Last Week

 Last week was one of those weeks with lots of sweet and fun moments that I happened to take pictures of!

 Bath time for this silly boy!

 Sleeping soundly at 10 am after he had been up for an hour in the middle of the night! 

These sweet kiddos had lots of fun playing together! Belton loves following them around! :-)

Lydia and I have fun too! I should start taking pictures of the project we work on or things we bake. We always do something interesting.

I put Belton down for a nap at Grandmom and Granddad's house and when I went in there to get him up, he had his hood on his head!

One day, when we walked into my parents house, Belton saw Granddad and immediately wanted to go outside with him! Of course, Granddad was happy to oblige.

 This kid loves his blankets!

 Finally, Belton got to drive the car at Kroger for the first time on Valentine's Day!

Chrystal!

 We had a fun time with Chrystal and Erik the other day. 

 

They even gave Belton a bath!

Best friends!

Do you think she likes Belton? Just a little bit? ;)

Snow Day!

 We had a snow day last week!

 Belton loved getting to go outside and run around in it! (With his Texas Tech bear which he refused to put down before we went outside.)

 He even sat down and started touching the snow. He had some pretty cold fingers after that!

 We love snow!

Belton and Mama

 I sure do love this sweet boy.

 I am so blessed to get to stay home with him and have sweet moments like this!

 He's silly and smart and clever and sweet and sometimes cranky,

But he's always just my little boy!

  He picks things up all the time, putting them to his ear and talking on them like he's talking on the phone.

This time it was Mama's floss that she got at the dentist last week.

 I love him.

Belton: Sixteen Months

At sixteen months, Belton LOVES his Daddy! He has always loved him, of course. But right now, he is super duper attached! He wakes up in the morning and says "Dada" and looks around for him. He says "Dada" every time that he sees a picture of Matt (that's pretty frequently in our apartment!). He is so excited when Matt gets home from work every day! 

 Belton often mimics us with whatever we are doing. Sometimes when we wash our hands, he  rubs his together the same way. When I put on my shoes he finds his and pretends to put them on. When Matt or I are typing on our computers, he wants to be right with us, "typing" away on the keyboard.

He also repeats most words that we say. He's whispering a lot, and it's often not understandable, but he's trying to talk! He does a very good job of saying "paaah" (please) when he wants something and "eh ooooo" (thank you) when we give it to him.

And he HATES it when Daddy has to leave. This doesn't happen often, but on Wednesday Matt needed to go help someone, so he left. Belton just cried and cried when he went out the door, as you can see be below.

 But he still generally comes to Mama for comfort. When he is hurt or sad, he will either come to me, or Matt will put him in my lap and he'll just lay on me until he calms down.

Belton loves sitting in his baseball chair, playing with his tractor and trucks, watching Curious George, drinking milk or juice (although he is offered his fair share of water, too!), reading books with Mama or Dada, singing, dancing, playing with his little friends, playing at the gym, watching videos (of himself) on Matt's phone, sitting in wagons, trucks, laundry baskets, anything he can fit in!

 Belton LOVES going outside. He would be outside all day long, if we would let him! He's a little explorer and just wants to know more about what's going on around him. As a friend said to me today, "he's curious!".

He got to be like a big boy and eat popcorn on our couch during the super bowl.

 Belton gives us sweet kisses and hugs. He always lays his head down on my shoulder when I ask him for a hug. It's my favorite!

He frequently acts shy when we are meeting new people. But he loves flirting with them too! So he'll grab my leg and peek out at new friends from behind me. He's so sweet and silly!

 He LOVES rolling around in his crib once I go to get him up for the day or from a nap. He shows me his blankets and other things in his crib. He points to things on his pajamas, frequently these snowmen!

 Sometimes he even stands up and jumps a little bit. He thinks that is super fun and totally silly!

Every single time that I sit down at the table with him while he's having a meal or a snack, he immediately folds his arms for the prayer. Sweet kid! And he knows that as soon as we are doing reading our scripture story for the night, it's time to fold his arms for the prayer.

We love watching Belton grow and develop into a little person with such a big personality! We are so blessed to have you in our family, sweet Belton! We love you!!

Lately...

 Belton has really developed a LOVE for coloring! All. The. Time. Ususally, he spends more time playing with the crayon box that actually coloring. But that's okay!

 We got Belton a toy chest. We love it! I'm so excited that he finally has a good place to keep his toys!

  Belton has really started using a fork. Not that he's great at it, but he enjoys it!

And it motivates him to actually eat! Yay!

 We went to a first birthday party for Belton's friend Ava!

Every morning, every night, and many other times during the day, Belton goes over to these pictures of Jesus and says "Jessusss". It is so sweet. Matt and I hope and pray that Belton always loves Christ as much as he does right now!

He also began folding his arms for prayers. And he folds his arms when he gets in his highchair. I think that it's so sweet that he knows it's time for a blessing on the food!

We sure do love this little guy!

Trucks!

 Belton really enjoys playing with cars and trucks.

 Almost any time that I need for him to be distracted, I can say "where is your truck? Go play with your truck!" and he will go looking for one. It's great!

 Lately, he likes sitting in this dump truck and scooting himself backwards.

 What a cutie!