Bee City!

I had a really, really nice Mother's Day weekend. I absolutely love holidays - especially Christmas, other people's birthdays and spoiling my well-deserving parents for Mother's Day and Father's Day. But I'm not one that wants to be fussed over. Jeremy of course wanted to pamper me and give me the whole world, but I just wanted to spend time together as a family - after all, if it weren't for the two of them, I wouldn't be a Mom : ) 

Friday night we had some friends over and enjoyed some great fellowship. I am so thankful for the friendships we have made here. I found it to be really hard at our church when there are 3 different services. Sometimes you never see the same people again if you or they attend a different service, but once we clicked with a few people and it really stuck, you cherish those friendships forever. While they were visiting they mentioned Bee City and how we needed to go check it out. It's an inexpensive, fun outing for the whole family. So, that is just what we did Saturday! We had a family pancake breakfast, Seth took his morning nap while Jeremy & I got some things done around the house and then we took off! We all loved it and it certainly won't be our last time going! 

Feeding the lemurs - my favorite!!!

These guys were Seth's favorite. They ran around so much, he just sat there and grunted at them! 

We didn't love this area due to the enormous frogs (Jeremy) and snakes (me) but the fish and turtles had Seth entranced.....

We didn't get any pictures of it, but in the pen next to this there were llamas. I gave them some food and they thanked me by spitting on me! I didn't appreciate it, so they didn't get anymore food. But, they were in the same area as the goats, who were super cute, but every time I tried to feed the goats the llamas would literally come running over - which made me run away. 

<3

We came back to give the lemurs the rest of our cheerios, but it was nap time...

...we found more though - and babies!

This little pig was my second favorite! His little tail was just wiggling all around, he was trying desperately to lick me through the fence and I wanted to take him home! 

He thought he was pretty big stuff up here!

Seth has gotten a balloon and a soccer ball out of Dada, but Mommy had to buy him a little wooden truck while we were there : ) 

Love my boys and we can NOT wait for summer to get here! 

"Birthday" presents

I placed an amazon order a while ago and needed a little extra for free shipping. I stumbled upon these Daniel Tiger figures and of course, could not resist! They just so happened to come yesterday, so after dinner we gave him a "birthday" present : ) 

10 months

This post feels SO unfair since I JUST did his 9 month post literally a week ago - but, that was my own fault. Whether I'm on time or not, 10 months have FLOWN by with our little peanut being here with us. I literally can't even talk about it. I may or may not have already teared up this morning as I sat here and watching him independently "reading" his books and playing. And I may or may not be tearing up again right now.....sigh! Being a Momma is so bittersweet! There is nothing sweeter than watching him learn and grow. Every day it is something new with him and there is nothing that can make me smile so quickly and easily as he does. But oh it pulls at my heart strings when I think about JUST being pregnant with him! Begging for him to come into the world and then starring into his eyes for the first time....okay, I can't go down that road right now! 

It is so crazy to me the amount of things that change in just one month. I always think to myself, what will I have to update on this month? Not that much has changed - but then I get going and before you know it I have a huge list. 

His "vocabulary" has increased greatly. He used to just gurgle but now he goes around saying "ga-ga-ga-ga-ga", "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba", "ay-ya-ya-ya-ya" and "da-da-da-da-da". Sometimes he throws them all in together and it actually sounds like he is trying to talk : ) When he isn't "talking" he is grunting - at everything! Especially other children or animals! It's so funny how he can spot them. I'm not sure if the grunting means he wants them or if he just really wants to be able to talk! He now laughs at his toots which Dada thinks is the best thing ever hahaha 

He just about has 4 teeth now. His top two have started to make their appearance. I can see the full line of his one and just the tip of the second one. For the most part, I still swear by the amber teething necklace, although yesterday I think they were bothering him a bit. 

New foods include:

 Salmon, cucumber, cantaloupe, mandarin oranges, pumpkin bread and I'm not sure when I started giving him this, but he absolutely loves toast with cream cheese. He still absolutely hates avocado. 

His favorite things:

The vacuum

Going outside

Books

Balls

And randomness that include: styrofoam, command strip velcro pieces, amazon gift cards and string ties...I have no clue lol

He has two walking toys that are not at all annoying (note sarcasm). He would play with them forever if I didn't try and distract him with something else, or hide them behind the couch for a half an hour hahaha He has gotten so smart about it. He will walk with them the right way until he runs into something and then he will walk around to the front of them and push them backwards until he runs into something. Super proud of his thought process there - but I used to be happy when he ran into the wall and had to stop using it hahaha

He is such a good boy and I am so proud to be his Mommy. I could elaborate on this for ever, but it's really just that simple. I am blessed. 

Silliness! 

"Pfftttttttt"

 "Can we be done now, Mom?"