Basketball star or Drummer?

Here are a few videos of Austin showing off his budding talents. He has just recently discovered the cupboard with pots in it, and thinks it is great fun! Uncle James will have to teach him a few drumming tricks next time we see him!

He loves playing with his little "sports center," and has gotten a lot better at making baskets since we recorded this video...his favorite part is still dancing to the music it plays though! Cute little guy!

A present for ME

I have spent the last 2 1/2 years looking for an entertainment center that I liked. I know, talk about picky, huh?!? I had a very hard time finding one with doors to cover the TV at all, then only complicated my own problem when I encouraged Justin to get a new TV...not any TV, a 52 inch TV. Then, I could find some with doors, but they weren't big enough to house our new television.

So, a couple weeks ago we finally found one that would fit our TV, and we liked it!!! So, here it is...my present that was 2+ years in the making.

I always said I needed something BIG for that wall, but I didn't realize quite how big it was until they delivered it! I LOVE IT!! Now, I just need to decorate it. I am slightly lacking in the creativity department. so if you have any suggestions, just send them my way!

My Difficult Decision

So, it is official. I gave my two weeks notice at work yesterday. I don't know why it was such a difficult and scary decision for me, but it was. It will be awfully nice though to not have to figure out babysitting, and MOST importantly maybe be able to go on a date with my husband sometimes!!

It did make it a lot easier for me when my boss told me that they would miss me, and that there would always be a job available for me there if I want to come back. It's always nice to hear nice things about yourself!!

So, if anyone wants to get together...my schedule is even more free now!!! Justin and I will actually have time off together again!! Wahoo!!

Easter

I can not believe that Easter has come and gone already this year! We had a nice, relaxed day. I was supposed to work, but surprisingly ended up being able to spend the entire day with my boys!

Since Austin is still pretty young, I hadn't even thought about getting him an Easter basket or anything. Then Saturday night we drove around frantically looking for Easter candy and basket stuffers (seriously...Wal-Mart, Target and Macey's were completely sold out!)...for the Easter bunny to use, of course! Anyway, this is what Austin's basket ended up looking like:

The Easter bunny figured since Austin is so little still, he wouldn't hide any eggs and just put them in his basket.

This kid loves the camera!

Cruisin' over to check out his loot!

Playing with the grass!

His eggs were filled with goldfish and cheerios (his two favorite things!) He thought it was GREAT!!

It was so great to be able to attend church on Easter Sunday...especially since I was expecting to be working. We then went over to Jason and Jenn's for a wonderful dinner! It was nice to be able to spend the day together! It is so much fun to have such a cute little boy to enjoy the holidays with.

Cute pics of Austin

I can't believe how big my boy is getting. At his doctor's appointment last week he was 28.5 inches long and 18.5 pounds. He is moving everywhere. He crawls really fast and loves to chase the cat. He pulls himself up and walks along all the furniture, pushes his toys across the living room, and will now even stand by himself for a few seconds. It's just a matter of time before he takes off on his own. If the TV is on, he thinks he needs to be right in front of it like this. Have you ever seen a cuter little body?



The weather has been nice enough lately that we have been able to go for a few walks. This is a picture of our first walk for the year. It was still a little cold, so Austin was bundled up. Notice Tigger...he goes pretty much everywhere with us. I love this little coat with teddy bear ears on it.

We have started feeding Austin more table food. He seems to like most anything we give him. He's not a real big fan of broccoli though! He loves Cheerios and Goldfish. In this picture he was eating a blueberry pancake...that is a blueberry on his face.

Trying to out do him mom for the world's messiest eater contest.

Here are just a few cute pictures of him sleeping. Wouldn't you love to just kick back and sleep like this?

Did you know...

Okay, I am trying to post more things about me, and not always just about Austin. (Although when you have such a cute kid, it's hard not to post only about him! Plus, that is probably why most of you even look at my blog anyway.)



I have been busy trying to clean my house this week because we had our carpets cleaned this morning. I love having a clean house. Seriously...can't stand it to be a mess. I can't seem to get anything else done until the house is clean. (Side note: how on earth do you mothers with more than one child do it? I can't even seem to keep my house clean the way I want to now that I have ONE! It took me almost a full week to do what used to take me a couple hours!)

So, I have a huge pet peeve. I can't stand foot prints on freshly vacuumed carpet. I thought that getting the carpets (and couches that SO desperately needed it!) cleaned would make me so happy (and really it has), but I don't want to walk on them. The footprints I am leaving on the carpets now are 500 times worse than after I vacuum. You can even see everywhere the cat goes! I took a picture to try to show what I mean. It is kinda hard to see, but you get he idea.


Another confession: I am a germaphobe. Maybe it comes from working in the medical field, where you have to obsess over having clean hands and not spreading germs, or maybe I would be this way anyway! I have a seat cover for Austin that goes everywhere with us. I use it in the cart in every store and every restaurant high chair. That used to be enough to make me feel better about having my child sit in someone else's filth, until Austin leaned over and started sucking on the exposed part of the cart at Wal-Mart...of all places! So, I have now advanced to keeping a pack of Clorox wipes in the diaper bag. Seriously...I wipe down the exposed parts of the cart before I will put him in it. You can probably only imagine the looks I get from people as I stand in the entrance of the store wiping the cart down with a Clorox wipe and then pulling out my trusty ole seat cover. Oh, you ought to see it. I should get a picture of it!

I need a NAP!

Okay...so I say that I need a nap, and what do I do while Austin is asleep? I get on the computer, oh well! Austin's two top teeth are coming in, and he is miserable! Not only is he fussy, but he is not sleeping very well. I have gotten very accustomed to him sleeping until 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning. Last night he woke up at 1:00, 2:00, 2:40 and finally at 5:30. This is out of control!! Hopefully they will come through soon, and we can get back to our normal routines around here! Now I better at least go shower for the day before he wakes up!!