Happy Birthday Rodney!

Yes, I started this post 3.5 months ago. Don't judge. ;) Here it is for the record.

Rodney is two as of Wednesday. We celebrated it by going to the stock show with Grandma and Grandpa Frieson. Rodney had so much fun and I think we have a tradition. We went on Tuesday which was half the price of going on the weekend and well worth the admission. We were napless since we went at 1 and he did great! We saw an event with cutting horses trying to get three specific calves into a pen on the other side of the arena. Rodney called everything a cow. I think that is his favorite word at the moment. He loved all the animals. We saw lots: horses, ponies, cows, sheep, goats (lots of different kinds), pigs, chickens, bunny rabbits, and llamas. There was so much to look at we were there for 4.5 hours and we still didn't see it all. Rodney would have spent all day watching the cows being chased by horses and climbing up and down all the stairs in the arena. But, he was also very entertained in the petting zoo. He was quite weary at first but warmed up after a few minutes. I had a hard time getting him to leave the gross peed on hay on the ground. He thought it was fun to pick it up. ICK! We promptly used the hand sanitizer and later washed his hands with plenty of soap. Grandpa really wanted to take Rodney to Chuck-e-Cheese for his birthday dinner but Rodney was so worn out he fell asleep in the car so we chose somewhere else to go. We'll go another day. Can't say Mark and I were too disappointed we had Texas Roadhouse for dinner instead of Chuck-e's pizza. Wednesday we didn't do too much but we did get Rodney his Birthday present. We went to the pet store and got his first pet. A fish! Mark promptly helped his choose a name. Hemi. Boys... haha. Rodney was being taken to his room for bed last night and had to say goodnight to his fish. We got him a beta since they are lowest maintenance.



Rodney's personality is so fun to see bloom! He is such a ham. He is all about being the center of attention. He has the best balance. He can jump off of steps and other similar things and land on his feet most of the time. He can climb most anything (if I let him). He loves climbing up to the top bunk at his friends Rowan and Kierans house. He loves to stack blocks and can stake 8 high without knocking it over. He LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. His favorite thing to watch on TV. We have a few episodes on Marks phone and he wants to watch them constantly. They came in very handy on our trip to Utah, but it's also a pain to hear him ask for Kiky all the time. He sure is a talker and I don't even know how many words he says. He will try to say anything we ask him to. Too cute! My favorite thing he does is when I say I love you he will say it back. If you whisper he will too. We also can growl it and he growls it back.

Ouch, Mom, Dad, Mama, Grandpa, please, thanks, ginky (binky), fish, cow, choo choo, gilk(milk), kiky (mickey), let's go!, Bye, more, truck, bubbles, dog, cat, wash, and a few more I can't remember right now.