i'm driving the hell out of this garden tractor

vaughn has spring fever, just like his dad and grandpa. so he decided that the garden needed to be tilled again today. maybe we'll plant some sweet corn tomorrow.

sunday suprise (chicks and a post!)

mom and dad got a call this morning from the lafayette post office saying that the chicks were here and they'd be delivered today. luckily, mom had cleaned out the coop last week, and we put out the heat lamps, feeders, and waterers yesterday. however, we didn't have chick feed or bedding, because we'd forgotten to get any the previous week. dad and josh went to town and the chicks came while they were gone.

we did manage to keep vaughn from 'dump'-ing the chicks out of the box, so we could dip all the beaks in water. vaughn liked the chicks, and really liked to squeeze them. he even snuggled with them, (at least they were mostly clean).

vaughn also helped build the raised bed for the strawberries. josh got some old railroad ties from his dad, and we filled it with peatmoss, manure, and freshly tilled dirt. although vaughn was sleeping during the actual planting, he did help prepare the bed and make it smooth with his rake.

vaughn to english dictionary

when we went to the doctor for vaughn's 18 month check-up, the doctor asked how many words he could say. i foolishly answered 10-15. when we really got to thinking about it, he can say a lot more (31 at the time of the appointment). this is the complete list as of today. so if you're going to spend some time with vaughn, this translation should help.

ah-apple
bawl-ball
BANG!-banging two objects together (mostly goat heads)
bane-bank
ba-bath
bean-bean or any small hard object like candy
beh-bed
bee-bee
beedle-beetle
by-bite
boo-blue
boot-boot
ba-bottle
bra-brush
but-button
bye-bye
ease-cheese
chock-chocolate
co-coat
bine-combine
kow-cow
rar-cracker, or the sound a bear and alligator make
da-dad
down-down
eh-egg
ire-fire
gate-gate
gi-get it
go-goat or go
geen-green
pa-grandpa
haa- hat
hi-hi
hep-help
eye- ice or eye
joo- juice
ki-kitty
nigh-knife
me-me (or someone to take him somewhere)
ma-milk
mine-mine
mum-mom
moon-moon
mo-more
night-night
oh-open
owt-out
ow-owl
pla-please
coot-scoot to zelda
wheat-sesame street
boo-shampoo
who-shoe
saw-socks
pie-spider
poon-spoon
ick-stick
t-tea
chi-three
do-two
uh-up
wa er- water
weeeener- wiener
wee ah-white out
pooh-winnie the pooh
yeah-yeah
lellow-yellow
z-zelda

vaughn's also been getting lots of teeth. the bottom left molar erupted on the 17th, with that canine and the bottom right molar coming in on the 25th . andyesterday, i saw the little points of his top canines poking through. looks like we'll have to get some more ibuprofen.
vaughn also loves to take the ornaments off the christmas tree and moving them all over the house.

a happy halloween you have!

i know this is a day late, but hopefully the pictures make up for it. mom made the costume, and vaughn (even though he usually hates hats) wore it most of the evening.

here he is trimming his grandma's tree with his light saber:

dancing king

vaughn has really gotten into dancing, and will sometimes start boogeying to random music on the tv or in restaurants.


he's learned to use the sleep and snooze button on this radio, so he can turn it on and off at will.