4th of July (Ike Turns 21 Months)

We celebrated 4th of July down in Evansville this year since Josh was able to get a couple of days off and make it a nice long weekend!  Most of our time was spent lounging by the pool or hanging out with all the family.   Since Ike turned 21 months while we were there, I am going to weave in some of his latest milestones in this post.





He is such a water fiend.  Ike spent hours playing in the pool.  He especially loves to say, "ready, set, go!" and then jump straight in.

Hanging out with Papa Charlie.

Ike and Liam (with a little bit of Dave in there).  

He had to take a ride in Papa's awesome truck...notice the hardhat!

Big 21 month old!










The picture above perfectly captures Ike right now.  He refuses to be clothed and runs around naked any chance he can get.  He is kind of potty training, and does fine with peeing, but he has repeatedly pooped in the house, the front yard, and even on the concrete outside of the dad and Kyra's pool.  Oops.

Dave in his new big-boy car seat!

Dave pulling Uncle Tony and Ike around in the pool.

Cheesing out.

Ike loves to scream, "ride it!!!" at anything with wheels.  Thankfully, Grandpa Dave indulges him.









While we were in Evansville, we got two sets of family photos done.  They all turned out great!

With Dad and Kyra.










Oh my the cuteness!

With Mom and Andrew.

And Ike with his buddy Uncle Nona!












Other stuff about Ike recently-he knows everybody by the car they drive, and almost always gets it right.  He refuses to learn colors at all.  And I am pretty sure he would live completely outdoors if I allowed it.  As soon as we wakes up in the morning and after nap he tells me, "bee, bee" (which means outside) until we get out the door.  His vocabulary continues to expand and he has started putting together two and three word sentences like "ride it", "i want it", "taste it", etc.   Overall, he is still such a happy, entertaining kid!