18 Months!

Go Tribe!

James is very aware of all different types of sports these days.

He knows that when golf is on, he goes to get his golf club to play along. The same happens when we watch the World Cup, he starts kicking his soccer ball around. Now that baseball season (ok, the great weather part in Cleveland) is here, sure enough, he runs to get his tot-size Indians baseball bat and ball to play along with the team. So, thanks to everyone who got him each of those toys for his birthday - rest assured they get used often!

You can imagine he was pretty thrilled to go to a game in person; now that he is more aware of the sport. He loved attending his first baseball game of the season, and flirting/hamming it up for everyone in the seats around us. Although we didn't stay in the sun long, we found some shady open spots a few rows back and he was excited to get his own seat!

A New View

James is now forward facing in his big boy car seat! He loves being able to see all the cars (and trucks) as we drive, and to check out all of the buttons on the dashboard! I love that I am now able to look back and see this:

This was my view on Monday morning, just after taking Phil to the airport. 

Big boy (who LOVES his yogurt).

The Cleveland Open

The Cleveland Open (Web.com Tour) was held in our backyard this year. Coincidentally, at a country club Phil used to caddy at growing up. One of Chad's golf students, Roberto Diaz, was playing in the tournament, so we were happy to go enjoy the beautiful day and follow him around the course!

Bonus: James decided to take a nap

Phil and Bobby

Meet the Trucks

One of James' favorite bedtime stories is Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. 

Lakewood Park hosted a "Meet the Trucks" that had all of the city's 

big trucks on display for the kids to explore.

Johnny Football?

James was pretty excited about getting Johnny Manziel drafted as the Browns QB pick. 

Future quarterback himself? Well, so far he's just pretty impressed with his shadow.

A Splash of Color

James loves to color. 

Whether it's a crayon, or chalk, he's all about it. 

Here he is above "coloring" away in his playroom. 

Every color gets a turn; and we color with both hands at a time.

by James @ 16 months

And, here is his latest masterpiece. Usually when he "colors" it is a few lines drawn on a page and called done, before moving on to something else. The kid loves elephants, so maybe this was just the picture to inspire him to really cover the most territory I've seen him do in one sitting (or, standing - he colored this on the refrigerator door as I was making him lunch one day). He was so proud. I was thoroughly impressed!

Quite the little artist these days, right?! ;)