Fourteen Months

14 Months

• This month, you have learned so many new signs and words. You can sign all done and more. You can say mama, dada, pup, out, book, all done, and more. We finally have been able to get you to take a few steps but only when we bribe you with chocolate chips. You have discovered where I hid the chocolate chips and I found you the other day sneaking some.
• Some of your favorite things include playing outside (mostly the sandbox and playing with the bikes), sneaking into the bathroom to make a mess and splashing in the toilet, eating breads like muffins, pancakes, and waffles, wrestling with daddy, playing with the Little People Princesses with Maggie, and going for walks (especially when I let you hold Mowgli's lease).
• The big exciting thing that happened this month was going to California and visiting Disneyland. We took off Tuesday morning and drove all the way down in one day. You weren't the best car rider this time. We needed up stopping four times. At one of the stops, you had been fussy for about 30 minutes before we could fine a place to pull over and when I went around to get you, you were giving me the "all done" sign. We switched your car seat around so you could watch the movies, though I don't know if it helped at all. We stayed at a hotel that was right across from Disneyland. We woke up bright and early on Wednesday and spent the day at Disneyland.We were able to take you on a lot of the rides, which you really enjoyed. In any of the boat rides, you really wanted to touch the water, which almost led to you fall in. You were such a champ all day. You didn't mind being in the stroller a bunch and was happy all day despite only taking one 30 minute nap. The grossest thing was the fact that when we were waiting in line, you would lay down on the ground and lick the old gum, slurping from puddles, eating other people's fudge brownies, and sucking on anything metal. Gross! We ended the night with you falling asleep on the Winnie the Pooh ride and was knocked out for the rest of the night.
• The next day was suppose to be a rest day, but the weather was good and Friday was suppose to be crazy, so we decided to go for it and go to California Adventures. We got there early and went straight to Cars Land. There were more rides that you were not tall enough, so Dad and I took taking you around getting your photo taken with the different characters while the other took the big kids on ride. Again, you were so happy even though this was the third day in a row where you only got one short nap.
• On Friday, we had a late check out from the hotel so we spent five hours at the pool. You were able to finally get a good nap in while the big kids were swimming. When you woke up, you joined them by the pool. They had a pirate ship with slide and splash pad. It would normally fill a whole day, but we decided that we had time to squeeze in a quick beach time. We drove to Huntington Beach and spent the evening building sand castles, jumping in the waves, having a sand fight with dad, and bury your body. Again, you flopped down on your belly, rolling around in the sand. Since we weren't planning on coming, we weren't prepared with towels or anything, but you guys were good sports. We headed over to Aunt Sandy and Uncle Birch's house that night. 
• Saturday was a bit more relaxed. In the morning, you were able to take another nap. Once you woke up, we picked up lunch and went to visit Grandma Peggy. It was nice to see her. You were pretty tired at that point, so it was a bit harder to keep you happy and not get into whatever mystery items were under her bed. We came back to Birch's where we went swimming in their pool and you met a few of your second cousins. We left Sunday, stopped at Emily and Joey's for dinner and to pick up Mowgli.