily. He calls it, "A A A." I can't get over how fast he catches on to things from the book and applies them to other times in his day. Like in his bathroom, the shower curtain has jungle animals on it and he walked in last week and pointed to the elephant and said, "Elephant, e e e." What?! I was over the moon when I found a computer program for this book that reads it to him, gives more examples and even has some games. And bonus it came with the board book version that is perfect for the diaper bag!

Happy Daddy's Day 2010!!

Ari is so in LOVE with Anton and who could blame him. ;)

Ari's New Skills....

So, it's been almost a month since I last blogged and boy do things change in 4 weeks!!!

Ari is now WALKING up & down the stairs by himself! Super scary to watch but, fingers crossed, he hasn't fallen once.

Ari's vocabulary has really taken off. His favorite words as of late being 'airplane' and 'no.' The 'no' is really funny because he says it as an answer to everything. Example: "Do you love Momma?" Ari: "No!" "Do you want a cookie?" Ari: "No!" Lol!!! He can also for the most part attempt to repeat anything you ask of him. My favorite was last week on Kaitlyn's birthday, we called her and I got Ari to repeat, "Happy Birthday Katilyn." So sweet!

We went to Ari's 1st movie today, Open Season. It was the first movie in the "Summer Movie Clubhouse" at Cinemark. $5 for 10 movies... count me in!!! We have this giant popcorn tub I bought a couple of times ago that you can fill for just $3... so with tickets & popcorn in hand we made our way to the theatre. I was a little nervous because Ari is not a good t.v./movie watcher. But much to my surprise he sat through the entire movie on my lap and ate half the popcorn!!

And how could I forget to tell you all that Ari LOVES to dance!!! He's been dancing for a while now but has pretty much perfected his "shoulder pump." It is so funny! If he hears music, even on a commercial, he'll stop whatever he's doing and bust a move. Enjoy...

Palm Beach

On Memorial Day we headed down to Galveston for Ari's 1st visit to our favorite little water park... Palm Beach. (http://www.galveston.com/palmbeach/) It is very "kid friendly" and a nice place to hang out. We were lucky enough to take our cousins, Stormy & Dallas too! We all had a great time and Ari tried to take it all in. Side note: Ari can't stand sand. He doesn't like to be dirty so the sand on his feet was very overwhelming. Poor baby would try to clean it off then his hands would be all sandy. Needless to say this charade ending everytime in tears with Ari exclaiming, "Gucky!!" haha! Hope he gets over it soon since we bought season passes. ;)