Hot Summer Days!

Time keeps ticking away so quickly. It feels like it should still be June and we are in mid-July already...and closer to 2!

Rylan keeps us very busy and on our toes! He is beginning to finally say new words almost every day. I think he is finally "finding his voice" to put it mildly. It seems like each night he gets this wild streak in him and either runs laps around the house, or tumbles over his large blocks in the game room upstairs. The energy is accompanied by yelling and silliness of course. I wish my energy could double every time that his does :)! The past few days he has increased the use of the words pool, water, bowl, balloon, digger, and dirty, to name a few. Mommy is very happy to finally hear more words coming out of his mouth. He is also really into his letters right now. Each day he plays with his Leap Frog magnetic letter machine (that is my name for it). He can very easily pick out the letters R, O, M, and D. He mimics the sounds that the letters make by either listening to me, Leap Frog, or "Super Why." It is cute to hear him beginning to make sense of it all.

We continue to enjoy our pool almost daily. It really seems to be our only source of outdoor entertainment with this heat. Sometimes boredom sets in when we are indoors for a couple days in a row. It almost feels like winter months up north, so I am glad that we at least have the pool to keep us entertained outside.

We are looking forward to some "Up North" weather next week. The three of us will be in Northern Michigan at my parents place for a week. Jason and I are also going to get away on our anniversary and go to Mackinac Island overnight. It will be our first couple trip and night away from Rylan. I am really looking forward to some hubby time and our stay at the luxurious Grand Hotel! Grandma and Papa are looking forward to watching Rylan. Works out perfectly!