Twenty-two Months!!

Roman turned 22 months on April 23rd!

(And I promise I'll stop counting months when he turns 2)

He is a bundle of energy & an absolute joy to be around. . . .most of the time.:)

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Look at that hair! 

It's getting a little out o' control but I can't bring myself to get it cut. . . .

mainly because he has a screaming fit and it's embarrassing.:)

Roman loves this little sand box!

He will play in it for hours until he's soaked from head to toe.

Look at this kid!
 Oh, I just want to squeeze him!

And I do multiple times a day until he pushes me away.:) He does give me kisses now though & I'm LOVING that!

Cars & Kitties!

We love staying at "Aunt" Chelsea's house during our trips to Salt Lake.
Some of those reasons include:
A)Simply put. . . her and 4 year old Jack are the greatest!
B) She feeds us :)
C) There are TONS of little boy toys
D) They have a huge yard, swing set & cars to ride on
&
E) Roman and Frontier (the cat) are best buds :)
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Exhibit A
(Roman putting dirt on Frontier)

Exhibit B

(Roman playing with Frontier's claws. . . without getting scratched)

A little driving & football playing- - at the same time.:)

GO LONG MOM!!

"Fontier!?.... Fontier!?"

Exhibit C

(Roman will search high & low to find this cat)

A little jeeping/rock climbing with his best buddy.

(And yes. . . that's dirt around Roman's mouth. What can I say?. . . .he's a boy.)

Exhibit D

(Roman's crying hysterically because he couldn't reach Frontier)

"Oh no! Oh no! Fontier!"

To say the least. . . Roman and I have a blast staying with Chelsea and Jack. . . . .and Frontier.

We can't thank them enough for their hospitality.:) 

Sugar House Park. . . .

A couple weeks ago Roman and I headed up to Salt Lake for a weekend of fun. Typically when Roman & I head to Salt Lake I'm dropping him off with his dad for the weekend so I don't get to take him to do fun things but this particular weekend was different. 

First stop?. . . . Sugar House Park with some friends and their kids.

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   What almost 2 year old boy would be interested in feeding the ducks bread when he could throw rocks at them??

Roman spent nearly an hour throwing rocks into the pond and trying to get the ducks to eat them. It was pretty entertaining. . . .although I was a little on edge just waiting for him to fall/dive into the water. He's a little unpredictable at times, if you can imagine that.:)

After much coaxing, I got Roman away from the water & ducks and we headed to the playground. This kid is ALL BOY! He has more energy in his little pinky than I have in my whole body. Playing on the playground is a work-out for this momma.:)

Up the slide. . . .down the slide. . . .up the stairs. . . .down the stairs. . . .through the tunnel. . . .over here. . . .over there. . . .barely dodge getting knocked out by a swinger. . . . up the slide. . . .down the slide. . . .play in the wood chips. . . .try to eat a few. . . etc. etc. etc.

WHEW! . . . it's exhausting isn't it?

But to see the joy on his face as he plays and discovers new things is absolutely worth the exhaustion.

What a fun play date at Sugar House Park!

And another memory created with my Romie.:)

Fun with Sidewalk Chalk

We are absolutely loving the warm weather! We've been going on lots of walks, playing at the park and in the yard. I gave Roman sidewalk chalk shaped like eggs for Easter so one nice day after a walk we decided to give them a try. I may have had as much fun as Roman did.:) 

Roman was a little stressed out that as you write with the eggs it makes that part of them flat. He would say "Oh no! Egg?" Once he realized how fun it was to draw with them he loosened up a bit.:)

Not sure if you can tell but he has a big blue hand print on his face that somewhat resembled Brave Heart.:)

And this picture just cracks me up! He doesn't even look like the same kid. Not sure what face that is! Ha!

And this one is just cute. I love that you can see the "Blues" in the background. I love love love Blanding in the Spring/Summer time!

Cheers to warm weather!!!

Easter PRESENTS!

Roman spent Easter with his dad this year. . . . . but still managed to get a few pre-Easter gifts from the Nielsons.

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Grandma & Papa hit the jack-pot with this. . . . 

GUITAR!

Roman was pretty excited about his "cutar".

He walks around the house strumming it and moving his hips back and forth.

I may just have a musician on my hands. :)

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I just couldn't resist getting Roman an Easter basket. I don't know how to prevent spoiling this kid when the holidays come around. I love buying gifts for him. . . .then he goes to his dad's and gets more. OH!. . .what to do??

Roman is obsessed with watching Toy Story right now and now he has his own "Woody!" 

It seems I get Roman a new book every holiday and I think it's more for me than him. I get sick of reading the same stories all the time.:) He loved this one though. . . it plays the music to Peter Cottontail when you open it up.

"Drink a milk"

Roman still calls everything he or anyone else drinks milk. . . .whether it's water, lemonade, a smoothie....etc.

"Chocate"

This baby boy loves his treats and candy!

Happy pre-Easter Romie!:)

Monster Eggs :)

We decided to color Easter eggs for FHE the week before Easter.

(And when I say we...... I mean I:) 

Roman did enjoy checking out the different colored eggs. He's doing great with learning his colors so he'd pick up each one and tell me what color it was.

He also got a cute stuffed bunny from "Gamma Bewa" for Easter. 

I wish I could say Roman decorated these eggs.....but nope......it was me.:)

He wasn't quite sure about the "hair" so he enjoyed destroying them. Ha!

My cute little helper. :)

I'd say it was a successfull 1st time egg coloring.