Big Boy, Smart Girl

Christopher likes to crawl up to us and pull himself up on our pant legs. Makes it hard for us to get around the kitchen!

Pretty boy after a bath with his hair combed all nice!

I love how he uses his little fingers to hold things!

He loves his rocking giraffe. Best garage sale purchase ever!

Ashly got on the A Honor Roll again. Whoohoo!

Playing with Linden

We had so much fun watching Linden and Christopher play. For the most part they are in their own little worlds, but at one point Christopher crawled right up to Linden, nose to nose, then crawled away. It was pretty cute! Then, because Christopher gets upset from loud noises (yeah, not very manly....we have to work on that!) when Linden squealed, Christopher cried and cried and cried.

Clapping

Christopher is clapping on his own now. So cute! He just does it randomly. His favorite time to do it is when you are changing his diaper. But he also recognizes the song "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands" and he'll clap then. I suppose because his goofy mom has been singing that song to him for about 6 months now!!!

Nice weekend

Getting into my dresser! He's pretty proud of himself when he opens the drawers all by himself!

It's been a low key weekend. Ashly mowed the lawn for the last time of the year. And today Chadd went to Wisconsin to go riding four wheelers with our neighbor across the street. Yesterday we went to the outlet mall and found Christopher a one piece snowsuit. He looks like a big fluffy marshmallow in it! But, as we all know, it is going to be very necessary real soon!

Lock down

He's trying so hard to reach his bears!!!!

There was an incident at Century (middle school) and the high school in Forest Lake today so they took precautions at Ashly's school, Southwest. This is an email from the principal:

Good afternoon, this is Marc Peterson, principal at Southwest. I'm calling with information relating to the lockdown this morning at the high school and Centry Junior High School.The incident involved an unidentified person who entered Century at about 6:40 a.m. Staff members witnessed the person entering the building. The unidentified person then left the building and the Century staff members followed the person out of the building. The person headed west toward the high school. The staff members followed him as he approached an entry door of the high school, at which point, the staff members lost contact with him. Suspecting that the individual may have gained entry to the high school, the high school immediately went into a lockdown, and law enforcement was notified. As buses were arriving at school, students were kept on the buses during the lock down. Students arriving by car were kept in their vehicles during the lock down. A thorough sweep of the building was conducted by law enforcement as they searched every room. After concluding that the suspicious person was not in the building, law enforcement determined that the building was safe for students and staff. At 8:20, students were allowed into school and school began at 8:30.If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at Southwest.

Ashly said since her school wasn't really involved they had limitations, but continued to go to class.

Get better Chadd!

Chadd has been sick all week. I'm glad he is feeling better. He's not 100%, but he's getting there! Luckily, we don't have much going on this weekend so he can continue to rest.

Christopher and I had our second swimming lessons last night and I dunked him underwater. We were told to count one, two, three and blow in their face so they close their eyes and scrunch up their face, then dunk them. It is not recommended to do this more than 3 times in one hour. Anyways, I did that and then just as I watched his face submerge underwater, his eyes popped wide open! Needless to say, he didn't really like it. He just acted surprised, so I didn't do it again. Maybe next time! He seems to like swimming lessons, but there are lots of babies and a lot of commotion so it's hard for me to get a smile out of him 'cause he's so busy looking around. However, as soon as the lessons were over, back in the locker room, he was smiling and talking up a storm.

Ashly made crepes in her cooking class. Conclusion: she doesn't like it! But she's made some good things including chocolate chip cookies and banana bread. She is doing a church activity/fundraiser thing on Saturday at the church.

The gate

Yeah!!! The gate is completed. We now have a safe environment for a crawling baby!!! Chadd made the gate from scratch and I think he did a fabulous job. I think it looks so nice with the other railing. Good job, Chadd!!! And thank you!!!