A Regular Thespian

Here is a little stitch update.

Clayton is quite the drama queen. In fact, during this video, we only got 1 stitch out; and it took almost 3 hours to get the rest out. This is the first time that I've heard him say 'ouch' and he sure uses it to his advantage :)! We couldn't stop laughing long enough to hold him down to get the job done (hence the delay of stitch removal).

Sound Effects

It looks like its all movies today...

Here is one of my favorites. Clayton is getting really good at sound effects, animal noises and most of all copying everything that you do. Here is our version of "Monkey see, monkey do" (he is holding a stuffed dog).

It's Swimsuit Time...

That's right, the Loftin's are getting 'beefy' for swimsuit season! 1..2...1...2. As you can see by Clayton's sign language, all he wants to do is have everyone else do all the work :). Its more of a head bang, but here is our little man doing push-ups.

Again...

You faithful blog followers might remember picture #1 from when Clayton was 12 months old and got 4 stitches over is right eye. Well, we are racking up the ER visits with "#5 head trama in 7 months" last night. Clayton reopened his last scar plus some--resulting in 6 stitches this time. We are lucky that his actual eye hasn't been injured yet. There was so much blood in his eye that I thought the worst last night.

You never look forward to sitting in an ER for 3 hours...but, we really like this PA that works at our local hospital and we found him again last night to do the stitching. Bonus: He makes all sorts of sounds and impressions so Clayton thinks he is hillarious (up until the needle stick and the hog tie).

Our little man this morning... 'It was all just a bad dream"

Clayton woke up with his eye swollen shut but that sure doesn't stop him. He seems to have no recollection of last night's events. He just can't see fully. Anyways, so far, he is climbing as usual and yelling to go outside and for the keys (he likes to 'drive'). Looks like its going to be another normal day in C-Town.

...Until our next medical report, we hope all are doing well!

19 months

Sorry, it has been SO long since our last post. Here is a little Clayton update: He is chattin' up a storm and repeats almost everything you say. My favorite is still him saying: Ravioli ! He is attempting jumping (still not a lot of air but still a serious effort). His newest thing is grabbing your little finger and saying OVER and OVER again "Walky-Walky". I love this (and he mainly does it to Chris and Lilli): He now runs behind you, slapping you on the bum and yelling 'go'...'go'. Where did he learn that?

He could spend his lifetime outside and be happy as a lark! Maybe we should invest in a family tent, I have a feeling we're going to spend most of the summer outdoors.

Happy Spring Break

Yeah, its finally spring break and we get daddy home for a whole week!

We spent a fun weekend at Lolli and Pop's place. Clayton got one of those punching bags that pops back up when you hit it. It looks like the bag doesn't work when you sit on it.

The rest of the week was spent working on the back fence with dad. "Monkey see, monkey do" is the motto in the Loftin home. Whatever Chris does, Clayton has to try too. Check him out trying to mark the wood for cutting. Too funny.

And then, of course, there was lots of time for play!

Wilson Cake Class

To my surprise, this Christmas Santa left a Wilton cake decorating kit in my stocking. So, I signed up at Michaels and am finally, officially a certified Wilton cake decorator. Ha Ha...don't let that fool you. All I can make is: kids cakes and

...especially scarry clown cakes. The funny part was, we had to make a cake every week (plus 4 lbs of Crisco icing) but since it was crisco icing, we couldn't get anyone to eat the cakes...

except Clayton, of course!

I realized his sugar addiction when I would throw a cake away and find him secretly diggin' through the trash can. I took a new approach to disposing cakes from then on.