Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Spring is here!

We love spring! It's so nice to shed our layers and spend all day outside, despite the thick layer of pollen that coats everything, including our eyes and throats this week! Here is a glimpse into what we have been up to lately...

I just love front porch sittin' with J. We eat snacks, organize chalk into the bag and most of all we point at airplanes flying by.  We see them right as they are turning in towards Norfolk Airport.  J loves all thing that move...trucks, cars, busses, fire trucks, helicopters, bicycles. We spend much of the day pointing at things and naming them (and what noise they make).  He is a pro at getting the garbage collectors to toot the horn!! 
 Just another cute shot from our Easter Egg Hunt at the Byrne Grandparents.  I just love a kid in smocked jon jons 
It's good to see that J can execute a deep squat with perfect form and he does hundreds of times throughout the day...and then passes out afterwards from exhaustion! Where/when do we start to lose our amazing flexibility that we have in toddler-hood? Just a PT speculation
 We love (and get really nervous) watching J as he picks up our expressions and gestures. One of mine is to raise my hands and say "Where did it go?" It's been one of his consistent actions for the past few months, especially since he loves hide-and-seek games.  Here we are at the zoo wondering where the armadillo went
 Wondering just how close he can get to the peacocks. I was actually really curious to see what he (and they) would do but I had to stop him from getting too close for fear that they would actually peck out his cute blue eyes or something, which would lead to a very big 'bad mom of the year award'.  
 Our boy still doesn't talk (a source of a ton of frustration for all of us much of the time) but he sure does love to mock talk on the phone. He doesn't actually utter any sounds most of the time but he just makes faces like he is listening to really intriguing conversation. Thankfully, we have been very conservative in his use of our phones so he isn't much of an iPhone guy...yet.  
 We bought some playdough the other day and right now he just likes to stack everything...cup on play dough on lid on cup on lid on playdough. I realize that I need to surrender control over my life yet again as I get super stressed out about mixed colors of dough. It's time to get a grip on reality and realize that this is going to be one of the less stressful events of raising a child :) 
 I love my neighborhood. We had an impromptu porch date with Lael and Jordan, Val and Sofi the other day. The kids ran around the yard and then had some quiet time sitting together. 
 J loves his new tricycle and we love Craigslist purchases! 
 Val's photography work from the Easter Egg Hunt.  
 We babysat Ellie the other day and when they weren't giving each other hugs they were being pals in the rocking chair. It won't be much longer until only one of them can cram into that little chair! 
 With summer coming up, it was fitting that J have his own yard tool so JB and I can hopefully get more done outside by keeping him entertained. He is now the proud owner of his own rake! Now if I can teach him how to really use it we'll be all set this fall
 Finally, with help from JB and all 4 of our parents, I finished my garden this year, complete with green, yellow and red peppers, tomatoes, parsley, sage, basil, mint and thyme. There are orange and yellow marigolds in the front row and between the veggies and herbs, and cute alternating pink and purple flowers in front. I can't wait for everything to start growing! 

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