Summer Fun

Axel and Daddy are getting lots of quality time in as Axel has a two week vacation from day care and daddy is on his 6 week sabbatical from work. He gets his 10 year award this Friday....go daddy!! It is truly amazing at how close the two of them have become over the past 10 days. Axel loves to do imitate daddy and take daddy everywhere he wants to go. It is really cute to see them playing together. The only bummer thing is that daddy didn't take any photos, although he did get a good video of Axel playing with his little soccer ball.

We were finally able to buy Axel a little pool. It only took three trips to the store for it to be in stock! Of course, Axel loved playing in his little pool. he spent an hour + this morning in it and was bummed to have to get out to eat lunch. The good thing was he ate more at lunch then he normally does. Who knew sitting in water burns more calories :) Next week Axel is going to go in a real pool at a friends house. We are super excited to see how he likes the big pool so check back next week for more photos.


We also picked up bubbles during our shopping trip. We were all a little bummed that magic bubbles did not work like "magic". Axel's new favorite word is bubble so when he actually got to see us make bubbles he was really excited. However, his excitement quickly turned to frustration as both mommy and daddy had trouble making bubbles.


Axel's vocabulary continues to grow. My two favorite saying are "Breakfast time" and "bath time". He does such a great job of saying it back to us, but let me warn you all "BATH TIME" has become a key word like "WALK" for the dog. You cannot say it without major excitement followed by crying or barking :). Axel will grab our finger and practically run to the bath tub. He then turns the water on and throws his toys in as he waits for me to undress him. So when it is not "bath time" he gets a bit frustrated when I don't remove his clothes for him to jump in.

When Axel is hungry he does the same thing by grabbing our finger and walking us to his high chair. He then says "up" and waits for us to feed him. It is amazing at how quickly his brain is developing now.

Today Axel tried an orange for the first time. He did appear to like it so hopefully it will stay that way. His taste buds appear to be ever changing like his wonderful moods from crying to laughing...oh the joys of being 1 years old.

Ok, the little guy just woke from his nap. Have a great week!