24 Months

Seth at 2 years:

Length: 36 inches (90%)

Weight: 27 pounds (10%)

Recent words added to his vocabulary: Elmo, Bye, Cup, Dig, Dirt, Couple, Two, Choo-choo, Caillou, Door, Home, Hi, Pop, Car. (There may be others but that is all I can think of right now)

He currently LOVES bubbles and to play outside. He likes to slide down his sliding board but isn't too fond of swinging. Seth also LOVES to water the flowers/plants and is a good helper at doing so. He enjoys playing with his cars, building towers, flying the helicopter, coloring, hitting his golf balls outside and hammering/fixing things at his new workbench.

2nd Birthday

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY SETH!
2nd Birthday

1st Birthday

Birth- May 12, 2008

Seth's 2nd Birthday Party!

On Mother's Day we celebrated Seth's 2nd Birthday! His party was held at Pappy & Grammy Mellert's house. We had a nice time and Seth enjoyed licking the icing off the bottom of Thomas the Train as you will see in one of the photos! He has played with many of his new toys already and we've read some of his new books. He particularly likes his camera, golf clubs, car, and loves the reese's peanut butter cups his Aunt & Uncle gave him.

We're not in the Friendly Midwest anymore...

Yesterday I decided to ride my sweet Huffy 10-speed bicycle to work. You know, it's a fun way to get a little exercise and save some money too. Anyway, on the way home I was really having trouble getting up to speed. Just as I was begining to question my manhood, I noticed my back tire was flat. So, I called my awesome wife Tiff, and she jumped in the van to come pick me up. I was still about 10 miles away at this point, so I started walking along the road while watching for Tiff to come from the other direction. It's a very busy road during rush-hour, with lots of traffic in both directions. As I'm walking, pushing my bike, literally hundreds of cars are passing by, none of them slowing down or even moving over to give me a little room. I couldn't help but think of the time I ran out of gas halfway between Slater and Ames, and all three of the cars that came along stopped and asked if I needed help. That's right, all three of the three total cars that were on the road stopped. Much nicer than the 0 for 542 that I scored here. Welcome to Pennsylvania!!

Expensive Taste

Last Tuesday as I was getting Seth ready for bed our ordinary routine quickly became eventful. I had taken off my rings and placed them next to me on the floor because I was going to put lotion on Seth (I don't like to get lotion all over my rings) Anyway, before I knew it I looked up and Seth was putting my engagement ring in his mouth. I went to fish it out of his mouth only to discover it wasn't there. I looked around real quick and then went to get Ted. We looked around but I decided that he definitely swallowed it. There was no choking, coughing, or other odd behavior. Ted spoke to the doctor who wasn't too concerned and just asked if Seth could talk ok and wasn't coughing or choking. The doctor then said that it could take 3-4 days and up to a week for the ring to reappear but if we wanted to come in for an x-ray we could. We decided to wait on getting an x-ray as Seth acted fine and just like himself. So, the search began and I will say I was never happier to have to change a poopy diaper! Although, the searching through the diaper was stomach churning as you can imagine. My ring made its grand entrance on Saturday morning and we made our phone calls to all who were waiting to hear. Oh my what an experience this was for me. It was scary, embarrassing and funny all at the same time. We are sooooo thankful that all turned out well and Seth is fine and we didn't have to take him for an x-ray.