Happy Easter!!

We got to spend Easter in Boise with our families this year, and despite the insanity, it was so much fun!  Luckily the Easter Bunny got word of our travels and managed to find us at Grandma's house.  The day was filled with family, food, sunshine, easter egg hunts and of course candy!  

Enjoying the sunshine

Dylan with Grandma's "flowers"

We love Aunt Janie!!

Yay for the sun hat

Uncle Vinnie

Momma bunny and her baby

Grandpa!

My Little Family

I love everything about this!

Dylan and his basket

Cousin Lilli and Aunt Kimi!

We Love Aunt Kimi!!

Kisses

Mom's Bday

So, I'm really late on posting about my Mom's birthday, but it was most certainly another highlight of Boise.  We loved being able to celebrate her day with her and the family.  We love Grandma so so much!!

The Party People

Mom with her yummy cake
 (despite the fact it's a little lopsided)!

The birthday girl with the grand babies

5 Months

I know, I say it every month, but really, my baby is already 5 months?!? It's going so fast, but we're having so much fun watching him grow and learn. This month I feel like so much of his personality has come out. He giggles all the time and is so quick to give smiles. On the flip side he also doesn't hesitate to let us know when he's not happy! He's becoming so aware of his surroundings and wants to touch, feel and taste everything he can get his hands on. He's such a sweet little boy that we've been given.

Facts/Accomplishments:

He has discovered his feet and he thinks they are pretty neat

He gets so distracted while nursing, every little sound pulls his attention away

He's still sleeping with his mommy

He's constantly blowing raspberries and covering his face in spit

He survived his first road trip and for the most part was a champ

Has started talking a lot - mostly in high squeals

He has THE BEST laugh!!!

Likes:

The puppies - he loves watching and laughing at them as well as petting them

Loves playing peek-a-boo

Loves scratching at surfaces - mostly his car seat. I'm not sure if this is a sound or texture thing

Loves touching various textures

Really starting to like his toys - but still prefers his hands and feet

Munching on mom's fingers and knuckles

Going for walks

Dislikes:

Sleeping at night time. He's still getting up two to three times a night to eat

Rice cereal - so far he is not a fan at all

Being left alone for longer than 3 minutes

Cousins!

Another great part of our trip to Boise was getting to play with cousins! Dylan only has a few cousins, but they are pretty great ones! Both Lilli and Jack really loved Dylan. It was so fun to watch them both love on him.

Cousin Jack is five and hadn't seen Dylan since the first week he was born. He absolutely LOVED Dylan. He was constantly saying things like "he's pretty much the best/cutest cousin ever" I couldn't agree with him more! He was also so sweet to share his toys and books with him! We sure do love cousin Jack! Dylan also got to meet Jess for the first time. We were so glad she was able to come over one day and see him! We love Jess!!

Lillian is 2 and had met Dylan on a few other occasions and frankly wasn't so fond of him. When Dylan was just a newborn they came to visit and she wouldn't get anywhere close to him, but this trip she thought he was great! I think I owe that to her mom who talks about cousin Dylan and shows her pictures of him. She was also so sweet to him. She would watch him and just laugh and say "he silly" it was pretty cute. Dylan also loved watching her, he would sit in his chair and turn in every direction so he could see her. I have a feeling they will be pretty good buds! We love Lilli so much!

The Greats

Pat was able to take some time off work during the first week of April so we packed up the car and headed to Boise for Dylan's first big road trip. There were lots of highlights from the trip (that I hopefully will eventually post about) but one of the best was Dylan getting to meet his Great Grandparents! It'd been awhile since I'd seen them, so it was also super nice for me! Love you Grandpa and Grandma!!

We love Great Grandma & Grandpa!

So happy!

Having a chat with Grandpa

Nap time :)

Just a boy with his puppies

For any of you who didn't see this on facebook - Dylan is really starting to love those pups!! (he takes a minute to really get going, stick with it!!)