Faces...

Oh! How I love his little faces!

Monkey See, Monkey Do...

My two little monkeys!

Please, don't adjust your computer!

Truett usually doesn't get his paci unless it's night-night time... but he somehow sneaked 3 paci's into the bathtub! I will miss this little phase of his life, I feel it slipping through my fingers as we speak. I'm determined to enjoy what is left of the "baby stage". In these pictures he really does look like a baby. Sweet Truett, I wish you could possibly know what you mean to me and your daddy! Thank you for bringing so much joy into our lives for such a short time!






I'm just playing with some effects. Truett continues to be our stand up comic! Gotta love him!

What does Truett mean?

I've searched for Truett's name many times and there is very little known about where this name originated. One site says, Truett is of English origin and means: little, honest and another site says his name means Truth!

Bucket Head!

Just makes you want to put a bucket on your head!!

Don't you play the trumpet in your bathtub?

Practicing!


Here he blows!

Wasn't it beautiful?

Come in, Captain Truett

Bathtime.... again!

Truett's imagination is picking up, he loves cash registers and debit cards and monies (as he calls it). This bath time Truett would take "money" from the top of the water faucet and then hand it to me and say " Here mommy, take the monies". We would both laugh hysterically. Welcome to my wonderful world. I know to anyone reading this that is not a parent, I seem really silly, BUT, to all you parents out there you know exactly where I'm coming from! :)

Truett loves

Huh Uh, Huh Uh, Huh Uh, Oh No No!!

Sing it Truett

Wordless Wednesday... on Thursday!

UNDER......................

Truett catches on really fast to just about everything and anything. Truett has a fish and net set for the bathtub. He tries to catch the fish by putting the net on top of the fish and pushing it down. I then showed him how to put the net under the water and then go up with the net to scoop up the fishy. I emphasized the UNDER word.

The next day Truett was caught doing this. Just in case YOU can't understand my perfect speaking toddler ;) he says UNDER, UNDER, UNDER. Later he says "OFF" as mommy jumps to his request!

ENJOY!

I know this blog has been predominately about Truett hence the www.expectingtruett.blogspot.com but I think I'm going to start making this blog more of our family's journey through a foreign land, maybe some recipes that we've tried and maybe an occasional rant/rave. Before I do that, let me update you on more of Truett's life. He is weighing in at a HEALTHY 27 lbs., Yowzers! That is why lifting weights is not necessary! I am not sure of the inches but last time we checked, roughly 6 weeks ago, he was 33 inches. He has said three word sentences several times. One was "Mommy be back", another was " Daddy go out", another was " I play Annabelle" (I play with Annabelle), " That's a no-no", and "Daddy go car...work". This is NEVER prompted and he actually won't say a 3 word sentence when I try to get him to! I'm not going on "mommy translations" either, most of the comments were told to me by others who heard what I heard. He is very verbal and very clear with his words (those that he knows already).

I'm not going to write all of his vocabulary, the list is too long. Wayne and I think it would be roughly 60-100 words. He can mostly say anything we say with some difficulty, but the vocabulary would be words he has already made associations with or knows by our repetition. I think that is all for now... I won't stop posting about him all together, but will try posting about more of our general life.

Truett enjoying his bath time, he thinks it is a waterhose!

Static electricity looks good on him!

"Driving" Uncle Jason's "mo-mo" at Pappa's and Nanna's

Truett needed a trim...

Before:


After and wet:

we don't necessarily want Truett to have long hair, but we like it the way it is. I've had a couple of people comment on "Oh! Truett's hair is getting long" and " He's just too pretty to be a boy following a comment on how they "love" his hair". I know most people like shaved boys heads, especially in these very small Louisiana towns, but quite frankly we don't care. I'm not saying "never" but we have NO intentions on having his hair really short anytime in the near future. We are a little rebellious and like to ruffle a few feathers. SO... having that said, I did "trim" Truett's hair and I actually liked it better before the cut. Oh, well! It will grow back! I'll try to take more pictures this week.

Baaaaa

That is what you hear when Truett wants a BATH! And don't say bath too loud or he might follow you to the bathtub! Here is a recent bath excursion. He is showing you some of his dance moves... he must get that from his daddy! :)

Monday Madness on a Thursday?

Let me see, last Friday, late afternoon, Truett had a virus and a fever of 104.8...... ouch! He was fine or maybe just a little whiny right before his nap and then BAM when he woke up he was on fire I finally got the fever to come down some but after not being able to get in touch with our doctor for 2 hours we decided to go the ER. We were not sure what the source was but didn't want to end up there in the middle of the night or Saturday or Sunday! Poor thing was just lackadaisical, they gave him a dose of Motrin (since it had been 3 hours since I had given him Tylenol). By the time we went home Truett was squealing and talking and having a good time, it could have been due to being up an hour past bedtime! The sweet ER doctor said he would be fine but to keep giving him motrin for the fever. That was our first visit to the ER... I don't want to go back anytime soon either.

Truett has been wanting to go outside but due to the weather we weren't able to go until today, we were outside for nearly 2 hours after lunch. He is an outside boy. He loves to explore and make up new words. He is still saying pretty much the same things: ball, balloon, baby, book, bath, (see a pattern?), then there is : shoes, outside, and ccccc for candle, clock, or cookie.

While he was unable to go outside we tried to keep him occupied by letting him do some house chores, j/k! We have read A LOT and taken a few more baths than usual. He also enjoys playing hard with daddy!

Wonderful Weekends!

Our relaxed, carefree weekend was nice.

Static hair, in the fun ball fort!
Hey daddy!
Our random family picture
We love our Ron Paul rEVOLution
Having as much fun inside as outside

Cold Friday!

Brr.... it is cold right now. Yesterday was a mild 65-70 degrees outside and right now it is in the mid 30's.

Here is a video from bath time today! Enjoy your weekend and bundle up!