Sorry to be MIA for so long! Wow - I didn't realize Thanksgiving was my last post. Like everyone else, Dec. was a crazy month between Christmas and a super busy work schedule to wrap up 2009. Then we started January on the run. I have been traveling since Jan. 5 and Todd and Beau have had lots of bonding time. Todd is such a great Daddy. He did a wonderful job holding down the fort and made me feel like everything was perfect while I was away. This was my first extended time away from Beau. I sure missed him!

He is such a little ham. I bet we say, "He's a MESS!" a hundred times a day. He keeps us in stitches with all his funny antics. He has really developed his own little personality and I LOVE it! All boy he is, though. I'm thinking the rule "no balls in the house" is coming sooner rather than later. Throwing a ball is Beau's favorite pastime, especially if Barkley is around to catch it. And I have to say, Beau is pretty good at it for 16 months old! I'm sure you can imagine that he gets lots of encouragement to practice from his daddy.

So here's a quick update on Beau:

Still has 8 teeth - no 1 yr. old molars have appeared yet, but that's not holding him back from eating anything. He's still a great eater, although some meals are a bit rushed. It's just so hard to stop playing and take time to eat. When he doesn't want a particular food or is finished eating, he so kindly tells me by throwing his food in the floor. This is a constant battle which Todd and I have brought upon ourselves by "sharing" our leftovers with Barkley. Further proof that Beau has soaked up everything we have done for the last 16 months like a sponge.


Can say lots of words now - dada, mama, duck, quack, dog, barkley (sort of, still doesn't really sound like Barkley), more, naynay (for nee nee), Teesee, no no no (complete with a finger point - I have no idea where he got that :), yea (accompanied by a big grin and head shake) and he mimics just about anything. Phrases he says fairly clear include who's that?, what's that?, I did it!, I want that.

Beau LOVES to dance. He got an MP3 player made for toddlers for Christmas and we have all enjoyed it so much. It came with songs on it that are great for kids, but also for adults. He turns it on all the time, and it's dance party at the Barnes' house. He's got the head bob down pat. He was even bobbing to the choir in church this morning. Beau dancing is the cutest thing I have ever seen.


Here are a few pictures. My camera crashed the day before Christmas, so all the holiday pics are on Mom's camera. Hopefully, now that we are finished traveling for awhile, I can get those from her. Maybe by Valentine's Day I'll get Christmas pictures posted. :)

First snow

My good looking guys!


See the orneriness?

Barkley still thinks he is small enough to fit in Whitney's lap. Beau didn't want to be left out!

His outfit says, "Feed Me." So appropriate for this pic!

P.S. Beau did get his first haircut the Friday before Christmas, compliments of his dad. I had nothing to do with it and didn't know about it until it was done. Yes, I let Todd live....barely. I can talk about it now, but I'm still not laughing. People tell me I will look back and laugh about it....perhaps I will by the time Beau is 30. Anyway, I miss his curls, but I still think he's precious!