Cousins...Then & Now

Over the weekend, we got to spend some time with our Boone cousins at my brother's wedding shower.  The last time all the little ones were together was for James's baby shower back in April of 2011, so I thought I'd share some Then & Now's.  They've changed a little :)

Last month, James also got to visit with his cousin Ambrose Kruer

I love that James has so many cousins that are so close in age.  It will be so much fun watching them grow up together :)

July 10 on 10 - 1st Cincy Edition

On Tuesday, I took part in the 10 on 10 project.  Once a month on the tenth, participants (when they remember!) take a photo an hour for ten consecutive hours to document the life and beauty among the ordinary things of our day.  Click HERE or on the button to the right for more information about the project.  Enjoy!

 

A funny story: while I was working uploading these pictures, James was running around and playing the living room/kitchen area.  For those of you who know James, you know he is not a quiet child, so when things get quiet, I know he's usually up to no good.  Well, things got quiet and I looked up to see James coming towards me sans diaper.  Then I noticed he had a devilish grin and something in his hand.  Yep, you guessed it - James Hardin threw his poop at me.  Lucky for me he doesn't have a very good arm and it landed about three feet in front of me on the floor.  Little stinker.

Instagram Update

Hello from Cincinnati!  Things have been a little busy as of late, so I haven't had time to sort through the 500+ pictures that I've taken over the last month...so I thought I'd do an Instagram blog post since it might be awhile before I share any pics from my "real" camera...  (for those of you who've never heard of it, Instagram is an application for taking pictures on your iPhone).  Here are some I've taken over the past month or so:

1. Happy Baby 2. Playing on our driveway in Madison 3. Hollywood 4. Laughs with Dada

1. Playing with Mama on her bed 2. Hugging a tree in Seattle 3. More Hollywood 4. More laughs with Dada

1. Destroying a block tower 2. Double coconut muffins 3. More Madison driveway play 4. Pancake!

1, Father's Day Architectural Boat Tour in Chicago 2. Taking in the sights 3. Family Fun 4. Pretzel Lunch

1. Visit with Papaw 2. Filling up on Spotted Cow Beer in Madison 3. Our first Graeter's in Cincinnati 4. Moving Day

1. Snuggling with Wrigley 2. Hose play in the front yard 3. Fake yawns with Dada 4. Applesauce!

1. Reading a letter from Pa 2. The view from our kitchen window 3. Crazy Nap hair 4. Sink play

Pet Sounds

I Like to Ride My Bicycle

But I do not like to wear my helmet...

 

Matthew got me a bike trailer for Mother's Day, and this past weekend, we took James for his first ride.  We had been wheeling him around in the trailer at home a bit, and he loved it, so I assumed that he would love the bike ride, too.  What I didn't consider was how much he would dislike wearing his helmet :(

Boy this thing is heavy.  But let's go.

 James showing off his sign language skills at the turn-around point and giving us the sign for "all done" (usually reserved for when he's done eating)

"All Done"

 He was not a happy camper on the return trip.  He managed to take off his helmet not once...

Ok, now I'm ready to go.

 But twice.

Sneaky little boy...

We'll have to try it again soon, with a tighter helmet (and possibly a rear view mirror for me so I can see when he takes it off!).  We'll make a biker out of him yet!

Here are a few other snippets from our weekend:

Dada made James a pancake with a "J" on it.  Can you tell that he liked it?

Nature walk w/Dada

 

Visit to the park

Checking out the backyard wildlife

(the dark thing between the trees is a wild turkey)

 

And last but not least, the little man reduced his time to sit in his bumbo from over 2 minutes to 26 seconds!  Not too shabby :)

A little boy and his bumbo

I can't believe that our sweet baby

 is turning into a little boy!

Matthew said the other day that he seems more like a little kid than a baby these days.  He's been drinking out of a big boy cup on his own (to date he's only thrown it once!), doing things to purposefully make us laugh, starting to throw temper tantrums (yikes!), and trying to figure things out on his own (like how to sit in the Bumbo chair)

Although we're a little sad that our baby is growing up, we are having so much fun with him right now that I don't think I'd go back if I could.  A co-worker of mine told me that when I was pregnant that he loved every single age that his kids were, and I couldn't agree more!

Sorry there haven't been many updates lately - we've been a bit busy.  In case you haven't heard, Matthew has accepted a job in Cincinnati and we're moving there the last week of June.  We're also prepping our Seattle house for sale (James and I are taking a trip out there next week), so blogging has moved to the back burner for a little while.  Hopefully I can do one more post before we move - I have a lot of great pictures from our trips to the park to share :)

Happy Friday!

And now for a little Fats Domino

Happy  Mother's Day!