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I feel pretty

Recently Micah has started to try dressing on his own; he mainly does this with shoes. On Sunday I was in the kitchen making cupcakes (another post to follow) and in walks little Micah in black heels. I was so surprised to see that he actually weaseled his way into my high heels. The shoulder shrug just adds to the cuteness. As you can see he is not finished exploring his feminine side. I love the mascara all over his face, I also love how delicate he was with the brush.

I guess we're having Cheerios for breakfast

Yeah, my first try at a collage, I'll get better :).

So Micah is becoming very independent, he loves to try to do things on his own. As you can see, on this particular morning, he tried to poor himself a bowl of cereal. He didn't exactly get any into the bowl, but he didn't mind at all. He was loving the cereal buffet he created on the counter. When I discovered the scene, I couldn't help but laugh. He is just so darn cute, even when he's making a mess. It is so fun to watch Micah explore and learn from trial and error, I hope he always keeps his cheerful get 'er done attitude. My favorite thing in the world is to hear Micah yell, "I deed ee" aka I did it when he has accomplished something.

Apology

Sorry I am horrible at blogging. I will post more fun and exciting and perhaps not so exciting things soon. Here is a taste of what's to come.

Micah

My Fabulous 26th Birthday

Micah

Fun summer happenings

Micah(He was not that interested in the fountains at the Gateway)

Cutting Micah's Hair - Before

Cutting Micah's Hair - After

Wow this post took me all day! (give me a break, I am a busy, and not to mention sick, mommy)

I am pretty sure Micah is saying, "I did it"! He is playing with an empty Ritz cracker box, and putting toys inside the box. it seems as though his objective is to put toys inside without the box falling over. Each time he has done this successfully he yells "I did it"! He is so silly.

Today Micah had his 18 month appointment. During the apt. I told the Dr. about how Micah has been having A LOT of tantrums lately. I mentioned that I was reading the Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp, and since I have used his technique, Micah's tantrums have escalated. She gave me a few other ideas to try. The first book she recommended is 1,2,3 Magic and the other one is SOS help for parents. I am excited/ desperate to try something new; hopefully something that will work.

Oh yeah and everyone has had the stomach flu in our house (blah). This is the second round of the flu to hit us in the last 2 months. We think the first round was H1N1 (scary, but not as bad as it sounds), I dodged that one luckily. This time around I was not as fortunate, however I have managed to hang on to my cookies! Micah was probably the worst off, there was no telling when he was going to up-chuck and I had to clean up a lot of messes on the carpet. Luckily I was able to borrow a carpet cleaner from my Grandmapa to get the carpet good and clean. Thanks Grandmapa!

What's that you say?

So Micah is 18 months now, I can't believe how quickly time has past. As a lot of you know 18 months in a milestone in Mormon culture. Now Micah can go to Nursery, yeah! Actually he has been going since he was about 5 months so this doesn't make much of a difference. Hopefully soon he will be able to go alone.

I have been reading a parenting book that would describe Micah as a Spirited child, this is a nice way of saying hyper, energetic, passionate etc. I would also describe Micah as a spirited little guy. He is tons of fun but he has his moments that he likes to challenge me and see how much he can get away with. Besides being a spirited 18 month old, Micah loves to play with me and Ryan. He can spend hours reading books, playing cars, taking walks, doing dishes and washing Laundry as long as he gets to do it with either me or Ryan. He is really a great helper around the house. I love my Micah!

Every day it seems as though Micah is saying a new word. Ryan and I are constantly looking at each other asking, "Did he just say...?" The words that kids pick up on are so funny, here are a list of the words (and definitions) in Micah's daily rhetoric.

Micah's First Word's

Mama, Mom, Ma
Dad, Dada, Da
No
Go
Puh, U-p: Up
Ba: Ball
god, Daw: Dog
Kah: Milk
Ah (with a refreshing sound): Milk, Water, drink
K, Kee: Keys, Cheese
ck (like the ck is sizzling in your mouth): car
Baba: Bubbles, Belly Button
Th: Snake, carrot, Yogurt
Eee: ewe
RYAN!: I think Micah thinks this is what you say when your calling for someone :)
The sound that you make when you smack your lips: Bye
Kaw-dy: Katie (Micah's Aunt)
Micah also Makes a humming sound to say cat and baby, He is so silly.
Please and Thank You (in Sign Language)

Micah's First Sentences

Uh oh!
HE GUYTH!: Hey guys (this is what Micah yells to the group of kids that play outside).

**I am sure Micah has a lot more words that I can't think of, so I'll most likely be adding them on when they come to mind.

Bod Pod

Helping in the garden

Ryan's parents let Ryan and I use some of their garden space to plant our own garden. I go over to their place almost every morning to work out. One morning after I got done exercising, I went out back to water the garden. Micah loves to help me do whatever I am working on. As I moved the hose from one spot to the next Micah would try to move it too. After a while he discovered that water and dirt make mud, oh happy day for Micah! It is so amazing to me how children go through the discovery process, there are so many simple and fun things that we all know about but there is something special about discovering things for the first time.

Back to the story, I let him play around in the mud and get dirty because he wasn't doing anything wrong and with this distraction I could hurry and finish watering the rest of the garden. After I finished up, it was time to tackle my little mud man. Before doing any cleaning though, I had to get a picture of the mess. I tracked down Liz (mother-in-law) and asked her to get a few pictures. He was so upset with me for pulling him away from his fun. honestly the neighbors probably thought I was torturing him. Before bathing him I wanted to get my own pictures. Micah was pretty happy by this point but the muddy effect is not as strong. I still think he looks so adorable!