20 MONTHS

Phin is now 20 months old.  He decided to celebrate that milestone by eating a chicken bouillon cube.  I was busy making dinner and had unwrapped several cubes and placed them in a small cup.  Phin climbed up next to me and I thought he was just pretending to stir the bowl.  Then he went over to Seth and signed "more."  Seth asked what he was eating and I said I didn't know...then Phin started to cough.  Let's just say the bouillon cube did not settle well.  

We also had a bit of a scare this month.  Seth was in charge of a family feud activity for the Young Men and Young Women in our ward.  Phin and I went with him since the activity was open to the ward.  After the activity we were busy getting a hot chocolate bar ready when Phin pulled a cup of hot water over on himself.  He burned his right arm pretty good and cried steadily for the next hour.  Seth and our home teacher gave Phin a blessing and he was able to sleep through the night.  His arm was tender but never blistered and he recovered fairly quickly.  How blessed we are to have the Priesthood in our home.

Phin watches our every move and we often find him imitating us. 

Phin has started to play dress up on his own.  Here he is sporting the Mario hat from his Halloween costume and his church shoes.

Phin loves popcorn.  Here he is eating some popcorn with Seth.

We are a little crazy and have started introducing the potty.  Phin is at least not scared to sit on it anymore.  We think we are going to really buckle down over Spring Break and see if we can make any progress.  We are hoping he is a quick learner like his cousin Aaron.

Phin loves to cook with me...especially if he can lick the beaters.

The weather here has been so delightful.  There have been several days where I have opened the sliding door to our balcony and Phin has loved running in and outside.  Just before I took the picture below he was reclined in the chair enjoying some sunshine.

Phin also discovered the back of our couch this month.  He loves to climb up and along the back.  The other day I actually discovered him standing on the back.

Phin is pretty good at finding ways to keep himself entertained.  Here he is playing in Uncle Jeff's drapes...they were quite a novelty since we just have blinds.

I think he started to think he was a puppy dog while we were visiting Jeff...most days I think he is a puppy dog as he follows me around and can almost always be found at my feet.

Phin loves to play games and sing songs.  His favorite song right now is roll your hands...he will start to roll his hands when we are out shopping to get me to sing the song.

He loves to figure out how things work.  I am pretty sure that before long he is going to be taking things apart around here to figure them out.

He can be a little shy and timid when he is first meeting someone or experiencing something new.

He loves hats.

He also loves to pretend that things are hats.

I have said it before...I don't know how we got so luck for this little guy to come to our family.  We love you Phinner!