Pharm Alumni Game

During finals week, we took the opportunity to go to the Pharmacy and Health Professions Alumni game.  They do a dinner for the Alumni and families and then you get bused over to see the game.  We watched Creighton vs. UNO--again.  It is a fun family outing.  They have fun things for the kids as well.  This year they had a really good face painter and a balloon guy.  Dex just wanted a balloon.  Billy the Blue Jay is also there for photo opps.

Juliette loves tomatoes.  I kept feeding her pieces but I guess I was to slow.  She stole this off my plate.  It was funny to watch her eat it.  She did pretty well, too.  Also, notice her hair bow pulled down, around her neck...It's hard to keep them on her these days.

 Dex and Ash in line for the balloons

 Dex and his puppy balloon

Dex didn't like the real Billy the Blue Jay, so we saw this cardboard one and decided he could get his picture taken with it.  

 Dexter loved riding the bus.

 So did Juliette

During the game.  Juliette discovered what fun daddy's hat can be.  

 When we came back there was this cherry picker that Dex loved and had to get his picture taken with.  

Silly boy :)

This years was a lot cooler than last years game.  I was thankful for that.  It was darn hot last year and probably didn't help that I was prego.  The next time we attend this, we'll be graduating.  Wow.  

Baker's Man

Last Sunday, Dexter helped us do dinner.  He helped me roll up crescent rolls once before and this time, he wanted to do it by himself.  I separated them out for him and he rolled them up.  He was pretty darn proud and they were pretty darn yummy.

I couldn't decide which picture to post so you got them all.  He is his funny self in all of them.  Enjoy!

Fire Station

We were able to take a tour of the fire station a couple weeks ago with some friends from church.  Dex enjoyed  it and was excited and nervous about it the whole morning before we left.  Another mom organized it and we got to join in.  He wouldn't sit inside the trucks or walk even walk through them.  He did look at the heat camera they use to find people inside homes to help rescue.  When we came home, he was full of regret for not sitting in the trucks and making them beep.  Life lessons.  But he still enjoyed it immensely.  

Saying bye to this one,

and watching this one pull in.  

Those men have insane driving skill with these huge trucks!

 He did want his picture taken in front of the big skylift truck.  Too bad the sun was in his eyes.

 Showing me his hat and coloring book.

While we were there, the crew that was supposed to give us a tour got called out.  We did get to see them leave, which was pretty exciting for the wee ones.  Another crew came in just as the others were leaving so we still got our tour.  We got to go upstairs to see where they slept, cooked, had class/relaxed and touch the hoses and see through their heat sensing camera.  At the end, about 5 firemen slide down the poles for the kids to watch and then the kids got a turn if they wanted.  Dex didn't.  It turned out to be another regret.  Darn those life lessons!  Afterward, they passed out some cute hats and coloring books for all the kiddos to have. Dex was pretty darn excited about those.

Sleep, Sleep

Juliette's sleep positions are a lot like mine.  On the side but with hips rotated, on the tummy, arms up...I peek in on her and think, hmmm, I like to sleep like that too.  

She does have her own quirks though.  For instance, She hates to have the bumper pad up.  I might as well just take it off.  She likes it down and if I pull it up, she pats it down until it stays down before she'll fall asleep.  

She also likes to sleep with things poking out of the bars.  Toes, hands, one time her whole leg, and another her whole arm.  Silly girl.  I fixed her once and put her arm back in and she got mad and stuck it through again.  

Silly Miss. 

We sure love you.  

Playing in the Rain

 I try to get us to go outside to play at least once a day.  It is so very important to me, to let Dex run and be outside learning, seeing, and exploring.  I love our little spot and the grassy area that we have around us.  It is pretty perfect for where we are at in our lives.  

We try to get outside, regardless of the weather. I read a quote somewhere that said "There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate attire."  Don't get me wrong, I do think that it can get too hot/cold/miserable to be outside, but this day, however, was not miserable.  It was mid March and we were having a nice warm rain shower.

 

It's Turkey Time!

DeeAnn came down for about a week to come play with us.  It was so nice having another adult around and extra hands to help with the kids.  We had fun.  We went and saw the new aquarium at the zoo for the first time and we also took a jaunt to Kansas City to the temple open house there.    I was so excited to take Dexter through the temple.  Every time he plays with his blocks, he builds a temple.  I couldn't wait to show him what the inside looked like.

Well, about 5-10 minutes before we got there, he fell asleep.  It isn't a good idea to wake either of my kids up early from a nap because they are GRUMPY!  He seemed to do alright at first until we were at the entrance of the temple and put the white booties on our shoes to protect the floor inside.  He would not walk in them and threw a fit when we tried to put him down.  He cried so hard that I almost had to take him out.  I finally got him calmed down and we were able to finish the tour.

Inside was gorgeous as always. It had an olive tree theme throughout it.  I love the color of the stone they used on the outside.  It is so pretty.  A sandy off white color.  It was awesome having both of my kids in the celestial room with me.  I only wish Ashton could have come.  It would have been awesome to have all of us there.

After the tour, we enjoyed their snickerdoodles and skittles punch (much to sweet for me).

On our way home, Dexter was talking and said, "It's TURKEY TIME!  Time to go eat turkey at the temple ---with Lainey" (a friend in nursery).  Where that came from, I don't know, but it was hilarious.

*editors note:  I have recently found out that when Dexter says "turkey" and "cookie" they sound exactly the same.  Therefore, I now believe he was saying "It's cookie time".  Maybe we'll just stick with Turkey?

"The Green Park"

Earlier this month, we went to "the Green Park" as Dexter would say, with our friends Serene and Lainey.  "The Green Park" is actually Big Lake Park.  It's toys are green colored, and that is how Dexter differentiates between the parks that we go to.  The park in our complex is "the 'lellow' park", the one with the baseball diamonds is the "pink park"--although it is red and blue (goofy kid), and Big Lake Park is"the green park".  It was a nice day for a walk and we were all itching to be outside.

Serene is an amazing photographer.  She is the one who did Juliette's 8 week photo shoot.  Check her work out here  .  She was sweet enough to take some random pictures of my kids while at the park.

Dexter is obsessed with "giant excavators" right now and couldn't get enough of this toy.  

I love this.

And how can you not love this munchkin?  She was so content in the swing.

8th Month

Juliette is 8 months old!  I love this picture of her.  It is all her!  She loves to have things hanging from her mouth as she moves about and plays with something else.  More often than not when she plays, she looks like this. This picture was taken during our Easter BBQ.  We were inside waiting for the eggs to be hidden and to warm up.

She is just about crawling.  Those little toes of hers propel her well and one arm is going.  She just needs to get the other arm in there too.  It does slowly get her places though.  She can roll in both directions and pull herself onto her knees.  She is a momma's girl, but is okay with daddy more often now, too.  She loves to interact with and watch Dexter.  She shakes her head no to play with you, and she loves peekaboo.  She loves peekaboo so much that just last Sunday I was in the Mother's Room at church nursing her, and another mom was in there changing a diaper and playing peekaboo with her son.  As soon as she heard "peekaboo!"  Juliette shot up and giggled.

She is a fan of small things that fit nicely in her little hands and perfectly in her mouth so part is in and part is out.  She prefers hard toys.  The only soft things she likes are her dolly that Dex gave her when she was born and Frogette that she got for Christmas.  She is also getting her bottom 2 teeth in.

Jules, we love you darlin'!  Thanks for joining our family!  

Construction

They have finally begun the remodeling of the outside of our complex because of the damage incurred by the hail storm last August.  It's only been 8 months waiting.  They started with the roof.  Ours is finally all done.  It was just  a tiny bit annoying.  There was debris everywhere while they were working and of course all the banging and hammering and ripping off old shingles.  There was one thing that made it endurable.  It was 26 pounds of an ecstatic little construction truck lovin', brown-eyed, blondee.   He was excited about what was going on, but enamored by their "backwards crane" as he calls it, that helped load the packages of shingles onto the roof.  

The truck started out on the other end of our building, and Dex was at the screen door watching their every move.

Then the magic happened at it came RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR DOOR!

He was just a little excited.

Jules was asleep, so we went outside and watched it

I think the men got a kick out of Dex.  They kept waving and smiling and when the truck left, the driver honked just for Dexter and waved to him.  He was in heaven!

When the truck was done at our building, Dex frantically went inside and grabbed the closest truck he had to what he just saw, his tow truck.  He began to play and made it's hauling parts act just like "the backwards crane".   He also kept glancing over at the real truck, at the next building, to make sure he was doing it right.

Such a sweet boy.  He brings so much life and laughter into our home.  He is always a good reminder as to what simple joys are to be had, even in the midst of chaos.  He makes my heart so happy.  

Thanks little man for making this so much fun.