1. Field is a great eater and puts WAY too much food in his mouth at one time. This may be our fault for putting too much on his tray (we want him to gain weight, ok?:) but we are working on moderation when it comes to eating. Silly boy.
Full mouth!
2. Loves to use a fork but we have to put the food on the fork for him. He wants a fork in his hand or we have drama. I learned my lesson on not allowing him to use a plastic fork when he bit off part of the fork and ate it. Oops.
3. We took our first trip with just the two of us to Houston last week. Had so much fun visiting my sweet college friends and LOVED meeting Mary Allen, Blair's new baby. We had one sleepless night as Field refused to sleep in his Pack n Play, but he redeemed himself and slept all night the next night. The 3.5 hour car ride was not bad at all!
Blair and Emily (2 of my best college friends) with Mary Allen
Field and Caroline (Emily's daughter) having fun in the sand box.
Field loved Caroline's fancy (and pink!) kitchen
2 BFF's with our babies.
Sweet girls, Blair and Mary Allen, and Mr. Field
4. While in Houston, we were so happy and excited to meet and visit the
Clanahans. Quinn, like Field, has a CHD and has just recently had 2 open heart surgeries by Dr. Fraser, our same surgeon. She is a rock star and just the sweetest, cutest little thing! Her twin brother, Ryan, is a hoot and he was after my camera the entire time. Meagan and I are secretly hoping that Field and Quinn will fall in love one day. ;) Meagan has become a very special friend of mine and I am so grateful for her friendship and support.
Sweet, strong, and brave heart babies. Love at first sight?
Sweet Meagan, Quinn, and crazy Field
Love this pic.
Quinn is looking at Field who is looking at Ryan who is mad at Quinn for taking the camera. Ha!
Ryan is after my camera and Quinn and Field are having a nice little date in the background. ;)
The best pic I could get of the 3 of them. Those 3 were very busy babies!
4. Field's personality is what you would call...FEISTY. If he doesn't like something or is upset, he will let you know. It can be exhausting, but as always, I am thankful for his persistence and spunky attitude. On that note, he takes some pretty nasty falls when he gets going too fast and doesn't even flinch. No crying, just gets right back up and keeps going. This reminds me a lot of his life. He's had a few "falls," but gets right back up and keeps going. My sweet, brave, and courageous boy.
5. Field is a jokester. He LOVES to be funny and if we laugh at him, he will do whatever made us laugh over and over, while throwing his head back and laughing with us.
6. He continues to be a busy little boy. He moves constantly and rarely sits still for more than a minute, unless he is sleeping.
7. His vocabulary has exploded. I have listed about 35 words that Field uses on a consistent basis. His newest words are "peek-a-boo," "fox" (which is hilarious to hear him try to say the /x/ sound), and "giraffe." Those are some tough words/phrases! He also babbles a lot of jibberish. There are 2 jibberish phrases that he says over and over to me and I have no idea what he is saying. He gets so frustrated and upset with me that I cannot understand him. Sorry, little man. One of these days I will figure out what exactly you are trying to tell me!
8. Field has a total of 10 teeth in that little mouth of his. 6 on top and 4 on the bottom.
9. We found a type of milk that Field will drink - Almond Milk! He loves it and drinks it, so we are thankful.
10. Loves, loves, loves trucks. Such a boy! (I love reading to Field, but when we have to read the same Truck book over and over and over again...it gets pretty old. Brad has asked me to try to find some other truck books. I think he is feeling the same way. Ha!) We have had 2 different instances where Field got to visit a fire truck. The first was when a firetruck was parked at my parents' neighbor's house. An alarm had gone off, so they were called to the house. After all checked out ok, they let Field get in and climb around.
And on another day, we stepped out of church and a firetruck was parked outside. Field loved walking around the truck with daddy. And what a coincidence - he happened to be wearing his smocked fire truck Jon Jon! Ha!
11. Climbs up the stairs and slides back down the stairs feet first. He's gotten so good at it that we let him do it all by himself without help and without following close behind.
12. Says "Hi" one million times a day. To anyone and everyone that is around. Very social! He has even been called a future senator by some that notice his personality.
13. Still folds his hands to pray and then yells out "Amen!" when we are finished. Love that.
14. Thinks about daddy often during the day and will randomly call out for him with a tone of voice like he is searching..."Dadda...Dadda...Dadda?" (as he opens doors and looks inside each room).
15. Does not allow us to brush his teeth. He likes to do it himself or we have drama. (Hmmmm, strong willed child?)
16. Sleeps from 7:30pm until 8am and takes a 2 hour nap during the day. (Hallelujah!)
17. Is a JOY and LIGHT to all who know him and has a beautiful smile that lights up a room.
Oh sweet Field, we love you, precious boy. We are so grateful for your life and are honored and blessed to be your mommy and daddy. Happy 17 months!
