I’ve been trying to get Milo on video singing his abc’s for like 2 months now. He’s obsessed with the phone though (what i take videos with) so it never works out. Sometimes I can try & hide it & take video of him but we usually only get half way through the alphabet before he realizes what I’m doing & goes bananas for the phone.  The only reason I want to get him on video for that is because when he gets to L,M,N,O,P it is straight up monster growling sounds that come out of him for some reason & it’s hilarious.

But, I figured I’d give a little Milostone update & this video is part of it, which I was only able to shoot that much because I was behind him & he didn’t know I was filming him!

He’s actually known how to identify his ABC’s for a little while. I have NO CLUE how he picked that up so easily but he did. He can do the same with numbers one-ten. Colors? FORGETABOUTIT. Like he knows green, 80% of the time & that’s it.  He can identify a few shapes but it’s extremely hard to understand him saying “triangle” so I’m the only one that actually knows what he is saying. Goes without saying that I’m very proud of him, obviously that’s why I’m sharing this, & this is the place where I document things like this happening.

One thing other than general learning that I’m proud of is that he’s been really well behaved when we’ve needed him to be in public lately. We’ve had him at two weddings in the past three weeks & we received a handful of compliments at each wedding about how good & well behaved he was. That makes me really happy. Especially at the wedding last saturday because he was solely up to his Dad ALL DAY saturday. I wasn’t there to help keep him on track & in line what so ever & he did an excellent job with his Dad & Gramma Linny. Also- side-note: Saturday night was the first time I’ve ever sent Milo home with someone else & had them put him to bed for me. He left the wedding with my Mom around 9:30 & she brought him home & put him to bed for us. I was grateful because we got to enjoy the rest of the night & she didn’t mind at all, neither did Milo apparently. I’m a very attached parent, so that was a pretty big deal for me. Milo has never spent the night anywhere, aside from when he was a few months old when we went to LA for the weekend. That was the only time we’ve not put him to bed really.

 
I think we are getting closer  to a point where potty training is a realistic idea. He’s extremely interested in what happens on the toilet. He follows us, looks in the toilet, grabs toilet paper for us, & this is really gross but when the dog goes outside he is just as interested in the dog going to the bathroom which is something completely new. So maybe in a week or two we will try it again & see how it goes. No pressure on him of course but man oh man it will be amazing to not change & buy diapers anymore.

So there’s a little update on Milo, he is 27 months today.

My best friends wedding was on Saturday. Boy oh boy, what a BEAUTIFUL time it was. I seriously had a great time. I think I was more of a stress case than the Bride was all day, typical really.  Everything was perfect. I mean, aside from a few minor things not going exactly as planned, but no one except a few of the bridal party noticing is a major wedding day win.

I was so emotional about Terra’s wedding.  I’ve been friends with her for almost 11 years now & have watched her grow up. She’s always been responsible but I’ve just watched her grow into a strong Mother & Woman. I was so happy to see her finally meet the one. She didn’t have the easiest path at finding him. As cliche as it sounds, she had to kiss a few frogs before she met her Prince & even then I think it took her a while to let him become the Prince that she was needing.  He loves her & her son, Mason so much & that’s so important to me. That he loves both of them. They are going to be a beautiful little family & hopefully in the near future add to that family!

The wedding day really was the Brides dream wedding. It was stunning from the bouquets, to the table center pieces, to the food, it was all just wonderful. I sat back from the head table that was kinda over looking the entire reception & thought to myself  “how gorgeous is this…everything is so beautiful”. It really was. I was beyond happy to be so involved in their special day.

A few pictures from the day:

Husband & I

Peeking out to make sure everything is perfect before we start.

Terra & Her son. This made me cry. Kinda neat to have your child there on your wedding day even though it isn't "traditional".

Erin & I

Let's get marrrrrriiiiiiiiieeeeeddd

bad picture but the Candy Bar was sooooo cute!

Cake Cutting.

So much fun! Now the couple are on a plane on their way to Hawaii. I’m only slightly jealous.

Husband of Mine.  Let’s make this year golden, shall we?!

Love, Your Wife.

Cleaning out closets.

My closet. I wish I took a before picture. My bedroom was covered in piles of laundry that wouldn’t fit into my bulging closet. I got rid of 4! Garbage bags of clothes/shoes today. F. O. U. R. I was proud of myself for parting with all those items, some even still had tags! I pretty much got rid of almost everything pre pregnancy I owned. My body is different now. Those clothes would’ve never fit me properly again, no sense in letting them take up space any longer!

Sundays are for playing in the water on a 100 degree day!

Zombie Milo.

Sundays are for a spicy, delicious, spaghetti dinner.

Sundays are for baking cupcakes on the kitchen floor.

Sundays are for snuggling on the floor with the dog before bed.

Happy Sunday.