We'll Miss You, Poppy!

Southern missed meeting one of his great-grandfathers, Jackie Ehlers, by 6 months. And now we have another sad annoucement. Another great-grandfather, Earl Wyatt, has passed from this earth. He and Southern had a wonderful relationship in the past 18 months. Poppy was so proud of Southern and was always interested in what he was doing and learning. I am so happy for all the memorable visits we shared, but I am saddened that Southern most likely won't remember him when he's older. Thank goodness for pictures...

Poppy and DeDe came to visit us in the hospital on Southern's 2nd day of life. They were so excited :)

When Southern was just a couple weeks old, we celebrated Easter in Yoakum with family. Here is the whole Wyatt gang.

Poppy and Southern in their first picture alone together. Southern was about 3 1/2 months old. Poppy and DeDe were taking turns holding him on the couch and Dustin snapped this picture as they were walking us to the door before we left.
And more recently, here are Poppy and Southern together at the "Country Place" near Petersville at the beginning of this month. Poppy enjoyed showing Southern his cows, and Southern of course just loved it. I think cows may be his favorite animal. He can out-moo a cow any day!



I only wish that Southern could have spent more time with him in the years to come. What a shock to hear about Poppy's passing when he was so healthy and full of life. There was so much to learn from Poppy, and Southern loves learning so I always pictured them doing so much together. Poppy was one of the greatest men I knew. He will be missed dearly.

We love you, Poppy!

Pumpkin Patch

This year was Southern's 2nd year to visit the pumpkin patch in Seguin. Dustin and I discovered in while in college at TLU, and we've been going every year since. Here's us back in 2006.

And here's Southern's first trip to see the pumpkins in 2009...

And here's our little guy this year... not so little anymore!

Wish List Follow-up

So the pull-along dog toy and the chatter phone are both purchased and ready for Southern to enjoy on Christmas. What a lucky boy! :)

Christmas Wish List

We are only 70 sleeps away from Christmas! :) And time is flying by. Since I've already gotten a few questions on what is on Southern's Christmas wish list this year, I decided to take the time to sit down and make one.



First off, his sizes:
tops - 2T or larger
bottoms - 24 month or larger
shoes - 7 or larger
pajamas - 3T or larger for the fitted kind, 2T or larger on the loose styles

At Target, there are some "retro" toys they carry that he would like - specifically the jack in the box. He has played with it there before and didn't want to put it back on the shelf. There's also the old fashioned "chatter phone" there that he likes to play with - my grandparents have the original vintage one at their house.



He would also really like the Fisher Price dog pull toy pictured here. It can be found at Wal-Mart for around $10. He played with it once at the library and fell in love.

And speaking of the library, there are a few books that we have checked out more than once since he likes them so much - 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle; Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, and Bruno Munari's Zoo. He enjoys books with animals or modes of transportation best.

As I mentioned before, he likes to watch Yo Gabba Gabba. He also likes Sid the Science Kid, Dora the Explorer, and Blue's Clues, but his absolute favorite show is The Upside Down Show. DVDs, toys, CDs, etc on any of these characters would be great, but The Upside Down Show DVDs would be most appreciated since that show only comes on TV once a day late at night.


We've got some Schleich animal figures, and he loves to play with them so adding to that collection would be great. They can be found at Target and TSC.

And in general, he likes dinosaurs, cars, tractors, trains, animals, puzzles, blocks, music, and books. He also likes role-playing toys, like working with tools like Daddy, cooking equipment like Mommy, etc. He's easy to please and fun to shop for. Hopefully I've given everyone interested some good ideas! :)

18 Months Old

Friday was a busy day. Dustin had off from school, and we spent the day together having fun. We decided to treat ourselves to lunch out at a Mexican resturant and then went to get the boys' hair cut. There's a new hair-cutting place by the newly built HEB, and they had a kid's airplane chair. Awesome! Southern enjoyed himself and didn't mind her cutting his hair at all while he drove his plane.

We came home for a nap, and then later that afternoon, we had Southern's 18-month doctor appointment. It went well. He got three shots, including his flu shot. The doctor wasn't worried at all about Southern not talking yet since he shows all the signs of talking soon. He weighed 27 pounds (about 65th percentile) and measured 34 inches long (about 92nd percentile). That puts him at 3 inches taller than the average 18-month-old! He gained a little over 3 lbs in the last 3 months and grew over an inch.

Mailbox Fun

As a new mother, you learn all sorts of things. One thing I have learned is that just about anything can be a "toy" to a child. Who knew mailboxes could be so fun?