Happy Birthday Mom! - Sierra Wk 14

This week Momma celebrated her birthday.  Sierra and I gave her the gift of a photo of the three of us together.  Dad did a great job taking the picture.

It has also been a week of new skill development for Sierra and I.  At the park, I taught Sierra the joys of swinging in the baby swings.  Momma and Daddy let me push her.  I even managed to keep Sierra in the swing!

I also continued to develop my climbing skills.  There is this crazy step like climbing apparatus at the park that I have been working to conquer.  I made it to the top this week.

Sierra has started working on her jumping skills this week.  Momma introduced her to the Jump-a-Roo.  For those of you who don't remember this was one of my favorite activities.  Since Sierra is growing so fast, Momma thought she could handle it already.  Can you believe that her toes touch the floor already?

Funnily enough, it seems by potty training skills are the things that have excited Momma and Daddy the most this week.  On Saturday of last week, I asked to wear my underwear.   Though it was a wet start, I managed to only go through 2 pairs today.  Not only that, but I managed my very first poop in the potty.  I must say it was "wow" and "nice".  Daddy thought Momma was going to take a picture of it, she was so excited.  But she thought a picture of poop was taking things a bit too far, so she restrained herself.  She did tell me that it crossed her mind though...

Well here is to another week in paradise.  Hope you all are enjoying the great pre-summer weather, Sierra and I sure are!

Its a Celebration! Easter & Sierra is 3 Months Old

Bang the drums and celebrate!  My little sister is now 3 months old.

Momma grabbed this picture of her while we were at Aunt Janet's celebrating Easter.  She was pretending to be an Easter Egg for the Annual Easter Egg hunt.

Speaking of Easter Egg hunts, I had my very own hunt this year.  I found all my eggs in under 10 minutes.  Much faster than the adults!

After collecting all the eggs, it was time to find out what was making them rattle.  Aunt Janet helped me to crack the eggs!

I had quite a good haul.  I'll be putting that money towards my sticker fund.  Momma says I go through a lot of them in my art work.  After my egg hunt it was time for a little exercise.  Aunt Janet brought out the lacrosse sticks and provided me a refresher course on how to use them.  I did pretty well, working on my scoop and ability to catch the ball!

I think lacrosse is a pretty cool sport.  Think I could be the poster boy for it?

After playing for a while it was time for the adults to do their Easter Egg Hunt.  Aunt Janet thought I might sit this one out, but I'm always up for an egg Hunt.  So I teamed up with Daddy to take on the other adults.  Daddy did a great block move, earning us two eggs that Aunt Janet would have otherwise found...

But no hard feelings, I even helped Aunt Janet to find an egg of her own!

Now, you might be wondering what Sierra was up to during all this excitement.  It seems she found a cozy place to enjoy her milk coma.  There is something about that pillow that always gets her.  It must have the same magic as Daddy's blue couch!  Thank goodness Nanny was happy to sit out the egg hunt and hold her.

I hope you all had as great an Easter as I did.  See you on the hunt next year!

A special thanks to Aunt Janet and Mary Ann for hosting!

Cute and Cuddly Baby!

All the wonderful sun really warmed the house up a lot today.  So Momma managed to get a few cute naked baby pictures of Sierra that I thought I would share with you.  Hard to believe that she will be 3 months old soon.

Sun, Sun, Sun! - Sierra Wk 13

After another bout of rain, the sun decided to come out and play again.  We celebrated with a trip to the park.  Momma and I headed down with Tazz, while Daddy and Sierra stayed home.  First I impressed Momma with my great strength!

Then I worked on my throwing skills.  One of the big kids at the park showed me how to throw acorns onto the roof of the pavilion.  I'm still working on my skills...

With my arm warmed up, we headed to the river for some stone throwing.  I like my rocks big!

But I've found I can make the biggest splash all on my own.

Not to be out done, Tazz showed me how to jump really big!  I'll see what I can do to improve my splashing skills based on her coaching the next time we come to the brook.

After all this fun play, I found a flower to bring back to Daddy and Sierra.  I took a big sniff of it...

Now its your turn!

Brotherly Love - Sierra Wk 12

This week I said the word "Love" for the first time.  Momma said I made her heart melt.  Based on the big kiss and hug received, she must have meant it.  Sierra and I also took our relationship to a new level, as I invited her for some snuggle time.  Prior to this week, I wasn't so thrilled to have her too close to me.  I'm a man who likes my own space...  I let Momma capture this picture of us snuggling.  Aren't we just the cutest?

But bed snuggling wasn't the only sign of sibling love this week.  I also started getting down and playing with Sierra.  I also decided it was great fun to hold her hand!

I even decided that sharing the blue couch was a good idea!

As a reward for all this brotherly love, GiGi and PopPop came for a visit on Friday.  Everyone had a great time.  I managed to extend their visit through story time by asking GiGi to read me my bed time stories.  Its great to have a killer smile!

Sierra worked her skills on PopPop.  He managed to snuggle her to sleep after holding her for a long, long time.  Great job PopPop!

Spring is Here! - Sierra Wk 11

Yeah!  Spring has finally arrived.  After a long winter it seems the sunshine has finally come back to play.  We celebrated by visiting Grandma and going to Tazz's favorite dog park.  We were both so happy!

While we were at the park we took a little hike...

a little swim...

threw some tree nuts... (can you see it flying through the air?)

had a little snuggle...

and did lots of running!

Mommy said that Sierra must be going through another growth spurt, because she spent most of the time sleeping or eating.  Of course Mommy took a picture of her sleeping!

Here's hoping that you found a warm spot in the sun for a cat nap too!

Nanny & Grampy Come to Town - Wk 10

Our week started normally enough.  But by the time Momma and I made it back from gymnastics and Nanny and Grampy arrived on Saturday the our little corner of the world was dark!  Thanks to winds that gusted up to 50 miles an hour, we experienced our first power outage in a house that really needs the electricity.  Thanks to the 3 sump pumps and the back up generator the basement (my playland) only took on 1.5 inches of water.  Our neighbors across the street took on 6.  But it wasn't all about the rain.  Nanny and Grampy did a great job of helping Momma and Daddy to entertain me while all the stuff in the basement was moved to "higher ground" and we found new things to do during the 3 days we were without power.  We had the best tickle-fest ever...

This week we also took Sierra for her two month check up.  She is now 23.5 inches long and 12 pounds 15 ounces.  That's right.  My baby sister has put on another 3 pounds and grew another inch.  Our doctor said he was no longer concerned about her putting on enough weight.  I guess almost doubling your birth weight in two months is pretty good.  I must say, Sierra wears it well.  Aren't her cheeks the cutest?

Not only did Sierra do well at her doctor's visit, she also achieved a new milestone.  She has found her fists, and decided that they are much better to suck on than any pacifier that Momma or Daddy can provide.

But Tazz won the contest for most precious moment.  Mommas says she is our original princess.  What do you think?  Seems her dog bed wasn't comfie enough on its own.

But even with all of this weeks excitement the best part was sharing time with the ones we love.  Here's hoping the ones you love are in kissing distance.

Hugs and kisses to everyone!