Catch up Post

And this handsome little guy decided to start walking on Sunday! He's been cruising around the furniture for quite awhile but in the past month he's started letting go for a few seconds. Well on Sunday we were playing and he let go of the couch but stood there forever! I decided to see what he'd do if I put him in the middle of the room. He stood there for about 15 seconds and then started to fall and so he took a step. The kids all cheered really loud and he got excited so he kept trying to get up and do it again. So I stood him up a few more times and he took 2 steps! By Monday he was taking 4 steps before he'd fall and now as soon as you stand him up he starts moving his feet. He will hold one finger and walk all around the house and he does pretty well walking when he's holding a brush or something in his hands and he THINKS he's holding your hand! Sweet boy is growing up so fast! He'll be 11 months old on Tuesday and he's started saying a few words too. He says, Mama, Dada, Buh bye, no no and uh-oh. If you tell him to clap his hands he will, and if you tell him no biting he will shake his head no and say, "Nuh nuh nuh bah bah" and when he drops anything or if he hears a loud noise he will say, "uh oh!" I can't believe how fast he is growing up! It's been such a fun year and we just love him more all the time! One more milestone reached!

We woke up on May 23rd to a snowy surprise where sunshine and short and t-shirts where the day before!

Nathan helped me paint a dresser that we were given by a friend of ours:

Emily graduated from Preschool on May 19th and couldn't have been more excited!

Joe and Jessica had a beautiful baby girl on May 9th. Kristen and her big sister Lauren:

We went back to the Family Fun Center and EVERYONE had a Blast in the Blast Zone as part of my niece, Brynne's birthday:

Jen

The group (I had to leave early and Peter wasn't able to go but the kids stayed)

Billy

Tyler, Clay, Brynne, Sierra, Maddie and Emily

Mom

Kids singing happy birthday to Brynne

We also went to the Tulip Festival that same morning for Brynne's birthday (this was the end of April)

Brynne, Maddie, Emily

Sisters

Nathan smelling flowers

Mom and Jen

Maddie

Emily and Maddie

Logan

This is my beautiful niece Jocelyn (Billy and Jen's newest addition) isn't she precious?!

Logan

Emiliy

Birthday girl Brynne and cute Britta

All of the cousins that were there (minus Jocelyn)

My happy kids

Sorry for the spew of pictures and updates. It's been driving me crazy that I wasn't caught up and I decided just to do a quick one to get me back on track!