16 months

It has been quite a busy month here in the French household. Reid has been one shaggy little guy and was looking closer to a little boy than a baby (boo!) so I decided he needed a real haircut (last time was more like a trim). In the car before, he was quite excited.


Afterward, not so much. He screamed less this time, but it was still not fun by any means. One nice lady blew bubbles for him most of the time, but he went from sitting in the little car to sitting in my lap. We both left exhausted and covered in hair, but at least he looks a little more his age, now.



Reid is one hungry, hungry hippo at breakfast and lunch times. He will totally scarf down two breakfast bars (plus a fruit or applesauce) these days. Double fisting it:



And just about every Saturday, his LSU garb comes out. Somehow, we have no Aggie outfits in his current size... (but he did wear them all summer--have to represent!)


My parents came to visit on the way to their vacation in Arkansas. We only got to see them for a few short hours on Friday evening and Saturday morning, but it was better than nothing since there's no way Jason and I can make it down their direction on a weekend with working full time. Wished they'd have been able to stay longer, but we're so grateful they dropped by.


I'm not sure who was more entertained... Reid?


...or Grammy and Grumpy?


Reid's shoe fetish continues. We can't keep shoes out in the house anymore. They've all gone to the garage or upstairs into our closet....where he just discovered he was in shoe heaven. At least he's playing with Jason's shoes, and not mine! Trying Daddy's shoes on for size...


"I didn't do it!"


Bath time is finally not such a battle anymore (once we can wrestle him in and keep him from running away, anyways!). He loves the letters that will stick to the walls. I love the little white hiney!


Wearing a ducky hat is always a way to ensue a fit of giggles... Especially if Daddy did it first! And he has figured out how to work all the little cause and effect toys in the bath bar behind him. Not to say he doesn't enjoy just destroying it over and over, still.


I attempted to see how the booster seat went (rather than the high chair). He liked it, but I did not. We ended up with fingerprints and food all over the table, floor, and him. So for now, we'll stick with the high chair, especially since he can't throw the tray.

Cookie Monster

So I apparently can't upload any photos tonight (!!!), but this video somehow worked. I've been trying to teach Reid sign language for the past 10 months. Just the basics...more, all done, milk, etc. He never, ever had any interest in it, so I'd pretty much given up until two weeks ago. Holli, his new (wonderful!) sitter told me he'd been signing 'milk' and 'more' all week. What?? She was sweet enough to send home some yummy home-baked chocolate chip cookies with us one day. We were in the car on the way home, and Reid seemed hungry so I gave him a snack cup with Cheerios. I thought I'd be able to sneak a cookie into my mouth without him noticing (after all, he's never had a cookie), but as soon as it made it to my lips, the snack cup was thrown vehemently to the floor with a, "aaaaAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Guess I couldn't sneak it. So I gave him one little piece. Not sure if he actually chewed, but he most definitely loved it. 10 seconds later, he was signing 'more.' I was dying laughing (and wishing I weren't driving so I could tape it!) so handed over another piece at the next stoplight. Again, he signed 'more' immediately. So I finally got a little bit of video at home...not quite as excited as he was the first few times, but you get the idea.

Pumpkin Patch

Reid was still so little last year that we didn't ever make it to a pumpkin patch of any kind. So this year I was very excited our playgroup planned an outing (on a Saturday, too--so daddies could help and we could get pictures!) to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina.


We met up with a few friends from the playgroup and took advantage of a happy boy to snap some photos.


It didn't last long, of course. All Reid wanted to do was walk. Fast.

We plopped him down for a few more. For about every 10 pictures you take, you get one good one. And that's with two adults!




Our bribe in between pictures? Letting him hold the tiny bottle of hand sanitizer I'd brought. I'm actually shocked it didn't make it into every picture...


He loved the wheel on the tractor



We tried to get a few pictures with the kids from playgroup, but they're all such busy bodies that we were lucky to get one or two of just him!


The hayride started off very fun. Reid loved the breeze in his hair, but soon got tired of it. I'm sure people were irritated with the "whiny kid" but hopefully it didn't annoy them too much.



Reid's admission was free, so just Jason and I had to pay an admission. We didn't know it included the hay ride, a hot dog, and the petting zoo, so it was actually a really nice little deal. I think Jason and I were more entertained with the animals, but Reid did take an interest in these goats. Later on, when Jason ran to the car to get Reid's snack, I put the goat feed in Reid's hand and he was giggling up a storm when they would eat it. Must've tickled! I couldn't get the feed into his hand fast enough, so never made it to the video of that one. But this one from earlier was still cute.

We did manage to have one decent family photo, even though Reid's hand is in his mouth, lol.



Here's half of our playgroup. With all toddlers now, it was impossible to get them all together to sit for a picture. We attempted to bribe them with snacks, which worked for everyone except Reid.
He was one pooped little guy once we got to the car. He even snored a little bit!


It is amazing to think what a little person Reid has become in the past 16 months. He learns something new each day and we are loving our little family of three. It's days like this that I have been looking forward to for years!