Easter 2011 - Video

Easter

Parties and Balloons

On Saturday, we went to our friend Aoife's 3rd birthday party. It was a dinosaur theme and the kids all wore cute little hats and did some digging for dinosaur bones. Max slept during most of the party, but REALLY loved the balloon that he got to take home at the end. He didn't let go of it for a while!

Playing Outside

Today was the first day nice enough to put the blanket out on the front lawn and go outside to play. Max enjoyed watching Alia ride her "worm" and her tricycle while chomping on some baby toys. Both kids really enjoyed bubbles! Alia chased after them and Max watched them blow in the wind while giggling! It made me so excited for summer! I absolutely can not wait until we can spend more time outside and even bust out the kiddie pool and water table again!

Alia was very excited about her new Dora gardening tools from Nana!

Max loved being outside. He sat on the blanket happily for about 45 minutes watching bubbles, his sister and the neighbors.

Alia riding her inchworm on the sidewalk.

Santa brought Alia a tricycle for Christmas this year and we are just now able to get it out and really work on riding it. She has the pedals pretty much figured out, but we are going to have to work on steering!

Did I mention that I have a new camera?

Seven Months Old

This post is just a little out of order ... oops! Anyway, Max is now 7 months old. He had a weight check appointment last week and was 18 pounds, 3.5 ounces. So, he's gained a little over a pound in a month. He is still NOT sleeping through the night! He wakes up twice a night most nights to eat, but does give us the occasional one wake night just to get our hopes up. He loves his baby food, especially carrots, sweet potatoes and fruits. He is working on finger foods, but so far he isn't a big fan of the texture.

Max is trying to crawl, but hasn't quite gotten it all figured out yet, but it won't be long. He can certainly get from place to place and if I take my eyes off of him for too long, he's in the middle of clean, folded laundry putting it on top of his face!

One of the cutest little developments lately, is his genuine love for his sister. He absolutely lights up when we go to get her out of bed in the morning or after nap and stares at her adoringly when she gets in the car after school. It is too precious for words!

Zoo Trip

We had a rare sunny day today so Alia and I decided that it was time for a trip to the zoo. It feels like forever since we have been there. Alia enjoyed getting out and walking around and Max was able to sit back and relax and take in the sights. I took my new camera along and had fun playing with it!

Cozy in the double stroller

Max loved the sea lions.

Alia loves getting up very close to the glass to check out the animals.

She was watching the polar bears here, I think.

We had to stop and take some time to be silly!

Getting sleepy...

Alia stuck her arm right in there and started petting the goat.

I just about had to pry her away from it.