Salamander

We have two windows to the basement next to our patio outside.  We have found some crazy things in there in the year and a half that we have lived here.  Most of the time, the rustling leaves sound comes from a very large cricket crawling around inside.  However, we have found a few mice, a couple garden snakes, and now this thing.  It has been raining for about two days now and it is wet and miserable outside.  I saw this thing, which I assume is some sort of salamander, clinging to the screen on the window.  It looks cool but I was somewhat grossed out.

Imitation Central

Imitation Central.  Dylan started imitating little things we do a long time ago but now it's pretty much all he does.  This was a Saturday or Sunday morning and Daddy was making us breakfast.  As soon as Jeff started cooking, Dylan ran over to the cupboard with all the pots and pans and started pulling out his materials.  The minute Jeff or I start cooking anything, Dylan always pulls out all the pots, pans, and lids.  He really has a blast if you add a wooden spoon to the mixture because he sits next to all the pans on the floor and pretends to stir invisible food.

An example of Dylan's set up when trying to help Mom cook dinner. He usually uses most or all of the pans and lids that are left in the cupboard. For some reason, Dylan wanted to cook on the other side of the kitchen this day. He normally sets up shop somewhere nearby.

Unfortunately for me, Dylan playing with the pots, pans, and lids tends to be quite loud. The day Dylan realized that banging two lids together makes an incredibly loud crashing sound, I realized that Advil might be my new best friend.

Dylan will attempt to imitate any face that you make at him.  He usually can do a pretty good rendition of it too. Dylan has so many crazy faces. This one is usually accompanied by an "Ooo Ooo Ooo," which I think almost sounds like the Count from Sesame Street. 

Out of nowhere, or at least what seemed like it, Dylan began "brushing" his hair on his own.  As you can see, he hasn't worked out the finer details of it yet but he definitely has the idea. He figured it out just in time too.  The boy is finally starting to get some hair!

This picture looks hilarious. Dylan was imitating my kissy face but for some reason he kept squeezing his eyes shut and nodding his head at the same time, lol. Dylan also imitates pretty much any movement you make too!

Climbing like a Monkey

Ever since Dylan was walking, he always loved to climb too. However, he legs were much too short to climb most things. He loves climbing the stairs every night on the way up to bed. Now that he is much taller, he is starting to try to climb every little thing. This morning he was super close to actually climbing up on the couch but thankfully he's not quite there yet.


Dylan is built just like his Daddy. He has a very long torso and then short legs. His torso is just as long as his legs, lol. Anyone who knows me, knows for a fact that he didn't get that from me! He is now trying to climb EVERYTHING. After getting home from the grocery store one day, Dylan decided to climb a diaper box, lol. I told you he tries to climb everything.


Dylan loves that fact that he can climb on top of stuff and it doesn't matter what it is. We were outside playing recently and he decided that instead of running around the yard playing like he normally does, that he was going to climb up the one step, sit down, jump down, and repeat. Oh man, I'm in trouble now!

Riding the Kawasaki

So earlier in this blog, I mentioned that Dylan loves his Kawasaki 4 wheeler but he usually just plays mechanic or pushes it around. Well, Mr. short legs can finally swing his leg up high enough to get on. So now his new obsession with the 4 wheeler is getting on and off of it. He still doesn't ride it anywhere, lol. He tries now though. He sits on it and rocks for a minute or two before he decides to get off...and then back on...and then back off, lol.


Dylan was actually trying to ride in this picture. It is much easier to ride the Kawasaki in the kitchen. I know that he was born into a family where riding and Kawasaki's are life and it seems like he's ready to follow that path, lol.



Dylan inspecting and making sure the 4 wheeler is good to go. He didn't completely abandon the idea of being a mechanic. He just added riding to it, lol.





Dylan checking the tires too. He's got to make sure that everything is in top condition before he jumps on to ride, lol.




Sometimes Dylan swings the wrong leg over the 4 wheeler and ends up a little backwards. He's starting to really understand a lot though. Jeff told him "other foot" one day and he actually switched and got on the right way.



Dylan got on backwards and was trying to figure out how to ride while facing the wrong direction, lol.

New Photoshop Stuff

Here is some more recent photoshop stuff. Most of the pictures should look familiar, lol.


Halfway through football season and our Eagles aren't doing that bad. It's a big game this week though. Giants are going down!


It's that time of year again. The weather cools off quite a bit and we transition from the summer of riding jetskis to the fall of riding motocross bikes.


This was a really early morning with Dylan. We watched the sunrise from complete darkness.

Don't forget to Vote!

Election Day is finally here. Don't forget to go out and vote! Dylan & I jumped in the car this morning and headed out to vote.
You should do the same...go...go ahead...did you go yet?

Happy Halloween!

Dylan running around the kitchen dressed up as Elmo doing his new laugh.


Happy Halloween! Dylan celebrated his 2nd Halloween this year. However, he didn't really celebrate last year considering he was one month old. This year Dylan got to dress up as a giant Elmo. Dylan enjoyed running all over the house dressed up as Elmo and handing candy out to the trick-or-treaters!



Dylan was a little unsure about this Elmo costume until he had it for about 30 seconds. Out of nowhere, Dylan takes off squealing and running laps between the living room and the kitchen. He only stops just long enough to get one or two pictures and then off he goes again.





I know this one is a little blurry but the big smile on is face is hilarious. I definitely think that Dylan enjoyed this Halloween much more than the last.





Dylan stopping just long enough for me to snap a picture. Once again, he flashes his biggest, cheesiest smile and then off he goes.




It was pretty funny to watch him run around in this because he would constantly look down at his feet as he ran around. With his head down the whole time, the head of the Elmo looked pretty normal, lol. It really did look like a giant Elmo running around the house.



Dylan's First Halloween '07.