A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

I was reading an article the other day and it stated that children around Atreyu's age should be able to say about 15 words. At first I thought that he must be behind but then Jesse and I started writing down all the words he could say and it was like 17 or something. I can't believe how much he is learning so quickly right now. He learns something new everyday and it is kind of fascinating to watch him figure out new things. He still likes playing with (and in) the bucket and he recently decided that my shoes made a wonderful toy.

Like any child, Atreyu has also found the joy of sweets! He loves them! I usually have a little candy dish on my counter but I had to put it away because that's all he wanted to eat. We do let him indulge occasionally (more so when Grandpa is around). Here he is enjoying a Winter Oreo.

We are all doing well. Jesse is almost 3/4 of the way done with his first semester back in school and he's doing pretty good keeping up his grades. In exciting news (for me at least) I got a Dyson vacuum and I LOVE it! It kind of grossed me out to see how much stuff it picked up out of the carpet on it's first go. It is a wonderdul vacuum and I would definitely recommend it to a friend.
We are all looking forward to seeing family next week for Thanksgiving. We would like to give a shout out to Jenny and tell her we hope she is starting to feel better so that they will for sure join us all for Thanksgiving! We love you Jenny!