The summer is coming to an end at the Bower household and Jadon has visited his new day care a couple times already and doesn't even notice when Mom comes and picks him up! (Mom takes that as a good sign). Dad is at a new position at Beaverton School District and Mom is still doing the same old thing. Jadon has grown tremendously these last 3 months, he towers over most of the two year olds in his sunday school class and we keep telling people who ask that he is only 17 months old! If he grows into his paws (just like a puppy), Will and I are looking at a big boy (He's wearing size 5/6 shoes!). I see babies at work all the time and keep thinking to myself "Jadon was never that small!". God will continue to provide all our needs - Even energy/stamina to match all of Jadon's currently unbridled energy. Praying that God continues to work in our lives as we steward this talent that we have been entrusted with.

Orangutan

It started with Jadon's preferred two books of pictures of animals. Will and I would go through them and as Jadon pointed we would name the animals and make the corresponding animal sounds. Jadon picked up some of the sounds and some of the hand motions that we made to go with the animals. He really enjoys the elephant sound that Will makes and the orangutan motions that I showed him. He picks up the books multiple times a day and points and makes corresponding animal noises. Because of his interest in animals, we decided to take Jadon to the Oregon Zoo during Papa's visit. We saw and touched a lot of animals, but got the most excitement out of Jadon in response to the orangutan's and giraffe's.



Jadon now lets us know when he wants to see an orangutan.



We would like to share his favorite orangutan video with you.



If you would like to view more pictures from our trip to the zoo, the link is on the right.

Another Day at the Park

A day after returning from Mt. St. Helens the temperatures were still relatively high, so for fun we decided to go cool off at Jamison Square Park. The park is a gathering point for many families and kids from West Portland on hot days. The park is home to a water feature that is made up of cascading steps that fill a shallow wadding pool that continually fills and drains. We put a photo album together of the day. There should be a link to it on the upper right of the blog or try clicking HERE.

A Camping we will go......

Well we finally did it! And we had a lot of fun. I wanted to take a day trip and check out Mt. St. Helens and Will suggested we turn it into a camping trip!

Jadon got to try his first real helping of dirt!

He supervised the assembly of the tent.

And then romped around to make sure it met his approval.

We found a swing set for some good wholesome fun.

No camping trip is complete unless there are smores!

All in a days work! And guess who didn't want to get in his car seat to come home?

My What an Active Life!

Jadon has been enjoying learning to climb and slide down playground equipment. In fact it is hard to get him to stop: climb, slide and repeat! Thank God Jadon still takes a nap!

Eating Watermelon!

Bye Bye

If you listen closely, you'll hear Jadon say "Bye-Bye"