Well, life for as has been quite normal and uneventful lately. We were excited to have nice weather for the weekend. I am glad we were able to get out and enjoy it as we had snow again Tuesday. Gotta love Utah weather! Geddy had a good time helping Scott and I rake the leaves that had been covered in snow for the last several months. Luckily we had got the majority of the them taken care of last fall before the snow hit, so our lawn is in decent shape. There's still tons of work to do, hopefully we will get some nice weather that will stick around for awhile.
We hope to get a small garden in this spring at least some carrots and beans and things like that. Geddy was very cooperative and helpful outside. As long as we're in the backyard he'll be no problem. The front yard isn't fenced so I worry about him wanting to stay by me. He is a bit big to take his playpen outside to contain him in. We'll just have to try and see. I just know there is no way I will get anything done if I have to only work during his naps, especially if I try and do other things like update this blog or e-mail anyone.
A week or so ago I gave Geddy his cup of yogurt which he usually eats quite nicely. He is generally not a very messy boy. I left the kitchen to start getting ready for work and this is what I came out to. I guess he decided he needed some extra conditioning and the strawberry/banana scent was quite nice also. As it was so close to me leaving for work I didn't have time for the whole bath process so I just held him under the shower, he wasn't very happy about that but it worked.
Recently Geddy has discovered how much fun play dough is. He is pretty good about not mixing up the colors too much. His favorite thing is to flatten the dough and use a little fork to "write" his letters. He knows about 10-12 of his alphabet letters to say (either proper name or sound they make), but he can't really write them, he just likes to pretend. His vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds, with some odd word choices too. Yesterday's was yo-yo, thanks to Elmo's World on Sesame Street. A couple of days ago I asked what he wanted for breakfast and he told me very clearly "bowl" with a very exaggerated "o". It didn't take much to get that he wanted a bowl of cereal (Fruit Loops). Now that is what he says every morning, but he doesn't always get Fruit Loops, generally it is Cream of Wheat. Other recent words have been "knee" "bubble" and "now". The "now" is thanks to a lovely commercial on VS. for some fishing show, a guy gets mad and slams his fist on the boat and yells "NOW"! Geddy thought it was hilarious and started copying it immediately, slamming fist and everything. Unfortunately the commercial is showing quite often during the Stanley Cup Playoffs so we just mute the commercials so he doesn't notice it as much. It just goes to show what little sponges they are at this age, they absorb anything and everything, not all of it good.
And yes he has a bit of a black eye. Thanks to a Wal-Mart shopping cart and one of his exuberant games that involved bouncing his head off the handle. Silly boy!
Geddy was quite excited to be wearing shorts. He kept reaching down and touching his bare legs. I guess he doesn't remember them from last summer. You can't see them in the picture, but he is wearing some new brown leather sandals that he can actually put on all by himself. 
I also bought him some Iron Man shoes (size 8!!!!!) that light up. He had seen the Iron Man shoes on a previous trip to Payless, but I told him his feet weren't big enough (size 8 was the smallest they made them). This time I had the employee actually measure his feet and they were right at the 7 1/2 line. So size 8 it was. I told him we could get the Iron Man shoes. He started jumping up and down while loudly saying "Iron Man, Iron Man, Iron Man". Needless to say we had to put them on the moment they were paid for. In case it wasn't obvious, Iron Man is his favorite superhero. Scott and I have given him several Spider-Man toys and books as well as The Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four. But he decided he loves Iron Man the best! We even had to put the lid from his shoebox up on his wall like a poster because of the picture on it.
Last night Geddy was a bottomless pit. We had Teriyaki steak and rice and peas. He was still hungry so I gave him a peanut butter and honey sandwich. After that was gone he was STILL hungry so I gave him some pudding. I knew he would make a mess so while he was eating it I got his bath started. I was so sure he would have it all over his face and head that I came out with the camera and this is what I saw. Much better than I expected.
I left to turn off the bath water and came back to this. He couldn't get any more out with the spoon so decided to try licking out the little cup. Messy, but still nothing compared to what I had expected (think back to the yogurt pictures on an earlier entry:)
The bath revived Geddy, who had not taken a nap at all (two days in a row!!). He decided he had to play basketball and race around the house for another 15 minutes before he would settle down for his books and bedtime. But he then slept for ten hours straight! And yes this is his fake posing smile, now anytime he sees me with the camera he looks at it and fakes a smile.
As I mentioned earlier, one of his basketballs was bubbles. While dad provided the bubbles and mama took pictures, Geddy scampered around trying to "bop" as many as possible. He thought it was hilarious when they would just disappear before he got there. Now of course, he wants to blow bubbles every day so mama bought a huge jug at Wal-Mart that should last him a few years.
I know these aren't the greatest pictures, but I just love how happy he looks. Note there are no pictures of Spanky enjoying the Easter festivities. He and Geddy get along fine as long as Geddy is sitting still and not making any noise. (Which definitely wasn't happening that morning).
