Updates...

The summer has flown by and now it seems we are well on our way through the fall. Finn continues to change daily and continues to put a smile on my face daily.

Finn has moved up into the 2 year old room after his birthday this summer. The biting continues in the big boy room as he has now been bitten twice since the move up. The interesting thing is that now Finn can call out who has bitten him. For the last two weeks we intermittently hear how Lucas bit Finn. I initially said to Finn, that wasn't very nice, was it? "No mommy", then I asked Finn if he took a toy from Lucas? "Yes mommy". I really appreciate the honesty of a 2 year old!

Finn has also taken a liking to the word only. When I told Finn we were going to make a birthday cake for daddy, he was quite adamant that birthday cakes were for mommy only. When I grab the laptop, I hear, "no mommy, daddy puter only". We hear "only" numerous times a day. It is odd the things that kids pick up on.

Finn is a constant destructor. Just as soon as you pick up a bin of toys and move on to the next, Finn is dumping out the last. Usually not to play with, perhaps just to see mommy's frustration!

Finn is also very into talking about mommies, daddies and babies. This is reference to his trucks all the way to talking about the newly planted grass out front, known at our house as "baby grass".
Finn loves his daddy and wants to do all things just like daddy. A couple days ago daddy was moving some rock around with a shovel and yard cart. Finn immediately needed to get out his shovel and wagon and begin "helping daddy". It was pretty cute.

Finn met his new baby cousin Lilah Louise and refers to her as Lilah Lou. At their first meeting Finn took a kleenex and very gently went up to Lilah and wiped her nose. It was pretty cute how slow, deliberate and delicate he was. During this same trip to see the Beall family, we went to Arnold's Park, a small theme park in the Okiboji area. Finn rode his first ride...boats going round and round and round. He seemed to like it. The next ride was a very small roller coaster and his very nice older cousin Faythe rode with him and ended up trying to console him the entire time as he was freaking out.

We enjoyed our annual trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin farm. This year the challenge was convincing Finn not to eat the apples on the ground.