Camping

Took Adrian on his first camping trip on Friday! He ate a lot of dirt, sticks and rocks...but what's new. We went to Pinegree Park and set up a nice site. Barry slept in his hammock outside and and Adrian and I shared the tent...tried sharing a sleeping bag but that didn't work out as well. I did not get much sleep. Adrian was definitely more aware of his surroundings once it got dark and at one point looked out into the dark and started crying. He's a scaredy cat like his mom...hahaha...

Yesterday was a birthday bbq bash for the babies in my first mom's group. They all turned one around April/May and all the families had a fun time celebrating together and catching back up. I've only attended once or twice since I had to start working full time in Oct and most of the guys haven't seen each other much since it's a "mom's group". It was great!

Right now Adrian's sitting in a box in the office craft closet pulling all the paintbrushes out.

Here Comes Trouble...

"Helping" mommy clean.

Green tastes better than blue!

Climbing, Climbing, oops Falling!

I like to play ON my toy table!

My mommy used to watch Madi when she was a baby and now Madi comes to play with me!

Jeff Bergman drives me around in my car...beep beep!

Swimming in my new pool with Lexi...

Pretend I'm a tiger...

Perfect size playhouse...

I sit forwards in the car now. Had to have Curious George today.

Just reading a story...I can climb onto the chair all by myself! I don't even rip pages!

More Teeth Maybe...

Poor baby...I think he's teething but he's been running a fever all day and cranky. Then this evening he started throwing up so it might not just be teething. Or his fever could have caused it. I don't know...I've taken off work tomorrow since I don't want to get Amber's kids sick..although he was there today...hopefully it's just teething. We want to go camping this weekend but we'll see...

Our one year old is so big now. He's smart and starting to test his boundaries. He especially likes to throw his spoon on the floor but he won't eat unless he has his own spoon. He likes to get a reaction from hitting...we're working on being 'gentle' as well as encouraging people not to laugh when he does something we do not want to encourage.

Adrian took his first steps with a walker all by himself the other day. He likes to put lids off and on jars thanks to his g'pa teaching him how. H'es a climber and gets upset now when he can't get up on something. Another first...he's taking bottles for Amber!

Cousin Cavyn loves Adrian! We spent time last Saturday at cousin's house. Then mommy got to go out with her friend. Daddy spent the night in Red Feather but missed mommy and especially baby, for his first night away.

What else?...My brain is melting so that's all I have right now.

Saturday Excursions

Adrian is so big. He's been practicing making new noises and sounds....specifically inhaling air with a high pitch or saying 'mmmmmmmmmm' like humming. I am trying to teach him to blow kisses. He now claps. Don't know why it took so long or why he only does it in the car but at least he knows he can. He is quite whiney these days...could be the new bottom teeth looking like coming in sideways. Better start saving for braces now. Also his sleep is messed up...which means my sleep is messed up. We've been trying to practice walking but if you hold him up he just wants to sit. I've discovered that if if I hold under his arms and walk fast while saying 'run run run run', he pumps his legs and runs around...slowly he's getting used to just walking when we do this. He's so steady with balance and everything that when he does decide to walk he'll just take off! I think he takes after Barry athletically...Barry's pretty good at everything he tries! Still saying 'gog' gat' 'dada' 'mama' but also 'ga' means gpa and he babbles incessantly about all sorts of things like 'lala' 'baba' 'nana' and such. He loves our pets and gets so excited to see them in the morning or when they are outside. Another thing is that he LOVES the outdoors; if a door is open he's outside in a split second.

Had a good weekend! Went to the park on Saturday and Target with Cousin Cavyn who is such a big boy these days. Adrian still is learning the concept of 'gentle' and may laugh as he smacks others in the face or gets a reaction from 'ow'! I try to ignore, move him or myself, and/or say 'be gentle' and show him how, in order to not give him lots of attention for negative behaviors but also to let him know that he won't get my attention for being rough. I think he gets attention for it once in awhile and so he continues to try to 'attack' for the surprised 'ow!' he sometimes gets.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies! We didn't do much, hung out and got some pizza from Pulcinella's. I bought Adrian a book for Mother's Day called "I Love You Forever' and then I read it to him today. It made me cry. Barry called me a dork and so did Julie but you try reading it to your baby and tell me it isn't emotional.

Perfect Fit for a little boy...we'll call it his new playroom! P.S. He must not have any toys if this is what he has to resort to(HA)

City Park with Cousin Cavyn: A Saturday Tradition


Little Cavemen Riding the Brontosaurus

Loves To Swing!

Talking boy talk

Exploring the great outdoors

That's My Mommy

Birthday Pictures for all you patient people...

Oohh what's this?

No he does not know how to drink soda! I don't care what that looks like.

Yay!!!

Birthday Flan for dad and babe at Rodizio's!

Ga'ma and Ga'pa

New Water Table with a Water Wheel

YUMMY WATER...OOOHH COLD

Mommy and Daddy

Aunt Ronnie and Romi

Eating Out With Dad

"SOOO BIG"

Snuggles with Aunt V

New Walker from Pop-Pop, Mima, G'ma Phyllis, Aunt Lealea and Uncle Shane

Notice the cake on the fingers...

1st Face..er...arm...painting that I tried to eat

YAY for presents!

I am one, hear me roar!!

Birthday Update!

So yes...we are proud parents of a 1 year old! I know the days and weeks fly by but the year has been a busy long one and we've enjoyed every moment!

For Barry's bday we had a traditional polish dinner at mom's and then he got to go out with his auntie!! His present from Adrian and me is a tattoo of Adrian's newborn footprints on his forearm...we might get it this weekend! Also set reservation for Rodizios for Thursday which we rescheduled due to party planning...then his sis took us out to eat there on Sunday eve instead! Ronnie spoils us all whenever she's out here!

Barry's sister Ronnie and her awesome boyfriend Romi arrived (suprise to all except B and I) on May 1st in the afternoon! We went out for lunch and shopping at Dandelion Toys/Clothes Pony!! They were having 'Girls Night Out' event and there was face painting and good deals to be had. Adrian got a dino/dragon painted on his forearm which he proceded to lick! Adrian scored some cool things that he even got to pick out. He had a choice of finger puppets and repeatedly picked out the pig puppet so his auntie bought it for him. He also got a cow and new shoes and mom found a cute turtle bday card.

Then Barry and I finished decorating the house and shopping for the big bbq party on Saturday. A total of 27 kids and lots of adults could have shown up but not everyone did...Whew! We were prepared with party favors and cake and ice cream, soda punch and koolaid, a 1/4 barrel keg of Fat Tire beer, potato salad and hotdogs and steak and wings, chips and salsa, and people also brought side dishes like shrimp and cocktail sauce and deviled eggs! It was a feast to say the least! People starting arriving at 2pm and partied on till 9pm. Can you tell that Barry was celebrating his bday too? Even though there weren't banners for him he was part of the reason for the party! It was a huge success!

Adrian had not taken his afternoon nap although he did play in his crib for an hour on his party day so he was tired....BUT he did great! He loved all the attention and showed off for everyone. He let everyone hold him and didn't get scared when balloons popped or anything! He wanted to be held during the end of the day and went to bed at 7pm! People hung out and munched till the steak and wings were done about a couple hours then we ate, then opened presents, then had cake! Adrian sat on the train table and pulled toys and tissue paper out of his gift bags. The other kids at the party and I helped him open all his gifts! He has a great attention span and he was soaking up all the cheers and excitement! He got tons of really cool and useful toys and clothes including a water table, a turtle pool, a bubble machine (like we had at our wedding), a swing, and tons more!!! He is still exploring all his new toys! and I am still trying to figure out where to put everything.

When it was time for cake, I was setting it up and when I looked away Adrian stuck his hand in the frosting and starting eating it before we could even light the candle! So cute! He enjoyed his cake and I loved that we put his picture on it (yes I have no time in my life and ordered a professional cake at King soopers with his picture on it instead of making one). But we also used the same picture and had everyone sign a photo mat with green or blue around the picture for his 1st birthday. It is framed now and so cute! There were yellow smiley face balloons and blue Baby's 1st Birthday balloons filled with helium in the house and tied to the mailbox, as well as blown up 'Feliz Cumpleanos' balloons scattered around the house on the floor for the kids to play with! Adrian also got a helium police car balloon which is about 4 feet wide! He loves balloons!

On Sunday I hosted a mom's group at my house! Auntie Christie and Auntie Julie brought an awesome gift: a little boy chair!