Happy 19 months Gray!

Look at this big boy! 19 months old

He is talking up a storm! He puts two words together and asks for just about anything he needs or wants. His little voice is so sweet. He even told me “poop” when he had a dirty diaper the other day…well maybe that wasn’t so sweet…

He loves oatmeal and cottage cheese and really just about any food.

He also has become quite bossy (gee…wonder where he gets that). He tells everyone to sit “mommy sit” “daddy sit”. He really missed Maya when she went back to school this week. Mom said he kept saying “sissy” and “Yaya”the whole morning.He has become quite vocal when he is mad. He has been giving everyone, especially sissy, “what for” when he is unhappy. He definitely still has the drama and throws himself down on the floor.

He has recently become the crankiest boy when he wakes up from his afternoon nap. I just leave him in there until he comes out of it, because he is a BEAR.

But he’s pretty stinking cute, so I think we will keep him.

BIG SISTER:

Still makes us laugh and challenges us everyday.

She is creative

and smart

and thoughtful

So, I quit doing resolutions two years ago and decided to just try and live every day better than the next, BUT I am doing two things this year that probably technically could fall into resolutions. Jared and I are changing our diets and adding regular exercise. We have been going for 10 days and I am proud to say that I have lost 5 pounds already. We are both really motivated and keeping each other accountable. I am using the my fitness pal app and am eating 1200 calories a day. If I exercise, I get those calories back so that is motivating to exercise. I have found that just doing 20 minutes a day is very doable for me. So I do a quick intense workout and then go about my day. I will try to remember to update my progress on here.

The second thing I am doing is a photo 365. Lots of people are following themes, but I am just doing a photo a day of whatever I want to (usually my kids). I really want to work on my composition and try to look at the world differently, so I am just trying to look at shots from different angles. I am using both my iphone camera and my big camera, and just trying to enjoy taking pictures.

Here is my progress so far:

So that’s what we’re up to!