I am pretty sure I said I was going to start doing these photo dumps around Christmastime and I didn't do any. oops. But, I figured I would do a dump now.
Baby playing with some Toca boca band on the iPad
My most favorite picture eva!!! I love it!
The pottery pieces from Mackenzie's first birthday party
We got our passes to the West Edmonton Mall again! So to celebrate we spent an afternoon riding rides.
The Easter Bunny came to visit Austin at school
To celebrate the start of Spring Break we made a car out of a diaper box
And someone was just too tuckered out to stay awake any longer.
As she fell deeper into sleep she was sliding off the pillow and smooshing her face. Poor baby.
I thought the Easter post was a little full already so I figured I would post about Austin's Big boy bike in it's own thread.
For Easter Grandma and Grandpa bunny got him a 2 wheel bike with training wheels. It was getting pretty funny watching such a big boy on the little trike he had, so it was time.
Austin and Grandma drove it up and down the hall a bit that morning but after lunch I took him out to ride it.
He was having a bit of a hard time understanding why he would stop short when he peddaled backwards.Trikes don't have brakes at all so this is all a new concept to him. By the time we were headed back home he would pedal forwards twice, backwards (coming to a complete stop) once. Then forwards again. It was a long walk home and we were only across the street!!
Hopefully this *shudder* snow *shudder* we've had the past few days goes away soon so Austin can get back out on his bike and practice going forwards only.
But really. Happy Easter!! Before we went to bed Dave's mom and I... err, the Easter Bunny, laid out the gifts.
I'll be honest, I didn't see Austin's super excited face when he saw that the Easter Bunny left him a big boy bike. Why didn't I? Because I was sleeping. When Dave's dad was here and up at his computer working by 6am Austin would get up with him. And, well, 6am is too damn early (we're working on getting back to a 7:30 or 8am wake up) Anyways, so I was sleeping but that is ok. By the time I got up he had already finished half the activities in his color wonder book he got.
After I got up we went outside to do the Easter Egg Hunt. Austin had a blast and ran around like a fool picking them all up. It was really cold and windy so it's a good thing he was running. lol.
The Easter Bunny put the eggs on each step of the slide but the wind knocked one down.
So Austin had to put it back on the slide an put all of them at the top...
Then roll them all down the slide before collecting them.
Austin went through his eggs and put them in a container while Mackenzie 'opened' her gifts... (rattles, soothers, and clothes from mommy and daddy bunny and a mobile and books from grandma and grandpa bunny) While he was doing that I borrowed a few eggs for these pictures and he was not happy with sharing them. Next year should be super fun....
This is a "one for the basket, one for my mouth" shot. He had a lot of gummies.
She was totally trying to eat the eggs because it was feeding time.
Then I tortured my children with a bit of a photo shoot. And I think Mackenzie will forever hate me for some of these pictures. Meh, oh well. lol. I put her brother in a Christmas basket with decorations when he was newborn, she will just have to get used to it.
I tried to get a nice shot of the two of them. I only got 4 pictures in and it wasn't easy. Austin was having none of it. None. So here are the 4 we did managed to get.
Finally Little bunny is tired and says have a good day! Hope everyone else had a great Easter!
Yes it's been a while. I have been keeping very busy. I promise to share some adorable pictures of our little man.
Austin is getting bigger and bigger. I can't believe that somedays he's so big. it's crazy! He is babbling a lot more but also learning how to say words. I just have to keep reminding myself to enunciate words and encourage him to say everything now. He says mama, dada, uh oh, and just started saying - more, and grandma. I asked him to say please the other day and he gave me a kiss. I think that is a good alternative to please for now. lol. I keep asking though, can you say ______? Today I tried to get "fish" out of him however he only made the F sound of it.
Austin hates wearing socks. he keeps pulling them off all the time. However he doesn't just leave them lying around, he's been wearing them on his hands instead. It's really cute to see him trying to do things with socks on his hands.
Dave is home, back to work and we are settling into our ways again. I will admit, I do miss spreading out in bed some nights. lol. I'm trying to expand my cooking skills, we will see how that goes. lol.
Here are some pics of Austin. First up, some Easter pictures.
Austin getting ready to go out to GG's for dinner. lol.
His super awesome pants.
Not wanting to pose with Logan to see their matching cute Easter outfits. (this freak out was because Logan was touching him and also had some kicking and pushing of Logan. Poor Logan. lol)
I've read 3 more books. I read Dave Ramsey's Total Money makeover. We are working on doing a money makeover in our house and hopefully this will help us out.
I also read Water for elephants by Sara Gruen. It was a great read and I loved the story.
Last book is Still Alice by Lisa Genova. It was a good book, however incredibly sad. Glad I was done it but like I said, I did enjoy it.
I also just started the Hour I first Believed by Wally Lamb. So far it's really good.
*We went to the Zoo a few weeks ago with My cousin Sarah and her kiddies. We had a blast that day. Only one more zoo trip next year to reach my once per year goal.
*Last week My mom, my grandma, helen and I went into Toronto to see Jersey boys. I loved it, so much fun!
*I bought myself flowers last week, just cuz. AND they are still alive. woo hoo!
