Privacy Needed??

The lack of posts lately is due more to the fact that our camera was having issues than that Everett hasn't been up to fun stuff. I feel like the past few posts have really neglected our favorite little guy, so here's an update: Mr. E is now 16 months old (only 5 more Sundays until he goes into Nursery!!) and becoming quite the little man. He can say apple, diaper, Dad and every now and then I swear he says Mama. He LOVES to wear shoes and is currently obsessed with a blue and red velcro pair from Target. He has been known to go down for naps with the shoes on, as well as in hand. It's gotten to the point where I sometimes hide the shoes so I don't have to fiddle with him wanting them on, then off, then on again. His shoe obsession extends to Will and me too. Every morning he runs to get Will's shoes for him and if I'm going around barefoot, he'll find my flip-flops, bring them to me and won't leave me alone until I've put them on.

Everett has been a one-nap man for about four months now, but it has just been in the last couple of weeks that he's started taking that one nap in the afternoon. He hung on to the morning for as long as he could, but now he's going down between noon and one, which has been absolutely lovely for me.

The weather here has been gorgeous for the entire month of March, so we've been spending many an afternoon at the park. E loves the kiddie swing and climbing up the slide on his feet (with Mom's help, naturally) and then sliding back down, feet first, on his tummy. I can't begin to tell you how much joy this way of sliding has brought him. Everett also enjoys any type of ball. Soccer ball, baseball, golf ball, oversized basketballs. He thinks they are the bees knees and his face lights up whenever he's within a 50 ft radius of a ball.

Our little guy has also been reading up a storm. I must admit, I've been really anxious for him to show some kind of interest in books, and now that he has, I'm day-dreaming of the time when we'll have juvenile fiction books in our home (Juvenile fiction is only some of the greatest reading ever!!). Some of my favorite childhood memories are of reading some great juvenile fiction. Anyway, E's favorites these days are "Thomas and the School Trip", "Clifford the Big, Red Dog", "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, I'm Off to the Moon!" and "Dr. Seuss's ABC Book". I almost have all of the Thomas book and the Clifford book memorized, thank you very much! Who says your memory goes down the toliet when you get pregnant and have kids??

And perhaps what is definitely signifying that Everett is growing up is the following: He must have some sort of privacy when going to the bathroom. You know, the serious, must concentrate type of bathroom. The other day he and I were playing around in his room having a grand old time. He was all smiles and giggles and then, for some reason (yes, folks, I'm a tad slow sometimes), he would NOT look at me for anything. I thought maybe he was trying to play a game, but when he peeked out over the folder, I could tell him was getting down to "business". Everett, no worries, Mom has learned her lesson and will be giving you all the privacy you need to get the job done!