A quick update!

Nothing too exciting going on right now but had to keep this thing updated so...

There are so many new things that Canaan is doing! I can't believe the things he does sometimes, he amazes me. Like yesterday, his Dada was showing him a book & Canaan pointed to the chicken and said "chee-ken". It was so darn cute! He then proceeded to talk like a chicken. He is just so smart, he climbs up on everything too. I came in the computer room the other day and there he was, sitting in the chair at the computer;)

He is starting to try to help me clean things up too, like if he spills water on the floor, he tries to wipe it up! As we all know, I am part maid and I get enjoyment out of cleaning and organizing so I am trying my best NOT to put that on Canaan. I'm just trying to teach him that cleaning up after ourselves is something that we should all do;)
Let's see, we have been at the barn a lot lately doing riding lessons & Canaan is getting his time on the ponies! He is getting a little more confident & tries to hold the reins. He even touches the horse now! Ha ha, he wouldn't at first.

His little hand is healing well & it's almost to the point where I shouldn't have to wrap it up all day. Although, he likes the wrap, it makes him feel better for some reason:) Canaan & I have got to spend a lot of time with our dear friends Jess & Ava lately. Ava & Canaan are the same age, just 1 week a part exactly. Both born on Thursdays early in the am! They have such a great time playing & I hope that they grow up to be the best of friends. Ava's momma, Jessica, is like the sweetest lady ever! I'm very lucky to have her as a friend. She helps me out whenever I need her to. Just the other day, she watched Canaan so I could go do one of our sign routes. Nice to have friends like that! We went to the the water park last week and walked the lazy river & tried to keep teaching the babies how to swim! He & Ava even went down a little kids slide in the kids area! All by themselves too! It was pretty big, one of those tube kind and they went down like little rockets and went under water & everything! Yay for babies that try things, even if it's a little scary;)

Eating his big boy sandwich at the Water Park!

Ava & Canaan Luke playing at the house after swimming

I guess I should change the title of this post to A Long Update! I just wanted to get it all in this one! On a happy note, Canaan is drinking his milk from other types of cups now. He was super picky about which cup milk should come out of. I still give him the 1 bottle at night, but that's more for my pleasure;) He is in love with his "pap", paci, but it's not aloud to leave to crib! Just night time and naps, but that's about to change! The "pap" is going bye bye at 1 1/2 yrs old. Guess that is all for now, sorry it's all kinda random!
Oh & a BIG thanks to Tara, my lovely cousin, for creating this blog for me. I love it, thanks!

Big Boo Boo!

Canaan Luke had his first trip to the ER yesterday evening:( Justin had brought the 4 wheeler home for he and Canaan to ride because Canaan thinks it is possibly the BEST toy ever! But, it's NOT a toy & he thought it was. They had just ridden it back behind the house & brought it back up in the garage so the exhaust pipe on the back was extremely HOT! I was watering plants right outside the garage and Justin was dumping out the trash can when we turned around to see Canaan crying with his hands out in front of him. It was horrible, I never knew how sad I would be when my baby hurt himself like that. He just reached up and grabbed the pipe and it gave him 2nd degree burns on his hand. Got both hands but one is ok. So, I know accidents happen & you can't watch them 24/7 but we should have known...I just feel so bad for him. Normally I watch him like a hawk in the garage but all it took was a couple seconds of NOT looking.

The ER staff was so great! They got us back pretty quick & got him all fixed up in no time. He just has to wear the bandage around his hand for about a week and 1/2 or so. They gave him all sorts of stuff too, like applesauce & pudding! Yummm, he liked that! So, that was our baby's first ER visit at 16 months...he takes after his Daddy;)

Swimming Lessons

Today was the first day of swim lesson for Canaan! He was suppose to start yesterday, but due to having Roseola last week, we had to start a little late. Let's just say he was excited at first and he quickly lost interest of the pool and boy did he voice his opinion! Little man was pretty upset because I wouldn't let him get out of the pool. I finally caved because I felt bad for the others in the class that had to listen to this little fit:( I let him out on the side of the pool and he went and got his Gamamma's keys and headed for the door saying "bye bye". Oh, the joy of our babies:) Ha ha...what he doesn't know is that he is going back for 6 more days of this!

Testing the water!

Canaan and his friend Ava!And finally one is the pool!

I really hope we have better luck tomorrow!

Little Roper in the makin'!

Well, I don't guess he has much of a choice but he seems to like the horses so far! He calls them "Hahh". Which also sounds much like what he calls a hat. But WE know what he is sayin':) After I gave my lessons Saturday, I let my little cowboy ride a little while. He seemed quite pleased with himself and the horse...that was untill Streaker shook. Horses will shake sometimes and it takes ya by surprise! So, the ride was cut short but overall a good experience for our future roper! Justin just looks at me & shakes his head when I say that:)

So, what else would a little cowboy want on a hot Texas day? A snowcone of course! So Canaan & I went to the BEST snowcone stand around...I say that because my best friend owns it;) This was his very 1st snowcone. I know I know, I don't let him have many sweets, but I figured he needed one! Don't think he liked it at first because he spit it out, but after testing it a few more times, he ate 4 or 5 bites.

One last thing, I forgot to mention the night before, he ate Miracle Grow potting soil! Woops! Justin and I were outside planting some things in new pots and I was using that little shovel thing. I sat it down and Canaan went right for it as usual. I figured he would just try and dig with it but nooo, why dig when you can eat? He scraped off what dirt was left on the shovel and just shoved it in his little mouth. He didn't eat much but I had to call poison control to confirm he was going to be OK. They said to just water him and he'd be fine. Think he grew a little too! Little stinker:) And yes, he even said "cheesh" and gave a big smile to have his picture takin of the leftovers.