Wii Bowling

Ade really likes playing "Tendo" with his Dad. He is actually VERY good at Wii Golf, considering he's only 2 and a half. He regularly hits bogeys and double bogeys with the occasional par thrown in. It's a lot of fun.

This video shows him playing Wii Bowling..."Let Go!"

Peace.

1...2...3...4...5...

I almost forgot...








Ade counts alot...he's been doing it for a while. He easily counts up to 5 to number different objects, it takes longer to get his fingers to contort into the "shape" of the numbers, but as you can see from the photos, he does that too.

Upon request he can go as high 10...no problem. He even started at 6 and made it up to 15 once. His math-teacher dad was pretty proud.

Peace.

What happened to September and October?

Ade with his cousins. L to R: Nathan, Ade and Hannah.

Goodness, I don't know what's taken me so long to get back on here and write something down. The longer I wait, the less I know what to write.

Ade's personality continues to make itself known. He is an amazing little person. Quite serious one minute, then raucous and silly the next. Always energetic and curious.

He speeks more and more words, more and more clearly all the time. What word was it that caught me off guard the other day? Oh yeah, he said "either." I told him I didn't like something, he said "Me either" with a serious look on his face. I couldn't help but laugh. Oh yeah, it's been so long since I posted I forgot about the defining word of the past five or six weeks:

"WHY?"

Everything is "why?"

Dad: "Let's get our pajamas on buddy."
Ade: "Why?"
Dad: "Because its almost bed time."
Ade: "Why?"
Dad: "It's dark outside and its getting late, so it's time for you to go to bed."
Ade: "Why?"
Dad: "You've had a busy day, and your body needs to recharge."
Ade: "Recharge? Why?"
...You get the picture.

It can be exasparating but it really is fascinating to see the wheels turning in his mind. I'm trying hard not to let it be frustrating so it doesn't become a game. Initially Ade used the word "Why" in place of because, i.e. "Ade, why did you do that." Ade: "Why I'm hungry." His appropriate use of the word "why" was quickly followed by using the word "cuz." Go figure.

Just a couple guys being silly:



What else have we done in the past, say, 2 months? ALOT!

Played baseball in our underwear:


Patterson Family got together because Uncle Mike was being honored as distinguished alumni of the year at Corban College. Ade cooperated for the picture...


Hung out with the cousins:


Oregon Coast Aquarium:



Pumpkin patch with cousins Hannah and Nathan:




Put our pajamas on by ourselves (kinda):


Went trick-or-treating with Aunt Carissa:


That's enough for now, I'll try to post more often in the future.

Peace.

Summer's fun, but it's almost over.

Some of you might be wondering how potty training is going, or went, or whatever. So way back when, you'll see a post called "Our first no diaper day." That was a historic event, but it didn't really precede a series of no diaper days. In fact, it went well for a little while then a series of unfortunate events caused Ade to have a great fear of using the toilet. So, he went back to diapers for a while. He went back to diapers until about August. Recently we've been back at the training game, and he's been doing much better. He only wears a diaper at night now, and he frequently wakes up in the morning dry. He wears elmo underwear at nap time and he hasn't had an accident then, yet. It's been a few weeks and he's doing great!

Here's a couple shots from the state fair a weekend ago or so, the weather was great and everybody had an awesome time!

Scorching heat and 88th birthdays

It's been HOT.
Okay, not quite that hot, but over 100 degrees the past couple of days. The three of us (Ade, his Mommy and Daddy) have been trying to keep cool anyway we can. We've been visiting Grammy and Grampy P. who have a shady air conditioned house, and Oma and Opa where we play in the water. What happens when a two year old plays in the water? Say "goodbye pants" and jump in!




Today, Aug. 18th, was much cooler and it actually rained. Thank God. Also, today is Grandpa Ernie's 88th birthday. Everybody met over at his place for a little birthday party. Ade had fun eating cake, and singing "Happy Birthday" to "Papa Onie" as Ade calls him.

Where to start?

How long has it been?...More than a month!?!? So, where shall a delinquent blogger begin?

The last real update has been months and months, so here's the run-down. Ade is now 2 years and 2 months old. His vocabulary expands daily as does his ability to pronounce words clearly. For example: for many moons Ade's "Thank you" consisted of the correct sign language gesture and the word "ehbu". Recently that has morphed into a very clear "tank you"...he'll find that missing H eventually. It's remarkable how fast he learns, and how curious he is. He is such a blessing.

What about the "BBB"? He's in a full-fledged big-boy-bed now. Ever since we moved to South Salem (more on that later), he sleeps in a twin bed. Very exciting. He still has the nasty habit of getting up in the middle of the night to join his mom and dad in their bedroom, but we're working on that.

South Salem is now where we make our residence, since late May. The far-too-frequent commute to Salem finally did us in. We now live just a short jaunt from Ade's Oma and Oma H., his Great Grandma and Grandpa P., and his Great Grandpa Ernie (Ade's middle-name-sake). Here's a pic of a recent visit with "Nana" W. and GG Ernie:



Ade has done all sorts of fun things that you may not have heard about because of Adam'sDaddy's long silence. Here's a brief run down:

The Portland Zoo:





This was our "Let's start Dad's summer-vacation celebratory trip." The weather was great, and we got to see lots of animals.

Silver Creek Falls:

We took several 5-8 mile hikes around the falls area as a family.

Thomas the Tank Engine:




Oma and Opa took Ade to see Thomas. Ade fell asleep on the train-ride.

Camping at Cove Pallisades State Park:


It was HOT and dusty, and Ade won't take a shower so we had to get creative with bath-time.

Ade Like's Ice-Cream:

But then who doesn't?

After the fun family camping trip above, Adam'sDaddy took a goldmining trip down to southern Oregon with Uncle Alex. They had a fun time dredging for the yellow stuff until a boulder fell and rolled over Adam'sDaddy's left foot, then pinned his right foot, trapping him underwater. Luckily, Uncle Alex was able to move the boulder enough to get his foot out, and take Daddy to the hospital, where he was told he broke four bones in his left foot, and would have to have surgery to relieve the swelling in his left foot. Ade got to spend several nights at Nana W's house while Daddy recuperated in the Grant's Pass hospital. Everybody's back home and Daddy's foot is healing fine now.

Ta-Ta until next time, hopefully less than a month from now ;)

Finally, three months later a disappointing update

Hi again readers. Sorry for the enormous delay in updating this blog. It certainly isn't because nothing notable has transpired. What caused the layoff? I'm not sure exactly, it started with the death of Ade's great-uncle (Ade's Grandpa Williams' brother) Dan Williams. This caused a brief interruption in Adam's Daddy's routine, and apparently I never recovered.

What all has happened? I can't list everything. One big thing, we've moved from Stayton to South Salem, much closer to Ade's grandparents. We just returned from a camping trip to The Cove Palisades state park in central Oregon.

I'll update more later, with perhaps about a million pictures.

Goodnight.