Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Project 365... Weeks 7 & 8

So I got a little behind posting, but I still haven't missed a day yet (I've been close, though!!).

Day 43:  Talking to Dad on the phone when he was driving home from work.  Talking on the phone is one of his favorite things to do right now!  Anytime I'm on the phone he says "Dada" over and over and tries to grab the phone from my hands so he can talk.
Day  44:  Aunt Katie came for a visit!  
 Day 45:  Finger-painting on Valentine's Day.  We used his hand prints to make heart shapes on Valentine's cards and then I just let him go at it.  
Day 46:  Papa Johnie with his three youngest grandsons rocking out on the keyboard.  :)
 Day 47:  Brad grabbed the camera and snapped this sweet shot of my boy and me.  
 Day 48:  Playing downstairs with our friends Evan and Farah.  
 Day 49:  Climbing up the drawers to reach things on the bathroom counter.  He does this in the kitchen, too.  Such a monkey!!

Week Eight

Day 50:  Playing with my brand new 35 mm lens Brad got me for Valentine's Day!  Soooo in love with it!!!  I'll have to post some shots here soon of how it compares to the lens I had before.
Day 51:  This boy loves reading! 
 Day 52:  Hanging out with Dad on a snow day!
 Day 53:  Another thing this boy loves is Chapstick.  He pulled the chair over to the counter and got it out of the drawer.  The weirdest thing is that he doesn't even put it on - he just likes holding it.
 Day 54:  Grandma Dee and Papa Johnie spent the day with West while Brad and I attended a spiritual gifts workshop at church.  The workshop was from 9-4, which made for the longest I've ever been away from West in his almost 18 months of life!  (The few days I did work before I quit I always went and nursed him over my lunch hour, so I never went a day without seeing him!).  We didn't worry one bit, though, because we knew he was in heaven with his Grandma and Papa.  
 Day 55:  West also loves jumping from the couch to the ottoman and back again.  He always pumps himself up before he jumps by pumping his fists and saying "Jump jump jump."  It's pretty stinking adorable.  
 Day 56:  Another beautiful snow day!!  It looked like we were in the middle of a snow globe!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Snow Day!!

Brad got to work from home today due to the major winter storm.  I was so happy he didn't have to get out and drive in it and we both loved having him home!  West wanted to be hanging out with him all day, and if we went into another room for a bit he'd get a big smile on his face and say "Dada" and then head back into the bedroom to hang out with him some more.  I think tomorrow will be especially rough when Daddy's back at work, but we tried to not let that ruin us enjoying today to the max!!

Of course Brad worked most of the day but we just tried to hang out near him.  :)  We made no-bake cookies (thanks for the idea, Nat!), watched a Redbox (that we picked up last night - not today!), and played out in the snow.  The last couple of times West has played out in the snow he wasn't too sure about it, but today he really loved it.  We played while Brad shoveled the snow off the drive (we measured 6-8 inches but of course there were drifts of over a foot in some areas).  He seemed to be doing fine but we were afraid to keep him out for too long so I took him on in after 20 mins or so.  He was NOT happy with me - he stood at the door sobbing while watching Brad finish shoveling the drive.  No amount of consoling would help.  :(

Unfortunately I don't have any pics from playing outside because for once I didn't want to mess with the camera.  ;)  I did, however, take lots of pics of hanging out in our bedroom.  Brad got me a new lens for Valentine's Day that I got in the mail on Tues and I've been playing with it pretty much non-stop since then!  And I've been playing with my black and white processing, which explains why all of these are in black and white.  :)

Papa Johnie's Birthday Weekend

We spent last Friday night and Saturday up in Chilli to celebrate Johnie's birthday and do our much belated Christmas with Great Grandma and Grandpa Alden.  It was a wonderful couple of days!