Lists

I am a listmaker. No two ways about it. I like to make lists and I need to make them. They keep me on track and anyone who knows me knows I like to be organized. It just helps me stay sane. So, anyway, I thought I would share a couple of them with you today.

Friday evening, Joe, Laura, and Michael helped me make a list of all the words Colin knows how to say. Or at least all the ones we could think of. It was funny because as we were making it, he kept saying more and we're like, "oh yeah, and that one." I'm sure we still didn't get them all, but here's what we did come up with that he can say now at 15 months:

• dog
• cat
• meow
• cow
• moo
• duck
• quack
• razorback (don't ask; he's also working on "calling the hogs" thanks to grandparents)
• chicken
• baa
• bird
• mama
• dada
• nana
• papa
• grandpa
• oma
• banana
• bottle
• that
• want
• what's
• bye-bye
• hi
• down
• up
• shoes
• socks
• book
• hat
• bath
• all done
• cracker
• drink
• ball
• football
• basketball
• shoot
• car
• truck
• ni-ni
• cup
• no
• boo
• where's (with inflection for peek-a-boo)

Speaking of my darling 15-month old, he has now officially been gone for 24 hours. I have not had a complete and total emotional meltdown yet. :) It was definitely weird this morning waking up without him, but Michael and I have gotten a lot done already and hope to do more. Here's a list of some of the things we hope to accomplish (lots of which we did yesterday):

• Reorganize everyone's closets and drawers (half done)
• Scrub house top to bottom (did yesterday, including moving furniture and scrubbing baseboards)
• Spray whole house with seasonly OrthoMax (did today)
• Touch up paint around whole house, especially baseboards
• Reorganize all craft supplies to be kid friendly
• Start work on my grandparents' anniversary album
• Shopping (for us and upcoming birthdays and such)
• Empty and bleach refrigerator and freezer
• Finish reinforecing the fence
• Empty and wash out the garage
• Wash the outside of the house
• Lots of video game playing and digital scrapbooking!
  

We'll see how much we actually get finished, but we've got a good start! We are planning to spend at least half our "free" time having fun, not working. :)

Colin is apparently doing very well. They said he either slept or sang the whole way to Arkansas and then was going crazy exploring everything once there. I could here him over the phone running from room to room asking "what's that?" He was also apparently excited to see the hidey-hole under the cardboard bed Papa built for him and went to find something to stash in it:Alright, that's all I have time for before church! I have other pics to post for you later, but for Colin pics, check the Seal Rock blog to the right-------->