Catching up

We've got some catching up to do.....

First a big shout out to my hubby Nick.  Happy 3rd anniversary. I Love You!

Amish Country 2008

Little bubba is growing and learning every day.  His favorite thing is standing.  He loves to stretch and kick his legs.  I caught him sitting up in the swing the other day:

 I guess we are going to have to start buckling him in.

Kisses for Momma

A Moment of Hilarity

We went to a wedding this weekend.  Cousin Colin got married to new cousin Sarah.  It was such a perfect day.  Actually, if you ask Nicky, it was a terrible day.  My January baby had never been hot before and the middle of the afternoon plus 80 degrees = a very unhappy baby.  We left early for the 2 1/2 hour drive and stopped half way to have a bottle.  Here are my boys waiting in the parking lot for Grandma and Grandpa:

 This was the only time that he wore his adorable outfit that we had for him.  He got so hot and bothered that  we finally just stripped him down to his white t-shirt and called it a day.  Here is a little montage of people trying to calm him down:

 After about an hour of trying, Nicky calmed down a little for Aunt Angela.  He just hated the whole wedding experience.  Too hot, lots of people all up in his face, loud noises and music.....it was awful.  Luckily once the sun went down and it cooled off a bit, Nicky was a little better outside.  I gave him his last bottle before we left and of course he was giggles and smiles for the last 5 minutes!  Here are some other pictures of the wedding:

Grandad and Aunt Lorraine

The Bride and Groom

Uncle Jeff, Will and Garrett

 Grandad with his Great Grandkids:

A moment of sanity with Grandad......notice how we changed to jammies

 And my all time favorite pictures right now....  Uncle Jeff stole Nicky and walked away.  When I walked outside and saw where they were, I ran in and grabbed Angela and our cameras.  There was such a sweet moment when they didn't know anyone was watching.  I teared up a little:

A Little Quiet Time

Checking out the water

Learning all about the world from Uncle Jeff

 We had a great day,and Nick slept the whole way home.  We walked inside and he was instantly happy to be in his quiet house without all the noises.  We are going to have to practice tolerance to heat for this summer.

Today we broke out some new toys.  Nicky got a dog that you can press the buttons on his body and it tells you the parts (arm, foot, ear) and sings songs.  He was completely into this dog and sat on my  lap for 10 minutes just watching this dog.  Doing anything consistently for 10 minutes is a big accomplishment.

"What is this dog doing?"

"Really?  That's the ear?  Got it! Tell me more!"

"If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet"