Fun in the Sun... and Torture the Kitty.

Christopher and I have been sunning it all week! He loves to be outside at the pool, playing in the backyard, and enjoying his new water tables. Yes I said water tables. I was annoyed at the first one we bought because the top play stuff would get knocked over very easily. You can see in this first picture that with one swipe Christopher took it all out! So.... mommy had to go and get him the one that he plays with at daycare!

Here they both are.

I mean, look how much fun Christopher has at daycare with it! (I stole these pictures of Ms. Jeanne's Facebook page.)

You would go get one too after seeing this smile! 

Yesterday I filled both with water on the deck with buckets of tap water while Christopher was eating, ran to the bank, came back and changed him.... and brought him out to super warm water in the tables. Big mistake... and the deck was hot. So change in plans. Thankfully my neighbor Jennifer came over to hang out with us so she played with C while I transferred all the tables down to the yard, filled them up with hose water, and hooked up the sprinkler! Christopher pushed around his lawn mower for a bit and then played at the tables and sunbathed while eating some watermelon! I just love his little tan hands. They are nowhere near as dark as mine.... but WAY darker than Matt's!

On the deck before the move downstairs.

Instagram pic!

Petting Stroonz before heading outside! This is going to be his Fourth of July outfit since we will be inviting ourselves to Mrs. Neely's pool for the day! :) :)

We also went to the pool on Tuesday! My friend Rachel and her two girls met us there. Christopher wore his new bathing suit outfit and walked around and around and around the pool. Thankfully, Rachel's oldest daughter didn't mind walking all around with him. I thought it would be a blessing that he was walking by pool time, but sometimes I just want him to stand at the edge of the pool and play with his water bucket. Mr. Independent hates holding my hand as we walk around the pool and hates me even trying to help him do anything while we are there.

Who? Me?



Here are some randoms....

Mama's always on the outside looking in!

Do you see my belly?!?!?! Why does he do this? He really likes to show off his belly.

Christopher spent this morning torturing Stroonz. While I was cleaning up C's breakfast I heard him talking... walked into the dining room and they were both under the table. It could have been bad. Poor Stroonz.

Pet the KITTY!

Watch this video first, which should make you feel bad for Stroonz... but then Christopher tries to make it up to him by feeding him his snack.

Here's a video of C squatting dancing.... and then throwing a block at Stroonz.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5iglo7t258g7cim/Video%20Jun%2014%2C%208%2031%2017%20AM.mov

And here's a video of Christopher trying to lift Stroonz...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqweksuyxac0e4t/Video%20Jun%2014%2C%209%2034%2012%20AM.mov

Last night Christopher really loved Matt. I guess since it's Father's Day coming up, I won't be too jealous. Look how sweet this picture is...

And please watch this video... He couldn't stop hugging Matt.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l5uc2b9ncbi9t5h/Video%20Jun%2013%2C%208%2030%2057%20PM.mov

And just as an update... the baby birds are huge now. One fell out of the nest. Do you see Stroonz staring at it through the window? Luckily the mama bird still feeds it, so we didn't have to take care of it. It flew down to the ground and lives under the bush right near the nest. 

Dad retires today!!! He mentioned spending one week a month down here with us. I wonder if I should start transforming the downstairs bedroom into a Notre Dame room for him to remind him of home... :)

2 weeks til VA!!! :) :) And I can't stop thinking about Duck Donuts while we are in Nags Head.... C will LOVE them!! :) :)

Busy Bee

Christopher is in to EVERYTHING and talk about INDEPENDENT. I am lucky he will even let me carry him down the stairs. Now he wants to walk up the stairs. He has figured out that he doesn't have to just put his knee on the stairs, he can actually put his whole foot. I think maybe he has grown a little bit too because he can climb pretty easily onto almost everything and he also thinks he should be able to climb in everything. We keep the wagon in the house and he thinks it is a jungle gym. The truck Anthony got him- well one door opens but if he isn't on that side then he tries to climb in through the window. I bought him a water table... and he keeps swinging up his leg trying to get into it. He certainly has kept us on our toes lately!

And on to the pictures from our busy couple of days!

Busted! Christopher has just been sitting in the back of his truck a lot lately... but when I looked over yesterday he was standing in the cup holders. This child has no fear. (Well, except sitting on horses. I will explain later.)

Trying to wake up Stroonz from his nap.

Christopher was having the best time posing for his pictures during lunch! What was even better was showing him all of the pictures. He certainly thought they were funny!

Stop, Mom, stop!

When Christopher was born, Matt's dad- AKA Big Daddy- bought Christopher a cowboy hat. We were playing in his room the other day and he walked over to it and started putting it on. He has gotten used to hats a little more since he has to wear one at the pool (you know, the whole no hair thing) so his head doesn't burn.

This is when Christopher could fit IN the hat....

And now we wear the hat. It actually fits his head perfectly. Remember he has a really large head.

Howdy, partner!

Here is a video of Christopher taking the hat on and off!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hcvqvsx39x0p1bc/Video%20Jun%2007%2C%2011%2035%2022%20AM.mov



I thought he was just loving on his stuffed animals...

but then he came over and was squeezing it! Look at that face!

Matt and I headed downtown Friday night for a wedding! It was sooooo fun! I finally got the chance to let loose with some of my crazy friends!! We had Ms. Jeanne's daughter come over and babysit. I think they had a great time!! :) Then, Matt let me sleep in til 7:30 this morning which made it even better. :) (Is 7:30 really sleeping in? I guess now it is!) Somehow I got up and made it for my 9:00 workout. It's amazing how sweating can make you feel 10 times better! Plus, I figured if I want the dress I wore to keep fitting, I couldn't skip it!

Here is our family shot. Facebookers- You have seen this one! Matt says he was just looking at the TV because the phone rang and he wanted to see who was calling.

My friends! Carmon looked so pretty!

Today we went to a birthday party for one of Christopher's friends from daycare. He had an "E-I-E-I-O" party with a petting zoo. I was so surprised that I got inside the pen. I only touched the rabbits though and poked at a feather. Christopher, on the other hand, was very hands on. I have a bunch of pics below of him touching the goats.

Peering in!

So we are not fans of horses apparently..... He didn't mind petting this horse, but freaked as soon as Matt put him on. Then we went inside and they had one of those plastic horses you can sit on and it bounces- HOLY SCREAM the moment his butt touched it.

Christopher had a great time at the party! Thank you for inviting us, Heather!! :)



Granddaddy retires on Friday!!!! Hopefully, he will come spend lots of time with us next school year!! :) :)

21 days til VA! 

Baby Birds

We have BABY BIRDS! Mama bird built a nest in the corner of our porch, and as annoying as it has been (she is very protective of the nest- we feel like she is going to divebomb us at any moment when we are out there-and poops on the porch), it is so fun to watch the little birds! I noticed that they hatched yesterday and Christopher and I have spent much of the morning watching mama bird fly back and forth feeding them. (And yes you can imagine the joy this brings to Stroonz as well!)

Christopher has taken a liking to light switches so we are working on the words on, off and light, but as you know from the whole "ball" word, I am not the best word teacher. (But he totally says ball now.)

Monday we went and had lunch with Matt at work. I always ask to go to Seasons 52, but Matt says he has never seen a kid in there at lunchtime, so we never go. :( Thankfully there is a Chili's down there- loud atmosphere and good kid food! Plus they were really fast so we were able to go back to visit some of daddy's co-workers. Christopher was a little show off with his walking and push up skills? He was doing some weird thing on the ground and squatting down to greet people. I think my favorite moment though was the look he gave Jessica- totally checked her out and smiled! It was so funny!

He did the whole squatting thing at the pool yesterday too. There was a little boy his age and he walked over and squatted down to say hi. I think it's because whenever people greet him they squat down to be on his level, so he squats down too! He used to greet Stroonz that way too but now he prefers to lay down next to Stroonz and say hi sideways.

Here's a few pics of our week so far!

Enjoying a snack before our morning nap!

Must. Pull. Dog.

There was a lot of grunting with this pull.

Squealing like a dinosaur!

As I was putting Christopher down for his nap, I kissed him and said, "When you get up, we will go see Daddy" to which his head shot up and he started looking everywhere... Dada? Dada? I would say he was happy to be at lunch!

Playtime after we got home! We went to the pool with some of my friends and their kids after lunch with Matt. Christopher had a blast!

Shall I start a countdown??? 23 days til we are in VA!

Have a great weekend!

Pool Day!

Who are these cute little boys.....

OHHH! There they are! :) Christopher and his buddy Austin had so much fun together on Saturday! We spent Saturday afternoon at the pool. I was so happy when C decided to take a 2 hour nap because I knew he would last a long time at the pool! Plus, Kelly, Claire and Maggie were coming to the pool with us so I didn't want cranky butt. We ended up staying there for 3 hours! Towards the end we thought he was looking tired so we can home, lounged around and ATTEMPTED a nap. Apparently Christopher still wanted to play!

Eating Puffs... or dropping them everywhere! Patricia, Austin's mommy, gave the boys chunks of watermelon! I still cut up all of Christopher's fruit-poor kid-but he took that chunk and chewed a little and then stuffed the whole thing in his mouth. Aye aye aye.  Hence the stained collar from the watermelon juice.

"Do you have a piece for me?"

"Dude- Thanks for the watermelon!"

The watermelon shove!

Todd and the girls showed up at our house Saturday evening! Wasn't sure how long Christopher would last since he no napped the afternoon- but it was the latest he has ever stayed up. We didn't even start bathtime until 8:40! Matt and I decided to let Christopher stay up a little later than normal for the summer so that he can get some extra play time with daddy- but it was supposed to be 8:30 not 9! :) He was a trooper after such a long day!

We did a little beach shopping on Sunday for our trips coming up! Christopher is so excited! :)  

We didn't end up getting the hat, but we certainly got the American flag sunglasses for the 4th of July! He also got a couple of tanks to show off his guns and a 4th of July rash guard!

Tried this pin from Pinterest.... Mine didn't turn out so well. The chicken and green beans were great... but the potatoes were still hard! Kinda disappointed... BUT...

At least we got Christopher to eat green beans! It used to be his favorite baby food, but he has refused to eat them since getting off of baby food! He ate them up. I did put Ranch seasoning on everything so I am not sure if that was it... but whatever it was, I am glad he ate them!

Here are a couple pictures that I got off of Matt's phone while looking at his pictures!