Mine!

That would be Monkey's newest word. I'm not sure where he learned it (daycare perhaps?) but I'm not too pleased with it. He says it all.the.time. Whenever he grabs something that is decidedly NOT his and I try to take it away, I am met with "MINE." At least he's learning more words. And we have some cute ones to add to the list:

• Elmo (El-bo)
• Water (Wa-wa)
• Mama (finally!)
• Nana
• Luis (lou-lou)
• Night-Night (na-nigh)
• Shoe (shi-shi)

He is also following a whole bunch of commands. He puts things away if you ask him too. He can oink, meow, hiss, bark, quack, moo and buzz when asked what a pig, cat, snake, dog, duck, cow and bee say. He knows where his head, eyes, ears, belly, and feet are. He blows kisses. He hugs on command. He tackles me and Daddy. If you start singing "Twinkle twinkle little star," he will put his hands above his head like a star. If you start singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider," he tries to move his hands up the water spout. He has a slight addiction to TV which we are trying to curb. He is also obsessed with books and will hand you about 5 at a time to read to him. But don't try to turn the pages, that's Monkey's job. Also, you better read fast because those pages get turned quick!

It's hot here. No big surprise, I know. But we had such a great, long spring that I am not enjoying the 100's. We spent Sunday morning at the splashpad at the zoo. After a little time observing, Monkey really had some fun there! And thankfully, there's a cavern that's shaded and misty, so it was really quite cool in there. Mommy spent most of the time there!

We celebrated some birthdays this week - Nana's on Saturday and Daddy's on Wednesday. Yesterday afternoon we had the whole, extended Phoenix family over to Casa Leach to celebrate Nana's birthday. Monkey was LOVING the attention, but he was exhausted by the end of it all!

Next up: some Father's Day celebrations, and 4th of July in the mountains visiting Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Perry :)