Last night we had spaghetti and meatballs. Gus loves to suck in the pasta- but oh boy does he get messy!
When we pray before we eat, Gus always laughs and claps. During prayer, daddy winked at Gus, so all through the meal Gus kept trying to wink! Here he is trying to wink at daddy.
Such a ham!
As you can see, about mid-meal, Gus got winking down pretty good! He is so cute. And sorry about posting all 5 pictures from our meal- I had such a hard time narrowing down which ones to post :)
My cousin Laura was married on Saturday in Jefferson, IA. This is her daughter, and flower girl, Dakota. She and Gus was pretty good buddies at the reception!
Gus loved the gift bag he got full of toys! 
Here is Gus with Steph, our newest cousin-in-law (posts from her wedding to my cousin Jason are on here from earlier this summer).In this and the other three videos I posted today it is evident that Gus enjoys the use of his voice, in both sounds and words. Here he is talking into his bucket.
Gus loves to say, "ball." Anything round, from apples to baseballs to the red round cement parking medians at Target, are all balls.
Gus loves to say "Hot" when he touches things that are warm or hot, or even cold for that matter (which is funny when he licks ice and says "hot!"). Although the oven is turned off, he still touches it and says "hot hot hot," and as you can see, he is a little dramatic. Wonder where he gets that?
Vroom Vroom! Gus loves to make "reving" noises when he plays with his cars. This is him this morning having a blast. Although it does sound a little like growling, it is what he means. He learned it in Ventura at Nama and Papa M's house this summer when he stayed with them for a few days, as they have a toy car that makes similar noises.
Avery and Kacy out on the pontoon. They are really good buddies!
Trish and Andi tubing. I tubed with Kacy. I hadn't tubed in years, and it was surprisingly fun!
Rian, Avery, Kacy and Andi on McIntosh beach on Clear Lake. They collected about 200 rocks which kept them entertained for a few hours.
Us on the pontoon.
Gus in Papa D's new 'Vette. Very cool.
Cade, Gus and Andi playing in their band.
Gus was in charge of playing the maracas.
Gus taking a bath at Nama and Papa M's. Daddy made him a bath filled with so many bubbles! Gus loved it.
Andi, Kacy and Gus.
Gus and his favorite food: "naaana"
Nama P making monkey bread with Andi, Kacy and Gus. The girls had a blast tearing the dough into little balls and then covering them with brown sugar.
Parker and Gus in North Liberty at Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Brandon's home. Parker is not quite ready to hold his own against Gus, who loved to try to touch Parker's face.
Parker is getting so old! He is adorable.
Gus, Kenny and Parker.
Gus loves touching Buster's soft fur, but gets a little rough with him. Today he has wanted to hug Buster- a lot- which usually ends with Buster losing hand fulls of fur, trying to run away as Gus hangs onto his tail with both hands, and then finally Gus getting several scratches on his arms as Buster fights to break free.... uuuuggghhhh... I can't wait until Gus stops terrorizing his little buddy Buster.