Messes, Birds and Getting Dizzy

Several people have been begging for new pictures. I haven't taken the time to get them up lately and decided there is no time like the present. So here are a collection of pictures from the last couple of weeks.

This is what happens when I get too many toys on the ground and can't see what Leah has left laying around for Charlie to eat. He found her black (thankfully washable) crayon hidden in his blanket and began munching like all babies love to do. Since this incident, I've been much more diligent about keeping things he can't have out of arms reach. Leah saw me loading this picture and pointed at it yelling "MESS, MESS". She's very fixated on seeing messes. It's just too bad she hasn't figured out how to avoid making the mess, or really cleaning it up, but she's great at identifying the mess after it's been created.

This is Charlie at the park. We went down to the Port of Olympia one day to see the boats, play in the park and visit the quilting store near by.
I was surprised this pictured turned out looking so nice. My Mom and I got Leah quite dizzy on this little toy.

A nice lady on the pier gave me and Leah an old hamburger bun to feed the birds. My Mom said the scene reminded her of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and it wasn't far from it. Those birds when crazy when we started throwing bread pieces. Leah thought it was great seeing them come and eat what she gave them. I'll have to remember this activity for the future.

Easter Festivities

We had our first Easter Egg Hunt of the season yesterday. Leah's playgroup held a hunt. It was fun watching her run around the house gathering up eggs. She kept saying "ooo, eggs" over and over again. I think she had more fun opening the eggs and finding the treats inside. Our second egg hunt is hopefully going on this evening, if the weather turns a little nicer. It rained all night last night. We will attend our third egg hunt tomorrow. We could do 4 but I think that's a little overkill. I don't remember ever having egg hunts outside of my family when I was a kid, but they are everywhere here. I will remember, or try to remember to tie my camera to me so I can take some pictures of the egg hunting fun.

I have some great pictures from my Mom's trip but they are still sitting on my camera. We had a great time while she was here. Hopefully we can convince her to come back again soon.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I've been extremely busy lately, hence no posting for over a week. I've been finishing up all my sewing projects and cleaning house for my Mom's visit. She arrived on Sunday and we have been having a great time so far. Leah is just enamored with "Comma". It's comma this and comma that and where is comma? She almost likes comma more than mama. Right now I think that's great. I've enjoyed the break from her attentions.

Last night, since Derek was suppose to be sleeping "in the field", I hosted a Stampin' Up! party at my home. I swore I'd never get into scrapbooking. I thought it was so hokey, but I've been really enjoying some of the new stuff coming out of the scrapbook world. It's being tailored more towards my designerly mind. So I've been attempting to take up scrapbooking. I'm starting small. I really don't know what all those tools are used for, but I can usually get the look I want making up my own way of doing things. The Stampin' Up! rep is a good friend of mine and we had a blast last night playing around with her products. I'm excited to get some cool stuff and in what free time I have, play around with it all.

Today I'm surprising my mom with a shopping trip to Cabela's. She loves that store and they opened one up just down the road from me. I'm not telling her where we are going, but we should have fun wandering through the store checking it out. I'm sure Leah will love it. She loves going to the store. I'm sure I'll have more to come. No pictures today. I'll try to find some for another day.

Welcome to the family!

I'd like to take a minute and introduce the newest member of my family...

Kaylee Ann

2/28/08

She's pictured here with her 2 year old brother Bryson

I can't wait to meet this little girl and I'm so happy for her safe, albeit quick, arrival. She is my brother Rob and Amy's third child. She's a little bruised, but healthy, weighing in at just under 7 pounds.

The family picture

Charlie

Last Friday Charlie had his 4month doctor's visit. I hate seeing his pain when he gets his immunizations, but I love these appointments for the simple fact that I get to find out his weight and height. He is very healthy and growing like a weed. I tried to start him on cereal this last week and he wasn't having any of it. He likes richer foods like mashed potatoes with butter and sour cream. I bet he would have eaten all my potatoes if I'd let him. Rice cereal, he just spits it out. So I'm giving him time, he'll eat when he's ready. It's not like I need to fatten him up or anything.
Weight: 16 lbs 14 oz

Height: 24 and 3/4"

The Human Canvas

Leah is quite the budding artist. Any chance she gets she asks to color. It doesn't matter if it's with a pen, highlighter, dry erase markers or crayons. She wants to color. I usually don't let her. I know, I know stifling her creativity, but she doesn't limit her artwork to paper, canvas or herself. She colors on the walls, the carpet, the couch, the door, the television...you name it, it's probably been colored on. When she does get to color I have to keep a very close eye on her. It doesn't matter that I say color only on paper, she has to try different mediums for her creations.

Workin' at the Car Wash

We have had such unbelievable weather lately, I just had to get outside. We spent the morning vacuuming pretzels and goldfish out of the car, courteous of Leah, and since it was still nice we all when out to wash the cars. What I wasn't prepared for was how enthusiastically Leah wanted to help "warsh" the car. She was all over it. She kept saying "warsh the car" over and over again. She was even a little too good at dumping out the bucket of water when it started getting low. I think she wanted to watch it fill up with bubbles again. It was warm out, but not warm enough to play in the water. That didn't stop Leah, she wanted to run through the sprays of water. By the end of our car wash, she was pretty soaked and cold and went straight up to the bath tub. Charlie sat in the garage and watched us wash.