Though I battled a cold most of the trip I enjoyed my second Thanksgiving. I LOVED the green beans, of course, but also ate up the stuffing and brocolli casserole. I still do not like to ride in the car, we had to stop and give me a break about two hours in.

I definitely added to my growing list of vocabulary and christened several relatives with some names. His name started out as “Bobby”, but Dad’s dad is now “Poppy” and Grandma’s mom is “G.G.” I also said “Beth”. I learned to say “yellow” and “gobble” too, video coming soon!

Mom, Dad, and I enjoyed what will probably be the last weekend we can be outside with light jackets. I had a great time climbing, running, swinging, and sliding.

I’m also having a vocabulary explosion! This weekend I learned to say yellow, black, orange, brown, badge (I love to play with mom and dad’s school badges), elbow, knee, clock, and probably some others they are forgetting about. I’m growing up soooo fast! At my check-up I was 28.4 lbs, 32.5 in, and still a huge head (but I’ve gone from the 99th percentaile to 70, so I’m moving in the right direction).

Mom, Dad, and I had a great time enjoying the beautiful weather! Can you believe I’m a year and a half? I have my check-up on Friday, so we’ll have measurements then.

New this week: I can say ball and baby, I can now also identify the letter B!

I can totally identify the letter “A”, here’s the proof! Add “apple” and “Abby” (my little girlfriend at daycare) to my growing list of vocab! Also new this weekend: moon and star! Working on B!

A is for… from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

I’ve learned to say “Ipad” and to cast in my fishing game! I’ve also learned to identify the letter “A” from doing “A” crafts/reading with mommy and using an Ipad app (we’re working on that video, I just wasn’t much into that this morning).

I Heart My IPAD from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

I decided I would dress up as my favorite thing for Halloween: the IPAD! Easy and free, great costume! We went to visit a few people. I got to see my girl Jessica again. It took me a while to warm up, but I gave her plently of kisses when we left! Dr. Petrie gave me a HUGE candy bar (Dad will definitley enjoy it). All and all a fun night! 🙂

About 5 minutes of Canton not enjoying his pumpkin carving…

Pumpkin Carving from Mike Murphy on Vimeo.

Mom, Dad, and I had a fun day! We visited Virginia Tech because Dad wanted to watch some wrestling. On our way inside I got to meet the Hokie Bird! How exciting! He even gave me five, but boy did he stink! Then I hung out around campus, we checked out the football stadium where I’ll soon be playing, and we got some yummy lunch and I had a smoothie!

Later that day we carved our pumpkin! Mom kind of predicted that I wouldn’t take to it too much since I don’t like to get my hands dirty. I didn’t cry or anything, I just wasn’t really having any of it. We’ll put a video up later.

Tomorrow is Halloween! Make sure to visit later to check out my AWESOME costume! In case you forgot how cute I was last year make sure you check it out!

Grandmom and Grandpap came down to visit me this weekend! We had a nice time playing outside enjoying the warm weather! I also played a fishing game on the IPAD with Grandpap, since Dad hates fishing so much, we had fun.

I’m getting so good at saying “jacket” I can also say “bat” now! Mom asks me where the turkey is (the one we drew together which is hanging in the dining room) I’ll point at it and then say “bat” and point to my bat that is on the fridge! I can also say “Alan” now, who is Dad’s friend that is helping with our basement. I get really excited when I hear noises from the basement and I’ll yell “Alan Alan”. He’s so nice, he let’s me play with his tape measure, it is super fun!

I also have a new app on the IPAD that sings the ABCs, it is pretty much the greatest thing in the world. I’ve been singing with ABCs a lot with mom, I’ll scream “A, A, AAAAAAAAAAAAAA” and slap my knees to let her know I’m ready to sing again! We hit our legs to the beat while we sing, it is super fun!

We head to Charlotte again on Friday for another appointment, hopefully not too many more to go.

Yesterday I had a few friends over, we had a nice time playing outside and running around. We also have a few leftover pictures from when Aunt Becky was here, I squished my first caterpillar accidentally! Thanks for the lesson Aunt B!

Mom, Dad, and I headed to Sinkland Farms today to get a pumpkin! I had a great time looking at animals, listening to music, jumping off hay bales, and searching for the perfect pumpkin. I loved the baby pumpkins and picked out tons to hand to Dad, but Mom said I could only have four. So, we got four baby ones. It was a beautiful day just to be outside and have family time. I am also almost saying JACKET, I’ve picked this one up really quickly because it means we are going outside!

Tomorrow at day care we are going to Mrs. Greenwood’s farm and I’ll get a BIG pumpking for carving!