7 months

mama's big man

up close and personal

so happy!

look dad, i can sit by myself!

Buses and Buzz

This weather is becoming a little frustrating. I can deal when it's cold and I can deal when it's warm, but this back and forth is driving me bonkers! Last week started out warm and we made the most of it by playing outside - but by Friday the temp plummeted and AJ was wearing a winter coat! Oh well, it has to be getting better, seriously, we're almost to April.


Has anyone ever rode on the Lawrence Transit? We never have, but there's a bus stop not too far from our house. My neighbor and I decided it would be a great outing for the boys. We had a terrific time! We rode the bus from our stop to Pet World and played around there for awhile. Fish, lizards, rabbits and birds could keep Anderson entertained for a long while. We had a snack and caught the bus on it's way down to Mass St. It was about a 20min ride back to our place, so just long enough to be fun/interesting but not to the point of boring. Spencer just smiled at all the passengers, and Anderson, well, he fell asleep on the way home. Classic!




On Friday I was lucky enough to take Anderson to Disney's Toy Story on Ice. He won two free tickets - so we had to go! Holly was wonderful and watched Spencer in the morning, which made it a special outing for just mommy and Anderson. He had a great time, but we didn't stay for the whole thing. Buzz has been flying around our house ever since.

Seeing Green

We've had some very busy and very fun days this week. After being cooped up with nasty sickness, we needed some big activities to get all our crazies out. For St. Patty's Day we put on our brightest green shirts and headed downtown to play at the park, eat lunch and watch the parade. The boys played with their friends Trevor and Avery -- and did amazingly well, even past nap time.

his buddy Trevor is standing beside him -- look at aj all hip with his hand in his back pocket!

beautiful weather for a picnic

my happy boy!

luv, luv, luv how he's holding his hand

Today was another fun date with Trevor and Avery! We went to Wonderscope in Shawnee. I've had grand plans all winter long to try it out and never made it. Well boo to me -- Anderson had a great time! We played on the farm, in the water room, with the train set, and even had a picnic lunch.

fun at the water table

aj is infatuated with trains right now -- not happy when we had to leave

What an exciting end to the week! Hopefully the Jayhawks keep the weekend just as exciting!!

Row row row

your boat, gently down the stream. This has been Anderson's favorite song recently. They've been singing it during music time at school -- and I think it's adorable! This morning I had two little rowers in their boats. Toot toot!

We Need Spring

This past week has been pretty rough -- both boys have been sick. They're still not totally through, but we can finally start seeing the light. When sickness happens it just makes everything feel blah -- the house, the toys, mom, everything is just covered in 'sick'. This is been consuming our days:


And I'm ready for smiles and fun again!




Tim's gma came to visit -- first family pic we've had in a long time!!

Jolly Green Giant

Spencer is both jolly and green (thanks to our first taste of green beans), but he is most definitely not a giant. He just had his 6mo appointment and he's in the 13% for height and in the 21% for weight, and is one healthy boy!


It's time to move in to the wonderful world of baby puree. Green beans went over decently well, hooray! If anyone has and good baby food recipes, please send them over -- I'd love to try new ones!

anderson enjoying dinner and 'cheezin' for dad