End of Summer

This has been a busy summer for the Thompsons. We spent the month of July in Oregon with David's family & in August, we spent a week at Coronado with my family. Jordan has been blessed with being able to visit with both families in one summer! As I did on the last post, I have attached a slideshow at the end of this entry from our Coronado trip.

Only one week until Jordan is 18 months, and hits the 1 1/2 year mark. Time sure does go quickly! During the 17th month, Jordan:

* learned how to climb onto one of the chairs outside and turn himself around so he was sitting the right way - so fun to see because he is so proud when he does it!

*is picking up Mommy's phone when it beeps, holds it to his ear and says "hi"

*helps Mommy unload the dishwasher (we're working on putting things where they actually belong!)

*is saying his version of "ready, set, go!" - it usually goes like "sahhhhhh ::pause:: go!"

*wants to sit at the table and be a big boy, but he's far too squirmy to do so!

*when asked "Jordan, who am I?" he points to his eye and says "eye"

*last but not least - Jordan is finally saying "mama" !!! It's not in context with who mama is, and he generally says it in a high and shrill voice, but he says it!

One of Jordan's most recent activities is trying to walk in Mommy or Daddy's flip flop - my silly boy :)

As promised, here is the slideshow of our Coronado trip!

Coronado Trip

Oregon Trip

The Thompson family spent the month of July in Oregon! Jordan loved spending time with Nana (David's mom), Uncle Ian, Aunt Gwen and his baby cousin, Winter! We had a lot of fun being with family and watching Jordan learn new things daily. I have attached a slideshow at the end of this entry, but first .... what is Jordan doing now? :)

At 16 months Jordan is:

*climbing onto various things (loves climbing/walking up & down stairs)
*learned to squat in order to catch a ball that is rolled towards him
*signing "more", "food" and "please". We are working on 'thank you' and a few others
*saying "daddy", "dog", "go", "up", "cat", "out", "there", "hi", "bye", "stacy", "yeah", "no", "down" - not all the words are clear, but we get the gist of it :) The most common saying is "hi dog!"
*if asked what sound a dog makes, Jordan will either pant or go "woof woof", and occasionally, if you ask what sound a cat makes, he'll meow (then our cat meows back at him!)
*showing off his skills at throwing balls (and toys ... we are constantly saying "you may not throw that!")
*feeding himself with a fork/spoon, gets his cup of milk/water out of the refrigerator (once it's been opened), and puts trash away (yes!!)
*finally tall enough to open doors ... (dang it)
*giving hugs and kisses - he's finally becoming affectionate!
*exerting his strong will & stubbornness (terrible 2's, here we come!)

Our little munchkin is so active, fun loving and his laughter is infectious. He's charming and knows it - he uses every trick in the book to get me to smile when he's in trouble. (Notice I say he tries every trick with me - he knows he can get his daddy to fold in a heartbeat!)

And now, for your viewing & listening pleasure, I present the Oregon 2010 slideshow!

Oregon 2010