Wade is 16 months

It's been a great month of summer fun for Wade. We've been on the go so much it's hard for me to keep the bills paid and house clean with my little maniac man. I'm sure all you moms can relate.

Wade is continuing to grow and learn and laugh and play and torture the dogs like a little boy should. As you can tell from the recent accidents, he's VERY active and all over the place. He's so strong now that he can climb up on just about anything. He can even open our doors (we have the lever style door handles) so we're on constant alert to keep gates closed and doors locked. Cali was barking at the back door the other day to come in, and then all of a sudden she was next to me...huh?? How did that happen? Oh yeah, Wade can open doors.

HE WILL FINALLY SAY MAMA!!! It's not the same type of loving affectionate "dada" that Beau gets 100 times a day, but it's something. It usually comes as whining "I want something and you are just the person who can give it to me", but every once in awhile it's a sweet loving "mama". Like this morning, I could here him awake in the monitor playing and saying dada over and over again. But when I peaked my head into the crib he smiled ear to ear and said mama. MELT. MY. HEART. He's continuing to show his affection for the male members of the family by saying "Oh-wa" for Orwell, but nothing for Cali. Cali just gets the standard "dawg". She's okay with it though. She'd rather be chasing squirrels anyway.

Wade's sport of the month is basketball. . We can be anywhere and when he picks up a ball, he bends his knees, looks up for the hoop (imaginary hoop I guess?) and tries to makes a basket. It's really cute. His Dede even bought him his own mini basketball goal so he can play at home. It's in the garage, and he gets so mad when I make him come inside. So he carries the ball around the house all day. Balls, balls, and more balls.He watches the big boys play it at the pool and then tries to dribble

He looks like he's up to no good!

My little fish! This kid loves the water.

Hayes stopped by for a visit. Wade wanted to rock him in his car seat. He did actually say baby the other day! Too cute!

This is Orwell's daily dose of abuse. Actually Wade was being very sweet and giving Orwell a hug. We've been working on hugging and petting instead of pulling hair and poking out eyes.

Wade: "Cali, watch out. You're next!"

He drags his puppy around all day. This is what he'd like to do to Orwell (if he weighed half a pound)

This particular bag of chips is the only thing that kept Wade happy on our recent road trip. He ate the entire bag. Literally, the entire bag.

Now when we hear daddy driving in, Wade wants to rush out to greet him. And while, he is excited to see his daddy, he's really wanting to get in his car and "drive". He stands behind the steering wheel and presses every button and dial. He's a button boy!