Mom and I have been having a great time in our last few days together.  She returns to work Monday, ughh, can you believe it?  What a fast summer!  We have done so much together.  Mom thinks it is going to be harder to leave me now than last year, since I’m so much fun and can actually say goodbye to her. 

One of the biggest milestones we’ve had in my interest in the potty.  Though I’m faaaaaar from trained, I’ve shown a lot of interest in, and have gone at least 2x/day since 7/29, I’m on my way! 🙂

I’ve spent a lot of time in my whale pool this summer, here are a few pictures from yesterday.  There is cool fountain made by the whale’s blowhole, I love playing in that thing!  In some of the pictures I am telling Dad “more” so he’ll turn the fountain higher.  How smart am I?  I even wanted to go on the big-kid teeter on my swing, I did pretty well if I do say so myself.  Also included, my crying face when we had to go inside, I am definitely an outside kind of guy.

We’re also throwing in some pictures of this huge buck we saw in our backyard, Dad is guessing at least a 10 pointer.

Thanks to everyone who made this such a remarkable summer!

Today Mom had to go back to work for in-services so it is just Dad and I hanging out.  I forgot how much fun Dad is when it is just us boys!  So far today, we’ve read several books, played my flashcards on the iPad, played with my truck, but I’ve mostly have been playing with my new tube.  Mom and Dad got me this new inflatable tube that is so big that I can walk through it!   It’s so big that even Dad can fit in it!  I also made some silly faces that you’ll see.

I hope you’re having a great day at your in-services Mom!  I’ll see you soon!

We arrived back home today after leaving Grandma at 4:30am.  I did a much better job traveling this time around.  I fed Roxy several times, ran around some rest areas, and even took two 1.25hr naps!  Mom was proud of me!  I had such an amazing time in Florida!  Grandma is perhaps the one person that can take me from my mom and I’ll be okay.  We had such a fun time playing and exploring.  I got to see Uncle Jesse, Rhonda, Mal, and Pap too. 

Mom said she learned everything she knows about how to be a mom from grandma and mom said she has a lot to live up to.  Grandma has helped mom so many times with her silly questions and concerns and told me that grandma sacrificed a lot and she hopes she can be like the great mom she had.  I can’t wait until I see her again! 🙂

I LOOOOOOOOOOVE the beach! I had such an amazing time when Grandma took me to the beach on 7/21/2010. It is called Paradise Beach and boy was it! I enjoyed going in and out of the water, I laughed and laughed as the water splashed around me. I DID NOT like when mom made me hold her hand when we walked out, Grandma let me be a little more free. I also played in the sand, but it didn’t match the fun of the water. We flew a kite too! I’m definitely going to have to come back to this place! 🙂

Canton is becoming quite the animal lover!  Enjoy this clip of Canton on 7/19/2010 feeding giraffes at the Brevard Zoo!

Feeding Giraffes from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

On July 19 we headed to the Brevard Zoo.  I had an AMAZING time.  It was a beautiful day, hardly any people around, and lots of shade!  I saw so many neat animals and I was able to get so close to them!  I rode a train around the park and got to see rhinos, a cheetah, monkeys, but the giraffes were by far the best part!  Can you believe that I did something with animals again that mom was afarid to do?!  I fed the giraffes!!  I was sooo brave and got a huge kick out of feeding these graceful animals.  Melvin, my favorite giraffe, let me feed him several times.  I stayed over four hours at the zoo and only got fussy a few times.  Grandma was proud of how I stayed interested in all that was going on.  As soon as we got in the car I conked out and took a 2.5 hour nap!!  That’s pretty huge for me!  Mom and Dad might need to bring me here more often!

On July 15 we started our journey to visit Grandma in the Sunshine State.  I sure didn’t like the car ride to FL. We had to make many many stops, but mom and dad we’re okay with that, especially after they got some super cute pictures of me posing at the Georgia sign.

And here I am playing in the driver seat to stretch out my legs…

In just a few days Canton has learned to sign ‘please’ and ‘more’, he’s definitely learning to communicate more! 🙂

Here’s Your Sign from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

I had a great long weekend visiting family and enjoying some outside time. I traveled down to Great Falls to see Mal and Pap and wander around their neighborhood, I even got to ride in a golf cart! I had a great time with Grandma and Grandpap. They took me around outside, showed me how to water the garden, and took me to the fireworks. Mom said there is no greater viewpoint than watching fireworks through her big man’s eyes (the 27.5 seconds I watched them that is). I mostly ran through the field and turned when I heard an extra-loud band, look out next year though I’ll be right there instead of a few miles away.

Canton is loving swimming, with the exception of being on his back–he’s just not in control during that stroke. Enjoy!

Swimming! from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.