Growing up and NYC fun!

[All dressed up after his big job as ring-bearer for our friend's wedding Sept 4]

It's unfortunate that I cannot find more time to post to this blog because there is so much to say. A few things that I simply do not want to forget are happening these days. First off, Reed is almost fully potty trained. He has no problem telling us when he needs to go and can even hold it until we get to a suitable potty (most of the time). Unfortunately, during one trip to a public toilet in a restaurant, he sat on the seat and it automatically flushed before he could get off. This terrified our little guy and since then he is obsessed with the loud noise of a toilet. His words (mimicking me) are "NO loud noise, I thomas" (promise). "Lil potty, no noise". It makes us totally crack up every time he says it, but I try to keep myself together and validate his fear of the big scary toilet.

In other news...His language is exploding right now! He is starting to say sentences of words that he has heard us say that we had no idea he was listening to. For example, he'll go to the front door and say "Tom on (come on) mama or papi", "papi fix house", I'm hungry, thirsty, tired etc." "I wanna walk, run, ride etc."

He has grown attached to two stuffed animals - kind of a odd couple of sorts. One very large stuffed dog (Bidi) who acts as his pillow and one tiny beanbag dog (Mimi) given to him from our neighbors. They come with us anywhere we need him to sleep and he calls out for them if they are not there.

We just got back from a great family trip to NYC and Syracuse, NY for a visit with friends and a big wedding where Reed was the ringbearer. Check out this video of our little dude braving the aisle and all the paparazzi.

Before the wedding, we had a great time in NYC with our dear friends Elizabeth and Carl and their son Edmund (same age) in Manhattan. It was hot, so our days consisted of lots of water play, sitting in the shade, soccer at dusk, and gelato!

[Edmund jumping in the back ground]

Reed ate his first gelato (ice cream) cone on the upper west side of Manhattan on a beautiful summer night. Unfortunately for his naive parents who allowed this to happen at 8:30 a night, the poor kid was wired until 11pm. Was it worth it though? Heck yeah!

Many more pictures here on our smug mug site