Sandbox Upgrade

This weekend, Uncle Daniel and the Jennings family built a new sandbox for David. As you can see, it's big and pretty fancy with built in seating.

It was hard work for everyone.

But the end result is great! David likes to put his toes in the sand and last night decided to taste test the sand -- what can I say, he's a boy! We play in the sand most evenings now and it's a sad time when we have to come indoors. Now that we have a new place to play, anyone need a slightly used turtle sandbox?

Big boy on the move

Well, we had to move the candy dish last week from the end table. David figured out how to use a box of puzzles as a step stool and climb up enough to reach the basket and pull it to the edge. I found him running around the kitchen with a Reeses egg in his hand that he was squishing. Then the drool coming from his mouth gave away the real clue -- he had already eaten one. Evidence was the aluminum foil wrapper in his mouth. So I dug it out and unwrapped the second one in his hand and put him in his high chair. Some days you just need to admit defeat and minimize the damages!

Too hot

Whew! Was it hot over the weekend or what? So Aunt Debbie let us borrow Katie's baby pool and we put it to good use. David had a virus over the last week, but today he's feeling great! He's talking more and can say the word "baby" now. He also can say "yellow" in reference to a M&M. I can't believe how much he is growing -- the shoes that he had from in the winter when he started walking are almost too small now. Most of the 12 month clothes are in a bag to go to another little boy and last weekend I bought 24 month and 2T shirts. This happened way too fast!

Haircuts times two

These may be the two cutest kids with fresh haircuts in town!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! David, with some help, got me a card for the day that plays the Peanuts theme song. In the video, he's got his dance on! Have a great day!

And for the David update, he's caught a cold but it's not slowing him down. No new words this week, but another new tooth on Friday. :-)

Hail at home

Muncie had some bad weather this afternoon -- the white stuff is hail in the landscape, and the picture was taken about 30 minutes after the storm passed. I'm just glad the hail wasn't bigger!

This little piggy

On Saturday, we went to visit my sister's family and see the new little pigs. This little piggy likes to smell David's feet and he wasn't too sure about any of it. He made sure to keep an eye of the little pigs the entire time we were in the barn. I suggested that maybe the pigs should be named bacon, burgers, and tenderloin, but the management team didn't agree. :-)

David's feeling much better -- today marks four weeks since surgery. The first two weeks were pretty bad, the third week was better, and now I'd say he's back to normal. He now likes his new day care. The first two weeks he wasn't too sure about it, but today was much better when I left him. He cries a little, but puts his arms out to the day care workers. This day care is a much better match for him too -- the diapers tell the story! Mom is slowly getting back in the swing of things too -- we're getting better on sleeping all night too! David is also beginning to talk more -- he's trying to say banana and has learned the name "Laura" from a friend's daughter who coached him while I mowed one afternoon.