15 Months Old

Enzo turned 15 months old on July 16, 2012. It is crazy how quickly Enzo has grown and changed. Here are some of his stats:

Weight: 22 lbs 13 oz (25%)

Height: 32 inches (75%)

Head Circumfrance: 47.3 cm (50%)

He has added a few words to his vocabulary including : no, oh! no, all done, hi and many more. He understands so much more and gets super excited when we put his shoes on because he knows we are going outside. We can tell him to find things or to go get specific toys and he will come back with them majority of the time. He is walking very well and runs to most places. He still loves his Daddy so much! He has learned how to give better, not so opened mouth kisses and loves to give hugs. He unfortunately has learned how to through really dramatic tantrums when he doesn't get his way. He still has a few bad habits that we are trying to help break him of such as biting, hitting and throwing toys at friends. He loves fruit, especially nectarines and peaches. He also loves playing in water be it splash pads or swimming. He can open and close doors, climb up and down stairs in the matter of seconds, and loves to play hide n seek. He likes to talk on the phone with his Grandma's, Grandpa's, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. He loves making new friends, but is starting to get a little scared around some older kids and adults. He enjoys playing outside, collecting rocks and wood chips, digging in the mud and swinging at the park. He had learned how to open the dishwasher door  and loves to take out all the spoons and forks. He loves reading books, watching Mickey mouse clubhouse & wreaking havoc throughout the house each and everyday.  He also enjoys popsicles and ice cream cones.  He still hates getting his teeth brushed, but is getting a bit better. 

Toddler 72 hour Kit

After the "Dump Fire" I decided I better get in gear and get our 72 hour kits done. It takes a lot more work than I thought to get everything together for them and to find a bag that it will all fit in for a fast grab and go. I started with Enzo's since I figured Matt and I could manage, but Enzo would not do so well without the necessities.

Here's a list of what I included in case anyone else feels the desire to tackle their little ones 72 hour kit. 

Clothing

1 pair of Pj's (long)

2 pairs of pants

2 long sleeve shirts

2 pairs of shorts

1 T-shirt

1 onsie

3 pairs of socks

1 pair of shoes

1 blanket

Toiletries

30 Diapers

80 Wipes

6 Diaper trash bags

1 tube of Bum Cream

Toothbrush

Toothpaste

Bath Towel

2 hand towels

Soap

Lotion

Hand Sanitizer

Sunblock

Baby Powder

Food

1 Packet of Chicken

3 Fruit/Grain bars

3 bags of crackers

3 bags of goldfish

3 bags of Animal Crackers

4 cups of sliced fruit

Veggie and Fruit Puffs

4 apple sauces

3 yogurts

3 apple juice boxes

Yogurt Puffs

4 fruit twists

6 life savors

4 (23.7 oz) Bottles of water

Milk (64 oz) - I am still trying to find boxed milk that does not need to kept cold until after its opened

Dishes

1 Sippy Cup

2 Bowls with lids

2 bibs

1 Spoon 

1 Fork

Other

small book and toy

2 Pens

2 Pencils

Sticky notes

Small writing pad

1 dusk mask

1 tube of glowsticks

2 handwarmers

1 small first aid kit

1 flashlight

$10 in small bills and change

I purchased the backpack at Walmart. It weighs 22.3 lbs with everything packed in it.  I think for Matt and myself I am going to do day hiking backpacks or duffle bags with wheels since we will need to have more survival type items in our bags. 

Utah Blaze

We have been lucky enough to do lots of fun activities this year with Enzo without having to spend a ton of money, since we purchased a Utah Pass of all Passes that gets you into all sorts of events for free from water parks and theme parks to sporting events. Last weekend we went to a Utah Blaze game at the Energy Solutions Arena with some friends. ITHe Utah Blaze are an indoor arena football team. It was an interesting game to watch, but after 15 minutes Enzo was not interested. We tried to keep his attention with food, but that didn't work this time. So again, Matt and I spent majority of the night switching off between each other taking Enzo for walks around the arena, which of course Enzo loved. We stopped and played on a little play area that they had set up, but sadly there were way to many older kids that had no respect for the little guys, so that didn't last long. I am glad we were able to go and experience what the Utah Blaze are all about even if we did spend most of the evening chasing after our fun little dude. 

Baby Oil Incident

Enzo is such a smart little boy who loves to learn and is constantly climbing, playing and getting in to everything. Earlier this month Enzo had just woken up from a nap and was playing in his playroom. I was on a work phone call just outside of the playroom when I noticed it had gotten very quite, quite is never a good sign with Enzo. So I quickly finished the call (mind you the call was only 3 minutes and 58 seconds long) and went looking for Enzo. I could see that my bedroom door was open so I figured he was in there emptying out my sock drawer or something of that nature. Nope not in the bedroom, instead he was in my shower in my bathroom. (side note I had just shut all the doors leading to my shower, bathroom and bedroom right before the phone call & had no idea Enzo could open them) I go in there to find that Enzo has found the baby oil that I use to help keep my skin soft after showering. He was someway able to get the "child proof" lid off and had at least tasted his "drink" that he had found. I am pretty sure that he tasted it and spit it right out since he had baby oil all down his shirt like he has food or water when he spits it out. I picked him up cleaned him up and started reading the back of the baby oil to see what is may say regarding ingestion. It says "avoid ingestion or inhalation which can cause serious injury. Should breathing problems arise, consult doctor immediately." I wasn't to worried as Enzo was breathing just fine. I googled baby drinks baby oil (worst idea every) basically everything that came up said that my little Enzo was going to DIE. I figured what the heck might as well call Poison Control again (yes, again - remember the Trident Gum) I call and the operator informs me that as long as he didn't aspirate any of the oil he should be fine. He would just have diarrhea for a couple to days because the oil would act like a laxative. If he aspirated any of it, it could cause him to have Chemical Pneumonia, which can be very dangerous and could lead to death. As long as he didn't start coughing, wheezing or having a hard time breathing then there was no worry, if any of those symptoms started I was to take him to the Emergency room immediately. Seriously! Luckily for us Enzo was just fine and he never had any cough, wheezing or breathing issues. How scary that would have been. We did learn a lot from this experience though. Rooms we don't want Enzo in have to be LOCKED, "CHILD PROOF CAPS" are not Enzo proof, Poison Controls Number is now added to my phone & accidents can happen in seconds. 

The baby oil has found a new home on the top shelf in our shower

Not only do I lock the door to my bedroom, but I now lock the door from my bedroom to my bathroom as well. I don't want Enzo to have get into something that could have had deathly consequences again. I have already moved all my cleaning supplies into a closet that Enzo can not access. 

Spiderman & Bee's Baseball

A few weekends ago we went to go see Spiderman with some of our friends, Cory and Jamie. We went to an early evening show so that we could take Enzo with us and he would be awake and happy. He loved the movie and really enjoyed all the snacks and junk he was able to eat while we were there. He was so pooped after the movie though since he had been swimming and playing all afternoon.

 The next night we went to our very first Salt Lake City Bee's Baseball game with Cory and Jamie. Enzo enjoyed the foam baseballs they gave out and ended up with a collection of 6 or 7 by the time the game was finally over. We sat in the grass area since we figured there was no way Enzo would sit still for 3 hours or more in a stadium seat. I don't think he even sat still for more than 10 minutes. He was having way to much fun making new friends, playing with the baseballs and eating any and every treat he could get his Daddy to buy for him.  Baseball games or any activity for that fact is so much different with a toddler who is always on the go. I am pretty sure that Enzo and I walked around the Bee's stadium for 3/4 of the game. The Bee's didn't win which as disappointing, but the Fireworks show at the end of the game made up for everything. 

Slip n Slide & a Rodeo

Friday night we went to our first Rodeo as a family. Enzo loved all the animals, especially the horses. It was a fun evening filled with lots of cowboys and stubborn bulls. Sadly, not one cowboy was able to ride a bull for the 8 seconds needed to advance. Those bulls were mean and had an agenda of their own. There were several that would not exit the arena after they bucked their rider off. Many charged at the clowns, judges and horses in the arena. We were entertained by the livestock with attitudes for majority of the rodeo. It was neat to watch all the different events and to see what a true cowboy is all about. 

Saturday was so dang hot. After working in the yard and doing a few other fixes around the house we decided to take Enzo to a splash pad. When we got to the park there was a large slip n slide set up so after Enzo played in the splash pad for a while we went over to check out the slip n slide. It was a scout fundraiser so we bought Enzo a wrist band and sent him down the slide a few times. He loved it. 

Splash River

Enzo enjoyed another day at a wonderful and fun Splashpad/river. He enjoyed running up and down the river and getting sprayed in the face by the water coming out of the rocks. It was a pretty busy morning there, so after an hour or so in the water we enjoyed lunch and a pina colada flavored snow cone. 

Trident Gum

Enzo had some minty fresh diapers this past week. He got a hold of a brand new pack minus 2 sticks of Trident Gum and ate half the pack for breakfast. Not knowing what it would do to him I made my first call to Poison Control to make sure I didn't need to take Enzo to the doctors or anything. Lucky for us all we had to do was change lots and lots of semi-minty diapers. Crazy boy!

Happy Father's Day

Enzo and Matt have the cutest Daddy/Son relationship. Enzo just loves his Daddy so much and Matt loves Enzo. It so much fun to watch them interact with each other. They love to wrestle and play soccer with each other. Enzo is glued to Matt's side the minute he walks in the door from work and just wants to do whatever his Daddy is doing. He loves to cuddle with Matt each night. It just melts my heart to see how these two love each other. I pray they will always have this close and loving Daddy/Son relationship.

Last week Matt left for Lake Powell with some of the YM from our ward. When it was time for Enzo to say goodbye to his Daddy he gave him hug after hug after hug. Finally I had to tell Matt he needed to just walk away or Enzo would hug him all day long. It took a few more hugs before Matt got in the truck to drive off. About 30 minutes after we had said goodbye to Matt and the YM in the church parking lot, Enzo started heading to the door trying to open it. He had been playing in the playroom and had seen Matt and the rest of the trucks pull up in front of our house. (They needed some air in a tire on a trailer). Enzo was banging at the back door, when I opened it he ran out to see his Daddy. Again it took about 5 hugs from Enzo for Matt to be able to leave on the trip. Throughout the week that Matt was gone, Enzo would go to our bedroom door and knock looking for "Dada". I would have to explain Daddy was out of town and would be back in a few days, a few hours later we would be searching the bedroom and house for "Dada". Finally, Tuesday rolled around and Matt would be home. Enzo was in his room sleeping and for some reason I had not shut his curtains on his window all the way so he could see out to the driveway. About 3pm I hear Enzo screaming "DADA, DADA, DADA...." I went up to make sure he was okay. He was pointing to the window and sure enough Daddy's truck was out front. Enzo ran to the back door and waited very impatiently for me to open it. We walked outside and as soon as Matt was done backing the boat and trailer in, Enzo gave him the biggest hug ever. He was so happy to see his Daddy. He would not let Matt out of his sight the rest of the night. They cuddled on the couch, played soccer & played with the dogs, before it was finally time for Enzo to go to bed.

Learning and Growing

Enzo has grown and changed so much over the past few months. He has started to talk a lot more and understands majority of what we say to him. He  has started to call just about everything he doesn't know "duck" (I know the perfect word to be mistaken for something else). He must think "duck" means "that" or something. Probably our mistake since we made such a big deal about him saying duck and would always go looking's for his ducks. He says several other words including ball, dog, cup, milk, NO & bear and can understand most simple words and one phrase commands we tell him, of course only when he wants to do them though. He has started to understand that when we put his shoes on it means we are going outside or in the car so he gets very excited for shoes and will run to the door. He loves to go outside and play with the dogs or go on adventurous walks and find treasures (aka rocks). He loves water and seriously could live in it if we let him. He enjoys exploring the yard, trees, bushes and finding bugs. He has little to no fear (which scares me) & loves to give us a run for our money. He is a very happy boy who loves to give hugs and kisses, as well as play with friends and toys. He can always make you laugh or smile even when its been a super long or bad day. 

Attached to Mr. Bear

At my California baby shower Enzo was given a soft, precious stuffed bear. I was so excited and could not wait for our little guy to cuddle and carry him around. Sadly, the first year of Enzo's life he had no interest in the bear. Bear slept every night in Enzo's crib with him, but Enzo would rarely ever hug him or touch him. I was so sad for the bear and thought what kind of child do I have. Instead of choosing bear to snuggle with, Enzo would choose his hammer or a ball. Well recently Enzo has become very and I mean VERY attached to his bear. (Yippy) I thought that he was never going to be attached to anything since he didn't keep a binky for long, could care less when we switched him from bottles to sipper cups  & doesn't have a blanket that he has to have, but bear, BEAR goes with us everywhere. Enzo even tried to take bear into the bath the other night. Instead bear just watched from the counter.  Bear is super soft, so it's a great snuggling buddy for Enzo. In the morning Enzo will toss bear over the side of his crib (helping him escape), but will then realize that bear can't get back in the crib without help, so Enzo will start crying and trying to grab bear back through the crib bars. Sadly he can never get bear back and has to wait for Mom or Dad to rescue them both from the bedroom.  Enjoy some pictures of Enzo & Bear.

Snuggling with Bear 

 Eating with Bear

Sleeping with Bear 

Kissing Bear 

 Bear Enzo's best stuffed friend