Great day!

Today was so much fun!  We took Mac to an indoor playground that our pediatrician told us about.  He had a great time there.  He was the youngest person there though and I was very worried that he was going to get ran over by the VERY rambunctious toddlers.  He went down a slide for the first time and thought it was great fun!!!!!  I wish this lady had not been hogging it the entire time we were there so he could have gone down it more often!  Oh well, he will just have more sliding opportunities once everything thaws out!

On an Alaskan note, STILL in breakup...but so you can get an idea of what that is like I am going to put in a picture.  Joe loves all of the giant puddles because he likes to drive through them real fast and splash water everywhere.  You can no longer tell what color our cars are (no joke) but we are able to see grass for the first time since October!

Out to eat!

IT'S THE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Words cannot express how excited I am that it is the weekend and I can spend awesome time with Mac and Joe!  We went out to eat tonight at Hacienda which is a Mexican restaurant down the street from our house.  Mac was great!  There was even a lady at the table next to us who asked us how old he was, "he has gorgeous blue eyes," and even told us that he was very well behaved the whole time!  Mac was super wiggly in the high chair thing that is in restaurants....he even kept standing up in it....silly boy.  We tried giving him food off of our plate and he DID NOT like the refried beans at all (I am still trying to figure out how to get him to eat veggies).  He LOVED the cherries that our amazing waitress brought for him though.

On an Alaskan note, we are STILL in the middle of breakup (no lie this is going to last until probably May).  However, Mac's nanny posted a "shared" picture on Facebook of Spring time Anchorage.  I thought I would share the COMPLETELY gorgeous picture with ya'll!  Please keep in mind that I did not take this picture but it is beautiful!

 

Dunlaps Disease

Today, Joe said that Mac has "dunlaps" disease because his belly has "dunlapped" over his diaper.  SILLY!  Mac was in such a good mood when he got home.  Apparently he was not super happy the whole time with Erica today....whoopsie.  One problem that we are having with him is that he is REFUSING to eat his veggies lately.  It is driving me insane and I have no idea how to hide it to where he will eat it!  Well here is some pictures for you to make you smile!

On an Alaskan note...we are in the middle of breakup and I hate it.  There are huge puddles everywhere and mud.  Breakup is where all 130 inches of snow that we have gotten this year has started melting because the temperatures have been staying in the 30-40s.  The potholes have gotten GIGANTIC!  I thoroughly dislike breakup season but it does mean that summer is coming!

Toddle Time!

I think we can now call Mac toddler! He is doing better at walking every day. Here's a few videos of the big guy:

Mac's shenanigans!

Mac decided it would be fun to play with Bella. He is such a funny boy and Bella is very gentle with him.

Edit: Tried to upload the video directly from the blog and it didn't work. I'm uploading it to youtube now. I'll post it in a bit!

Just a lazy Saturday...

Today has been awesome (minus my cough and lack of breathing)!  Mac played a TON!  We went shopping for stuff for the camper and ended up getting pots/pans and a coffee maker!  We figured out that we need to get a hiking carrier for Mac.  We tried one on in Sports Authority (a Kelty brand one) and put Mac in it to see how it would feel/work and how he would do.  He really enjoyed being in it.  Get ready for a picture of him lounging....

check out that expression...

Today we also faced a challenge....cutting the fingernails of a SUPER active toddler.  I literally sat in the chair that Teela and Kenneth gave him with my legs wrapped around him to keep him in place.  Lord help me when he gets even bigger than he already is!  Battling over 25 pounds and 31 inches of Mac to cut his nails and to change his diaper is rough.  

  the battle begins....

The bear is learning to walk... We are in trouble!

And so it begins! Mac has started to walk, only a few steps here and there, but he has going from taking one step to multiples. He even took six steps to Jami earlier! I have a feeling that it won't be long before we are having to chase after him. He is such a happy baby! 

We learned today that Mac's walking has made himself his biggest danger. He was walking along the coffee table after a couple hours of playing (getting tired) and took a spill. It looked like he banged his lip on the edge of the table then fell back and hit the back of his head on the floor. It probably looked a lot worse than it was because he wasn't bleeding and didn't have any big bumps. After a few seconds of crying, it was back to playing! More walking videos soon to come!