life as we know it

McCoy has such a fun and adorable personality. We discover something new about his capabilities every day.There are some days when we discover a lot of things and some days we just get to enjoy being parents. Trevor seems to always have the camera at the right time and the right place. He's a much better photographer than I am and I have to share these adorable pictures and videos with you. 

One of these things that I've starting to figure out about McCoy is that he either loves something, or he hates it. Gladly I would like to say that he loves more things than he hates. 

One of these things that he LOVES is the bath. He has always loved the bath and his excitement towards it has been growing ever since he was born. In fact, every time we get him undressed and start up the water for the bath, he gets so excited he can't contain it and ends up whizzing everywhere! I'm talking everywhere. Then he continues to stomp his feet in excitement because he thinks it's the water that he's about to play in but instead, it's the pee that I have to "409" off everything it splashes. These pictures show this extreme love for the water. Of course, he starts off just interested by the water and bubbles....but just wait until you see the results of his excitement.

Look at those waives in the bath...this boy has got some energy if i do say so myself. 

See what I told you. He's crazy in the water. 


Another thing that McCoy seems to LOVE lately is this little Portuguese book. I recently posted on this book and just to show a little more appreciation for this constant entertainment, here are a few more photos....oh and he's getting better too because now he can walk and read at the same time :) 

McCoy also has a passion for balls. Trevor is a very proud father and he loves to say that McCoy is going to grow up to be an amazing athlete. After church one Sunday, Trevor was supposed to be putting him to sleep (hence the binki) but instead wanted to see if he could shoot his big green ball into the trash can that is supposed to hold his diapers. It's actually pretty cute. Check it out. (Link Below)  
Shootin' Hoops

We got this squishy ball as a gift from an in-law when McCoy was a lot smaller. He's always enjoyed playing with it but has recently found a certain love for wrestling it. I couldn't help but to take pictures of it because he was getting so enthusiastic about making sure that ball knew who was boss. 

"Alright, you squishy ball, I'm gonna show you who's boss!"

"Take that!"

"Oh, Shoot, he's getting away..."

"I don't know if my legs will reach him either..."

"Aahha...I've got you now, you'll never escape! muahhh"

"Phew, I'm glad that's over"

After this attack on the poor innocent ball, McCoy decided to attack me...All I could seem to catch as evidence on the camera was his silly faces. Check some of these out, they're pretty intense. I don't even think I could make some of these funny faces even if I tried. 

Ok, they're not so much as funny but just really cute! 

February Happenings

Happy February to all! I know it's been a while since an official post has been seen by our viewers. So here we go....it's going to be a long one and hopefully we can be better about updating our blog life. 

McCoy has been developing so quickly lately. I just can't believe some of the things we discover about him every day. He's starting to copy us more and more. His favorite thing to say is..."caarr" and we pretty sure he knows what it is. We're proud of him and we've decided that's his official first word. 

McCoy is a true blue boy. He loves more than anything to throw balls and whack sticks around all day. He's got a pretty good arm, thanks to dad teaching how "real boys" throw balls. We've been working with him to show that he can only throw balls or objects when there's no one in the way...kind of hard to teach a 14 month old, but we're hoping he'll learn eventually. 

McCoy loves the treats that dad shares with him. This time he was lucky enough to get a sip of his milk shake...ok, it ended up being more like a gulp but McCoy still LOVED it! 

The next treat dad gave him was a yummy "slow-melt" Popsicle. This, McCoy loves as well.

McCoy has been a lot more active lately. I know, you're thinking, "what? This kid can be more active than he already is?" and the answer is, YES!! He plays by himself and does a good job of staying out of trouble, most of the time. We love that he's totally becoming the little boy we've always wanted.  


Here's a movie of McCoy dancing with me to the song, "Once there was a snow man." It's so  cute when McCoy moves his little hips and whips his head back and forth to a beat. (Link Below) 


Snowman Song
(PS. My voice is so amazing, I think I should try out for American Idol. What do you think?) 


A few weeks ago, I took McCoy to the pet store and HE LOVED IT! It was so much fun to see him react to each kind of animal there. He loved the bunnies that he could touch too! He was so cute and fascinated with each new discovery. 

This lizard thing jumped out at us. It scared the pants off me but McCoy just laughed and loved him

Although McCoy is a very active little toddler, he still loves to sit down and enjoy a good book. We caught him on tape flipping through what most people would considering a very boring "book." McCoy seemed to like the "Portuguese/English Dictionary." Watch as he talks to tell us what's he's learned. It sounds just like Portuguese, lots of "g's." (Link Below)

Smart little Boy

As well as reading, McCoy has picked up an interest for watching "Baby Einstein." It's the only thing McCoy will sit and watch. I feel like because of this amazing DVD, McCoy has learned to sit some-what still. Last week, McCoy sat through an entire sacrament meeting ,in the chapel and not the foyer, without having to take a break to the drinking fountain or cultural hall to run around. Check out his skills of sitting still. (link below) 

Baby Einstein

Look at this cheeser! This is what McCoy does when he "smiles for the camera" 

A few days ago, we got a random snow storm. We ended up with about 8 in. of snow. McCoy doesn't get out much now that it's cold outside, so we bundled up and headed out. HE LOVED IT!!!!! We were out there for hours and he loved to wear his gloves, surprisingly. Every time one of his gloves would fall off, he would come running over carrying it and holding it up for me to put it back on. He even straightened his hand and aimed for the opening of the glove to help. SO CUTE!! I took a few videos, check them out. 

Snow Boy

He's On A Mission

In this last video, McCoy is so convinced that walking in the snow is the only way to go on his way. He walks pretty well on this little strip of snow left from the tracks of the tires in the parking lot. It brought a smile to my face. 

Snow Adventure

McCoy has been doing this thing lately with his bottom lip. He puffs it out like he's pouting and it is usually followed by putting his head down as if he's being shy. I don't know where he picked up on it but we've been trying to get it on film to show you just how cute it is. Trev finally got it so I have to share. (Link below) 


Puppy Lip

One last video. Sundays are the only day of the week that we get to spend the whole day together as a family. This morning we woke up, ate a yummy eggs, bacon and pancake breakfast and then spent the rest of the morning before McCoy's first nap, playing together and having fun. We found these little socks from when he was younger. He used to play with the little characters on them but we put them on his feet to see what he would do. He couldn't get enough of them. He walked around almost in a march making sure they made as much noise as possible. We couldn't help but to laugh and enjoy watching him be the cutest little boy. (Link Below) 


Noisy Socks

(You'll have to forgive McCoy's sleepy hair and my awesome morning look.)

Missed Baby Sneeze

Watch what McCoy does when he can't sneeze

McCoy had his first sleep over with his cousin Ruby at our house this past weekend. It was so cute to see them playing together on McCoy's territory. He was so sweet to her and they had a blast spending time together. Trevor said it was easier with the two of them than just watching McCoy {Maybe this means he'll let me have another one:)}. They kept each other occupied and entertained all day long. 

Ruby was nice enough to bring along her "Baby Einstein" movie for them to watch and McCoy loved it. 

 

McCoy has been such a big eater lately. I made burritos the other afternoon for lunch when Trevor takes his break from school. McCoy was loving the burritos and ate the entire thing all by himself. 

Look at this huge bite he took....it's like the same size as my bites. Thata' boy! 

it's a good thing he's eating better because we need to get some meat on this guy's bones! 

McCoy has always liked to get into trouble. Still to this day he loves to play behind the TV set with all the cables and cords. He could spend all day back there if I let him....daddy doesn't like him to play back there since it kind of messes things up a bit. We try to do what daddy requests, but I just had to take some pictures of his cute little adventure. 

Here are some videos from over the past little while. This first one is probably my favorite. I just can't get enough of his little mouth that is so cute when he eats. It's kind of a long one but if you stick to the end you'll see the funny part w/ his active mouth. (Link Below)

Yum Yum Yum 

McCoy got a dump truck from Aunt Fergie {Jenn} at Christmas time. McCoy has always enjoyed playing with it but this past week he has found a new love for it. He loves to push it around and find things to put in it for the ride. The other day he had been pushing it all around our apartment for at least 10 min or so. Next thing I know, he's by the front door sitting on the ground right up next to the dump truck and believe it or not, he was talking to it. Looking straight at it and talking to it in his gibber gabber he's been so good at lately. It was so adorable. This movie is one that Trevor took while he was playing with it. Just doesn't give it justice for how he normally plays with it but it's still cute, so here ya go. (Link Below) 

Dump Truck Fun!

In this next video, McCoy blows a kiss...that's right. He totally blows a kiss. We're yet to see him do it again but he did it and we caught it on video. (Link Below) 

Kisses, Kisses, Kisses 

Hey Batter Batter

You've got to check out McCoy's batting skills. He always has a blast playing with balls and sticks. He loves playing baseball as I've said in previous posts but we actually got him batting on video. (Link Below)

 Mr. McCoy Wood plays T-ball

Our Little Family

This pas weekend we had the chance to take some family pictures with a photographer, Nikki Davis, connected through the Blogger's Give Back Blog. It was a very cold afternoon and of course McCoy wasn't cooperating. We did get quite a few fun pictures of all of us and hope we'll be able to do it again. Here are our favorites. 

We also went to a photographer previous to this one as a gift from Nanna B (Trev's Mom). We didn't have much luck with McCoy smiles this time either but we did get a few. Here are our favorites.