Teagan update!!

I am getting so big!! I am 20 months old now, and I can do all sorts of stuff! Corn on the cob is one of my favorite things to eat!! It's so yummy!!! And I can eat it all by myself (if Mommy holds it for me!!) I started saying prayers this week. Mommy and Daddy still have to help me but I try really hard. Sometimes they make them too long and I don't want to say anymore. But last night during prayer, Daddy helped me say "Please bless the missionaries", which I said like "Pphf bwe a isses"; then I said "Thank you for church and nursery", which I said like "toot too a chch eh ree". I like saying prayer. I had fun in nursery yesterday...I'm still kind of new at it so most of the time I just sit on the teacher's lap. She doesn't mind, she just says I'm a little heavy (a whole whoppin' 30 lbs...come on!) I'm getting really good at picking Jesus out of pictures, and I like looking at pictures of Jesus during sacrament meeting. I'm also learning all the primary songs and know all the motions to Pop Corn Popping, and I can do all the actions! I can do the actions to lots of other songs too! But when we sing "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes", I can't seem to find my shoulders. Mom says my bottom isn't quite the right place.

Mommy says I'm her big helper! When I do something really good, Mommy tells me that I'm a Big Boy! But when Mommy doesn't see me do something like that, I tell her that I'm a "Bub Bee"! Sometimes she says I'm such a big helper that she just can't stand my help anymore! Daddy said the same thing on Saturday while we were planting our patio garden. I found a shovel that was just my size! I was helping Daddy move dirt from one pot to another while Mommy was trying to plant in it. Mommy kept making big holes in the pot that I thought needed filling! Some of the pots ended up a little uneven, but I thought they looked good. After that, Mommy told me to go and smell some flowers she had just planted. I thought it would be easier to bring the whole flower plant to my nose rather than bend down to smell it...so I grabbed hold of the the top and pulled it right up to my nose! It smelled nice! I don't know why...but when I did that both Mommy and Daddy yelled "Nooo!!" and Daddy rushed over and stuck it back in the dirt. Then he had me get down on my knees and smell it the right way. I thought my way worked good though. About that time they decided that they had had enough of my help so I got to go take a bubble bath.

I love going to the pool with Mommy and I'm very good at swimming (running around) in the baby pool! I like to splash Mommy! We also go to the playground and while I love the slides, it's more fun to sit in the rocks and pile them up. Sometimes Mommy's hand disappears in the rocks and she gets scared so I have to find it for her. Silly Mommy! How do you lose your own hand?

I LOVE choo-choo trains! I have two Thomas the Tank Engine shirts, and I have two Thomas the Tank Engine videos, and I have two choo-choo train toys that I love to play with. I run around the house saying "Choo-Choo!" all day long! I have two choo-choo train books that I have to read at least 4 times a day (each), and I get mad at Mommy when she doesn't do the sound effects. She even does the choo-choo sound when I'm eating dinner and need some help (just when I'm at the bottom of my yogurt)! Last night the missionaries were here for dinner and Mommy didn't do the choo-choo sound with my spoon, so I refused to eat it. I just sat there and tried to remind her how to do it right by saying "Choo-Choo" over and over again, but she still wouldn't do it. Must've been something with those two missionaries...

Well, that's about it for us. I think Mommy and Daddy want to say something else, but I don't know what I've missed. I'm pretty much everything around here right now!

Love, Teagan

Teagan just about said it right when he said he was everything around here. He pretty much is! We went to a plant store on saturday and I was able to find my favorite plant on the planet!!! It's a beautiful little bush that in Brazil is called "Primavera" Or sping time. I haven't learned the name of it here yet, but we bought one. They are such vibrant colors!! Here's Teagan with a few from the plant store, and here is Teagan smelling a flower. This was why I thought he could smell my newly planted flowers without upending them!!!



We are loving it here in Texas!! It's hot, but we are surviving!! It has gotten up in the hundreds last week, so I finally chopped off all my hair. It's pretty short!!! I haven't decided if I like it yet, I'll have to let you know in a few weeks!!! Travis started a huge training that will last a month, so he's excited about that!! I am 20 weeks pregnant, so I'm half way done!! I'm excited, this is the fun half!!
We love you all!!
Travis, Katie and Teagan