garden project

Aaron and I have been working on the construction of a raised garden bed in our backyard. Its turned out to be way more of a project than either of us anticipated. For some reason, we thought that we could just stack the bricks together like leggos and call it good. Wrong. The walls have required some serious mathmatics, which is not our strong suit. We've got the system down now though, so we're going to try and crank it out for FHE.

BLUE (pink) EYES

We kicked off our exciting weekend with a two hour visit to the walk-in clinic on Friday night. I'd noticed that Hank had some serious eye goo going on but I was optimistic that it would clear up on his own. When his eyes turned a pretty pink color, we knew we had to take him into the doctor. Sure enough, conjunctivitis (aka pink eye) in both eyes. Poor kiddo.

the Hunt

Everyone knows that kiddie Easter egg hunts can be ruthless--kids pushing and shoving to snatch the most eggs. So, we decided to give Hank a competitive advantage by letting him practice in the backyard for the big event. Once he discovered that we'd placed an M&M in each plastic egg, it didn't take him long to get the hang of gathering as many eggs in his basket as possible. Now that we've taken a dry run, we're ready for Easter!

Play Ball

With only two weeks left until the Mariner's opening game, we thought it was a good idea to show our team spirit. Its looking like Hank's babysize hat is a little tight, so we'll have to get him outfitted up before the big game.

14 Weeks

No, people. This is not an optical illusion or trick of the camera. This is actually me 14 weeks pregnant. Since I already look like I could pass for 20-22 weeks, I wonder what I will actually look like in 20 more weeks. My belly button has already popped out! Done! (I wish). I'm grateful that I can at least still wear my normal clothes.

Dress-Up

I thought only little girls like to play dress up, but apparently all kiddos like a good game of dress-up. Yesterday, after Hank was already bathed and dressed for the day, he decided to raid his closet and put on his sunday clothes complete with sunday shoes, suspenders, and tie. Sometimes Aaron will have to dress up on a weeknight for a meeting and I think Hank likes to try and be like dad and wear his dress up clothes, too. Either that or he just has a really bad fashion sense at an early age.

Potty Time

My optimistic goal is to have Hank potty trained by September, but at the rate we're going, its not looking good. I bought Hank a potty seat last week and we've been practicing sitting on it--trying to get Hank to just make friends with the potty. Usually Hank will tell me right after he does his job, but so far I haven't been able to catch him in the act yet. Let the fun begin!