Easter 2013

I hope everyone had a great Easter last weekend. We had a pretty good one. True to form, we all got sick and had to miss out on some family time. Why do we always seem to get sick during the holidays? Boo to that.

 

The weekend before we dyed Easter Eggs for the first time. It was pretty fun. I guess they really mean to only had the 1/2 cup of water to the dye because our dye got really diluted and didn't show up. The only color that would show up was the red/pink. Steven liked it at first and then got bored I think when none of the other colors were working. Oh well, there's always next year.

 

Using the wisk really worked well. We didn't drop any eggs. Woot!

The Saturday before Easter we headed over to the Riegerix's for their big Easter celebration. Of course Steven started having a horrible cough that day and was throwing up from coughing so much. But we still went! The party must go on.

This year was really fun because all 4 of my husband's siblings were in town for Easter. That has never happened before since I've been around. Also there was an extra kiddo. Steve's youngest brother, Matt and his girlfriend were in town. She has a 7 year old son, Eli. Steven and him got along great. Willow was also there. Those 3 had a blast. I had to corner them to get this photo.

Jordan prepared an egg scavenger hunt for the kids with clues. That was super cute. Here they are looking for a clue in the fridge.

Of course their family was way too generous and got Steven a crazy amount of candy and fun toys.
He is so loved. He has been really into suckers lately so he busted this one open right away.

Take a picture with mom! Have to hold him down!

Here is Matt and his girlfriend, Rudy. They are having a baby in July! Steven is also being goofy. Love that face.

On Easter, we opened Steven's basket from us. He did his typical, picked out 1 or 2 things and ignored the rest. He was excited about a new movie though. "Elephant" he calls it. :)

He was also super psyched about that pez dispenser. It's the small things.

My parents came over and brought more treats! I tell you this kid is s.p.o.i.l.e.d! They also brought food for us so maybe we are a little bit too. :)

I hope everyone's Easter weekend was wonderful. We finally had some good weather but we were all to sick to enjoy it. Immediately after my parent's left we all took a 3 hour nap! ha ha!

Steven at 22 Months

March 2013, 22 Months

Favorite Things:

• You love to sing and dance still. This month it has definitely increased though. You will sing along with the radio or your kids CDs we play in the car. You will jump up and dance whenever anyone turns on music. You have some pretty good moves too!!
• You started wanting to play ring around the rosey this month too. Its really cute (and annoying after 10 times, love you).
• Stuff hoarding has started at this age. You have to have all 3 of your blankets from your crib and your Barney and Santa stuffed animals before bed. For a while you were wanting to have your pop-pop with you everywhere. That thing is not easy to try to cuddle with before bed!
• Your grandparents got you a red car to play with. You are obsessed with it and call it "my car". Here you are putting Barney and some other stuffed animals in the car to that them for a ride.

New Skills/Tricks:

• This month has been a trying one for us, buddy. You're definitely getting into the "terrible twos" of behavior. The beginning of this month you were really trying our patience with biting, hitting, etc. You are such an angel at daycare and with other people but for some reason you decided to test mommy and daddy at home with these behaviors. It was tough but I hope we've made it through the worst of that.
• Towards the end of the month our sensitive, fun, outgoing buddy was back. You have such a sweet personality and you will talk to anyone and give hugs to strangers. You love to cuddle with me on the couch reading books or watching a movie. 

• We also had some success with potty training this month. You started to go pee regularly in the potty and some #2. You are officially diaper free for almost a week as I type this at the end of the month (with a few accidents). I hope that you continue to have success with that!

Vocabulary:

• You've really gotten much more demanding this month. You like to boss people around for sure. "Mommy, sit down NOW!" "Daddy, close door NOW!" are common sentences you say. We don't abide and make you say please instead of now which you sweetly do.

• This month you really have taken to expressing what you want. You will say "so tired" or "more sleep please" when you first wake up. You'll say "food please" or ask for the specific food you want when you get hungry. (Lately its been a lot of Peanut Butter Crackers...lol)
• You've gotten really curious about the world around you this month. Whenever we drive in the car you want to know "what dat?" and you love to shout out things you do recognize. "Balloons! Truck! Big Truck!!"

Big Events This Month:

• We spent Easter with family this month and that was very fun!
• We also had the family over to announce you becoming a big brother soon! I don't know how much you understand yet but you are so sweet. You will kiss the "baby" which is the ultrasound picture on the fridge. One time we were reading stories in bed and you said "I love you baby!!" to my belly! So I think you're starting to get the idea. I love you so much buddy!
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