17 Months

Heres a few photos of our little man with a big personality...

Yes, that is chicken in his mouth.

Cleaning the stove

Layton has been such a joy! He has grown so much in the time I haven't posted. Boo me, I know. I swear this kid learns something new every day. He is amazing!!!

At 17 months Layton...

Says-mommy, dada, no, wow, uh-oh, ow, and yeah.

Signs "all gone".

Waves hi and bye bye.
Pants when you ask him what a dog says.

Gives loves and kisses

Goes and gets a book when we ask him to.

Throws away his diapers and puts away his wipes.

Always wants his shoes on.

Likes to wipe his face and"blows" his nose.

Finds his belly button when you read The Belly Button book.

Likes to grab our nose when we ask where his nose is.

Grabs his blanket, binky and goes to his room when we ask if he wants to go night night.

Blows raspberries on our bellies.

Loves peas and juice.

Loves to go on any kind of ride...bicycle, snowmobile, RZR, tractor...anything that moves.






Layton loves to play around with his daddy.

Such a big helper all of the time!

~The Men In My Life~

Young and old alike, these two men in my life are something else!

It's dangerous work sitting in the recliner.

Feet on the table just like mommy!


Wearing mommy's sweater.

Umm...no words except for-just like dad?

Yes, that is a trash can with a little boy in it.

Oh, how I enjoy these two men soo much. They are the key to my heart. (Cheesy, I know.)

Happy Halloween!

Here's a peak of what our Halloween was like...

 He really wasn't too interested in the pumpkin guts.



 This picture just cracks me up. 

I'm thinking makeup wasn't the greatest idea...

Nope, not a good idea with the makeup.  



Box man

This kid loves his boxes. What kid doesn't?

And...this cute kid loves pumpkins...

And crawling into the bathtub.  Dangerous, I know.



A Little Farm Fun

The day after Layton's birthday, we took a drive to Pasco, Washington to visit Grandpa Don while he was up there harvesting.  Grandma Barb took us to a harvest festival at a local farm.  It was a beautiful day and we went at the perfect time...it poured rain as we left.  Typical northwest weather right?



Layton and Chris in the straw maze.

He did surprising well.  All he really wanted to do was follow the other kids around.

 The real Thumper...really, would I lie?

Little kids are WAY more interesting than animals.



Checkin' out the baby calf.



Three goofy pumpkin heads.

 Darn it.  I forgot to rotate this one.  :(

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Layton's 1st Birthday!

It's been awhile and Layton's first birthday was in October, but it's a worthy occasion to blog about, even if it's old news.  We had a Monster Bash for Layton's birthday.  Lots of friends show up and Layton had a great time.  Here's a few photos of the festivities.

 Sorry it's sideways.  A monster joined the party.

 Grammy Carma and Layton

He gobbled his cake up!

Layton got this fun bean pit from Grandpa and Grandma Kasel.

Layton's First Haircut

Layton got his first haircut at the beginning of September.  (Sorry, I'm a little behind on the blog.)  We just kept him occupied with some Goldfish and Chris used his electric hair clippers.  After all his hair was cut, we decided we missed his long hair.  Oh well, it grows back and he is still super cute even with super short hair.

Before^

 He was growing a rat tail in the back.

After