More Exciting Things in Our Little Life

I have been horrible about updating the blog lately. It's hard to find time to sleep, much less update this. I'm sorry if you've been dying for another update on Little Dude. His birthday is FAST approaching and we are in the middle of a huge re-do of the backyard (which of course is where the party will be). All of our "free" moments have been spent ripping out bushes, putting up new siding, re-painting all of the outside, putting in new plants, putting together a swing set, re-doing edging and probably many other things that I have forgotten.

So here's a quick update on what we've been up to the past few weeks!

Grammy & Grampa came down for a weekend to help us put up new siding and paint the house. Grammy got to spend the weekend playing with Little Dude while the rest of us worked outside the house. It was hot, but we are glad that part of the project is done!

Little Dude now has 6 teeth (two on top, 4 on bottom) and 2 more on the top that are close to breaking through. It is drool city at our house!

We celebrated Little Dude's first 4th of July. We watched fireworks on the 3rd. Nana & Poppers were there with us. Nana was pointing at the fireworks and saying what color they were. Little Dude then very seriously put his arm out to point and emphatically said "Ya! Ya! Ya!"

We took Little Dude and his girlfriend to a little gym for a play date. Once I put him on the ground, he was off and didn't slow down! He was crawling up the ramps, down the ramps, across gaps, up steps and was on anything else he could get his hands on. He had a great time!

Little Dude got a swing set for his birthday from his Nana & Poppers so we put that together this past weekend. It is so nice having a swing/slide in our backyard so we have more to do outside now! He loves swinging and always has the biggest grin when we take him outside to swing. He even tried to crawl up the slide the first day we had him out playing on it!

I took a big step this past weekend and decided to let Little Dude stay the night away from home for the first time. Since Nana & Poppers live about 2 minutes from us, I decided it would be easiest on me knowing he was that close for the first time. He had a great time and slept the entire night as usual. And I am pleased to report that I did fairly well with the whole night of not having him here!

My baby is turning into a toddler before my eyes and it is crazy. He is so much fun and brings so much joy in my life. Can't wait to see what he'll do next!