10 on 10 July

Yesterday Sean and I went to IKEA to grab a few things. I hadn't been since I had Sean and it is waaaay more fun with a kid! I think he had more fun than I did.
The kids section had this teddy bear chair - Sean loved it
Then I asked him if he could give the teddy bear a hug:

I let Sean pick out a toy at IKEA - the one he chose (literally, he would not let me put it back on the shelf) was this wooden abacus. boy genius?!??!?!
Later that day at my parents Sean enjoyed a lot of watermelon - he got so dirty we brought out a tub of water to wash him off, and he crawled right in it. I think he thought it was a mini bathtub just for him.

A week ago Ryan and I went to visit our friends Jaymie, Justin and Eli - they took us to this great park/farm near their house that had goats, chickens, bunnies, horses, and a pig - with 14 piglets! Both Sean and Eli really enjoyed the animals. Here are some pics:

This is Sean trying to move his nose like a bunny rabbit. Sean and I hanging out today:
He loves to clean . . . lucky me :)

Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Yesterday was beautiful, so we took full advantage of Sean's awake time and went all over town - to the locks, the beach, the local lake/wading pool. Here are a few shots:

It was actually pretty hilarious - as Ryan and Sean were walking towards the (cold) water, Sean started signing bath (cirular motion with both fists on the chest) and getting all excited. He thought it was one big bathtub! What a shock when that water hit his little toes - there was no way he was taking a bath in that!

Mmmmm french toast and blueberries

For those friends and family who have not been able to see this in person yet:

Does this mean I have to stop calling him our little baby?

what day is it???

I love that during the summer I sometimes don't even know what day of the week it is. And summer officially started for me yesterday at 10:40 when my last biology class walked out my classroom door. by 11:30 grades were in, the classroom was cleaned and packed away, and I was itching to get home and feed my little guy lunch & spend the rest of the day with him. It was such a nice day we ate quick then jotted down to one of the local running paths and had a little jog followed by a long play time at the play ground.
This play ground had these great chair swing that Sean loved - he will literally spend 30 minutes just swining and watching all the kids run around. The chairs were big enough so that after I got tired of pushing, I just hopped in and held Sean on my lap and we swung away . . . . . Ahhhhhh, summer!

zoo date

Mandy and I took the kiddies to the zoo over the weekend - I actually forgot to take any pictures inside the zoo, but here we are afterward swinging! They both loved it, and loved watching the big kids get underdogs. It was pretty cute!

I can just hear both of them going "whoa!" as the kid next to them goes flying up in the air :)

10 on 10 June

This month the 10th fell on a work day again, so my pictures give a little of both worlds . . . it was campus day today . . . yearbooks, assembly, etc. Then to pick up our baby!

Low Tide

Yesterday was the lowest tide we have had in over 4 years. So since I had the day off Sean and I went down to the beach at low tide (along with every elementary school in the area). It was lots of fun, we saw some great things . . . so cool to look at what is normally under water . . . . but then again I am a science nerd. Here are a few pics from our outing: