The Peanut Gallerie

I can't wait to go and cut down a tree... make a fire.. listen to Christmas music with you. Have you open presents! That papas and I are amped.

We went to the Air Force museum the day after we got in. That place was huge! It was so amazing to see the history. These planes were made of wood and cloth. Scary to think people actually sat in these and flew them, lol.

The other fun stuff we found in Ohio was all of the good food.

Austin ate the "Thurminator" at the Thurman cafe. Big patties, lots of ham, four kinds of cheese. This thing was big. Sarrah and I shared the Italian sub... man was that tasty.

It was just nice to spend all of that time with each other as a family and with our relatives. My grandpa got to show Austin the garden and although, Austin doesn't eat veggies, he acted liked he appreciated my grandpa's talent.

It was nice to see the Elizondos too. That's a lot of family :)

My aunt Rhonda.... how I miss her so much. I wish we had more time. It was so difficult to say goodbye.

Overall, the trip was great. We're looking forward to our next vacation. One of these days... Disneyland :)

The kids at daycare all say "James!" when he enters the room. (He's like Norm without all the alcohol.) The kind of person you just want to know and glad he was able to be a part of your life.

It's got to be that laugh.

There's just something different. Like how he rarely cried when he was a baby. This attitude of living in the moment and loving the day.

From what I hear, most kids first learn how to say "no". That they constantly let know you they understand the word and know how to use it. That, as a parent, you are being told "no" by your toddler with almost every task. Seems silly since the one word you don't want them to abuse, you have to constantly repeat because they need to learn what not to do.

James' word is "Ya!".

(He says it with such excitement too).

"James, do you want more crackers?"

"Ya!"

"James, is that the Tiggerbear?"

"Ya!"

"James, are you touching papa's stuff that you should be touching?"

"Ya!"

It's the most adorable thing. I know he'll eventually learn no and want to tell me that all the time. For now... it's nice this little optimist is following in his mama and papa's footsteps.

"Be the best person you can be... Let God handle the rest."

And this peanut has got it down. He's moving forward on two feet.

It's amazing to see him walk... scary to think of all the new things he can now get into, but really cool to see him grow.

It's going to be a rough month... but I'm going to take a note from my little guy... and take it one step at a time.