Fun Times with Finnean

Finnean and Kaia playing hard in the pools. On Memorial Day we turned the front yard into a our own little water park for the holiday. Finnean wasn't quite sure of the pools until Kaia got there and then decided he would get in! They splashed and splashed!

Little Guy!
He is so short that his little board shorts go down to the middle of his calves. I am a little worried about sun damage to his soft little skin so with the extra long shorts and his rash guard SPF 50 shirt he doesn't have a whole lot of skin exposed AND lots of sunscreen!

Finnean and Kaia looking cute as ever!

Splash, Splash, Splash!!!

What!

All that swimming wore out the kids.

They came inside and snacked on some fresh fruit and they could not have been cuter.

Finnean found out that he could take out all of our pots and pans to get IN the cupboard. Our pans are kind of heavy and he would grunt when he tried to move them around.

A badger!!

Finnean, Dad and I made a stop at the Science Center last week.

We hoped to get on the Channel 13 news but Finnean was not to sure of Ed Wilson.

Deep in thought.

Of course he refused to smile. BUT still pretty sweet.

Momma and Finnean

We had our first really big head bonk tonight. He smashed his head on the corner of the wall and of course I gasped and made him cry even more :(

Big Boy with a Big Bonk.

(check out the right side of his little forehead!)

My silly boys!

Finnean and his best bud Jerrrry.

Finnean was giving Jerrrrry lots of hugs tonight and then decided to check his tags and make sure he was all up to date!

More Bloomfield Pics

First Ear of Corn!

Dad showing Finnean how to do it!!

He looks like he could be a model for corn on the cob :)

Great Uncle Kevin, Great Grandpa Delbert, Finnean and Momma after breakfast in Bloomfield.

Finnean and Carter at dinner one night. They look so serious.

Carter looking like a big man.

What!!!!

Finnean shooting some basketball in the "hoop!" (one of his new fav words!)

Sweet boy.

Finnean and Grandma Lisa's beautiful "owers" per Finnean

He is going to be able to dunk it soon!!!

Laughing at Cousin Carter.

I love this silly face. He was watching Carter throw the ball up on the roof.

He was not a big fan of sharing the ball.

Finnean the stinker and Grandma Lisa.

First swing!

Finnean liked to take the ball off the tee a little more than he did trying to hit it but he has a pretty good swing!

Finnean's Stats

21.9 pounds-8% for weight UP from 3%!! Whoo hoo!
31 3/4 inches- he is growing and in the 45%
Head size still normal!

Dr. El-Dadah said everything looks great and Finnean was so brave during all of the tests. That was our last set of shots (except flu shots) until right before kindergarten! What a big boy!!!

what?!?! 18 months

O my goodness. We have a little boy that is closer to the age of two than to the age of one! Here is a brief update of our big boy's new skills...AKA my chance to brag him up!!

• Finnean loves animals and has really started learning what they say. His favorite is probably a dog but can now say what the following animals say: cat, lion, bear, tiger (all the same really), pig, cow (a close second fav), horse, sheep (my fav) and is working on an owl sound!
• His little vocab has just exploded over the past few weeks. He can repeat pretty much anything you say and has lots of his own words. What we hear a lot: More, MINE!, please, thank you, dog, Jerry (his fav thing in the world...more on that later), Mommy, Dad, up, help please, cat, bear, toothbrush, shirt, shooooooes, socks, hat, truck, ball...there are so many more but these come to mind and it just melts my heart when I hear that tiny little voice.
• We still teach him a few signs to help him learn the words. He picks up on the right away and uses them along with his words.
• Finnean LOVES Jerry. We come upstairs from daycare..."Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!" That is all we hear until he is distracted by a truck! We left Jerry with Travis for the week and a half we were in Bloomfield and Finnean was looking in the bathroom, under the sink, in rooms saying...Jerrrry, Jerrrry. He missed his little furry friend!
• He is FAST! Finnean is quick and has really perfected turning on a dime and loves to run!
• Finnean loves to climb. He recently found that he could use the handle from the drawer on our oven to climb up to see the top of the stove. Not a good find if you ask me!!!!
• As we have mentioned on the blog he loves trucks, balls, and any sports. He has so much fun playing hard.
• Tonight he took every pot, pan, lid, cupcake pan out of our cupboard and then got in to look out at the mess. Hope we can get a picture up soon!
• He loves to give high fives and fist bumps. If he starts giving them out he must give one to each person in the room!
• The boy can DANCE! Michael puts music on a lot and Finnean will "snap" his fingers and start busting a move. He loves music and is getting good at strumming the guitar.
• He laughs and laughs and laughs. If he falls down (most of the time) he laughs, he makes himself laugh which cracks us up and most of all he loves to make us laugh.

I am sure that he is doing all kinds of neat things that I forgot write about but I do know for sure that he is a one cute and sweet little boy. He has us wrapped around his little chubby fingers (he has put on some weight!) and we just have so much fun together. Everyday is an adventure. More independence is coming our way but he is still pretty mild mannered. Still a good sleeper and has turned into quite the eater. Fruit is his fav at this point. Hope you enjoyed a the update and hope to get some more pictures posted soon.

B-Ball!!!

This boy loves to play basketball. Loves to watch baseball-we have taught him to say sitttttttrike! Hopefully we can get it on video soon! Hope you enjoy this DUNK!

Bloomfield Adventures

We have been in Bloomfield the whole week due to my mom being in the Hospice House in Ottumwa. We have been taking advantage of being with her and visiting with family. Finnean is getting to meet a lot of people that he hasn't met before due to her being ill-so we are trying to make the best of the situation. Thank you for all the prayers that have been coming our way. We did get some good news from the doctor that she believes that my mom has more months to live. We do not know how many or what that looks like. We just want to take advantage of that time. Keep praying and thank you again for all the support.

We had a BBQ tonight and Finnean had the chance to see some farm animals up close! He LOVED the chickens but wasn't sure about touching them. He walked around like they did and made little noises. Cousin Sullivan caught one for him to get a closer look! Finnean cried when we had to leave the chickens! :(

Getting dirty!

Finnean had his first bite of homemade ice cream...and this was after all the bites were gone! He was so mad that we didn't get him anymore!

"Cow!"

Finnean LOVED that he could sit and play and the cows were right there close to him! He kept mooing at them and saying cow.

First 4-wheeler ride.

Well...not really. A few seconds after he got on he started screaming! Not too excited about going on it with Uncle Dan!

This is Finnean when the "horse!" was coming!!! He loves horses and got to see one up close!

Finnean liked to pet "Brownie" and could even say his name. BUT he did not want to ride Brownie!! (Yes-I am on the horse :)

"OOOOOO!"

He kept saying this when Uncle Dan (Finnean warmed up to him) would make a basket! Of course he warmed up because he found a basketball!

What a sweet little boy! I love his little eyes in this picture.

He kept trying to take off his hat but here he is trying to buckle it!!

Ball!

In the last week I feel like he has grown up so much. He looks so big in his little cargo shorts and polo (and just like daddy!)

Soaking up the farm life.

This was after he got to see all the animals and then played basketball for almost an hour. He was pooped!!!

Finnean and Dad resting after the BBQ.

What a funny little boy! He loves trucks and you can usually find him with one.

Books before bed with Grandma Lisa.

Finnean has found all of the Little Golden books that his Dad, Adam and Ellie used to read. He loves looking at the pictures and pointing out all of the things he knows but he really loves reading with Grandma! We have been here for a few days and has really gotten comfy with Grandma and Poppa.

Iowa City

As many of you know we made a few trips to Iowa City and Bloomfield over the past few weeks. Here are a few pictures from our travels.

Steak and Shake!!

Finnean didn't want anything to do with his paper hat until his mini burger came. Then he put it on and ate like a champ! He looked so cute in his little hat!

This is one of the best view we had from the hospital. Grandma and Poppa Wagler are excited because they are hoping Finnean will love the Hawks like they do. Finnean can say hawkeye is but he only whispers it. They have been working on him to say it louder!

In our busy week we made a stop at Dad's office. His little name tag says "Michael Wagler" and he looks just like him!!

This is another little place we ate at in Iowa City. It is called Which Wich and it was so yummy! Finnean loves his little PB and J but it had so much J on it. We had to make a bib out of a plastic bag and he still got J on his pants!

Dad and Finnean in front of the Englert theater in Iowa City.

Check out Finnean's sweet mo-hawk. His hair is getting so long!!

It has been so warm this week Dad filled up the pool at Grandma and Poppa Wagler's house. Finnean was not a big fan of getting in the water but he loved to play around it.

He loves to play ball!

More baseball and basketball. Finnean's idea of a great time!!!

Look at that smile!!!