Belated Easter weekend pics

We spent Easter weekend in Springfield with my parents. Roya and the girls came up from Louisiana (her husband Carlo is now in Iraq), and Kipra and Dave were there as well. Karina had her second birthday party that weekend as well, so it was a fun, busy weekend! Oh, and Ansel had a doctor appointment last weekend and finally broke 18 lbs.. still waiting on the 20 though to turn the car seat around! He's still pretty small for even an adjusted age of 13 months, (still size 2 shoes even!) but his pediatrician said when you put his stats on a growth chart for micropreemies he's right in the middle. Anyway, it's fun watching him progress.
His language and fine motor skills are really good. The other day I was giving him a banana. I stopped to do something for a minute and he tapped my arm and said , "ma ma, na na" He also says "bye bye" (with an adorable wave that I'm trying to get on video still!) and he says "bite" when he wants to eat something, "more" and "yum yum" or "mm mm" when he does actually like what he's eating. There's other little words and phrases,but those are some of the main ones.


Hmm. . . wonder if there's anything good in here?




Yep, found some candy!













Watching the jumping easter bunny...



















Karina.. the birthday girl, decked out in a few of her presents!











Hi Grandpa!

Olivia, Emma, and Karina in front of their van... we went outside one day and the window was shattered!! Yikes! They were able to get it fixed a couple of days later.



Kipra, Ansel, and Dave in their jerseys!


















Roya, Karina, and Oliva



















Kipra and Emma

my funny faces

Here are just a few of the cute/funny faces Ansel often makes!



Excited face!
Squinty eyes!



The occasional wink.
Thinking or daydreaming?

Busy baby. . . and cousins!

So much for baby proofing! Ansel popped out the little outlet covers like they were nothing! (He has REALLY good fine motor skills.)




Little handy man










Playing on the big piano!

















Jumped out!

(Ansel loves jumping... he actually jumps himself in a circle, then lifts up his feet and spins really fast! It's pretty entertaining)
















Cousins Kaley, Kelsey, and Lindsey (and Aunt Kim) came up... and Aunt Rachel was home for spring break, so it was a fun week!

Lindsey and Ansel had some fun of their own... going through Grandma's cabinets!






Kaley and Kelsey found a few barbie dolls to play with! (Check out the girls' cute new hair cuts!)











Lindsey... helping unload the dishwasher!

Bass Pro

We took Ansel to Bass Pro last time we went to Springfield. (We thought he'd like the animals there.)

Wish I had teeth like that!

Thought this was a weird looking fish!

Updates.. finally!

Well, finally, some updates! I've started them several times but never quite got around to finishing one! Ansel's gotten very busy this past month! He's fast, and crawling up and down large steps even.
He only weighed 17 lbs. 8oz. during the last shot he got a couple of weeks ago. . . he's eating good though (even off of a spoon.. finally!! Finger foods are still his favorite though) He still dislikes sippy cups, but he does really well with his straw cup. Maybe he'll have a little growth spurt before too long and hit 20 lbs so we can turn his car seat around! I imagine he'll like that better.

It's a fun, but busy age. The movies are rarely on the shelf any more, and he will find pretty much anything there is to get into and scatter (or "eat") Yep, the busy, curious stage keeps mommy very busy as well!
He also has such a variety of sounds and usually has a lot to say!
His top two middle teeth are starting to get pretty big... I can see why he complained so much about them!

We had a beautiful week of weather.. FINALLY. It's been below freezing for so long here that the 50's to almost 70's were very exciting! We got to go on walks everyday which is great because Ansel loves being outside, (not to mention he gets in a good morning nap that way!)


Ansel became interested in my ipod. We have some of his baby/kids music on there, and he got excited to hear it coming from the ear pieces.














He also has fun playing in the ball pit in the kid's playroom at Grandpa and Grandma Sneddon's!




He even got one piece of Valentine's Day candy, which he devoured (although it didn't stay down long)

Itsy Bitsy Spider Video

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Itsy Bitsy Spider

Ansel started the cutest thing the other day. He gets mad having to lay down on the changing table.. now that he's such a mover... so we began singing while he's there to try to distract him. We usually do the itsy bitsy spider (the first time with actions, then I keep singing it until we're done!)
Monday when I laid him down on the table, he put his hands together, ready for the song! He'll usually stop during the middle two lines, then put his hands back together for the final line, when the spider returns! (His spider consists of holding his left hand still while his right hand pats it, and occasionally even turns his wrist a little)
We kind of got it on video, although he stopped as soon as he realized he was being taped! Sorry... I couldn't figure out how to rotate the video... I'll change it if I get it figured out.