My little character

Oh there's always so many new stories at this age, I never seem to get them all written down! Ansel's talking a ton and likes to be the one to say the prayer (with help of course) Usually he'll repeat what we say.. but sometimes he'll throw in his own stuff (For example: every time we use the word "for", instead of repeating "for" he'll say "five" (yeah.. he likes counting too).













I had his swing out to wash the cover... he climbed right in and hung out there for 10 minutes or more.. and it still swung him too! (I guess he's probably still in the weight range!)








Ansel with his buddy Olivia.. he's actually 13 months older than her.. but they usually play really well together and always get so excited to see each other at church. It's really cute to watch them play... they're both so funny!

I think Ansel was definitely ready for a nap this day!
Ansel loves getting on the scale (and always says "Two Two") Usually it says 21 or 21.5 lbs. but on a good day (shoes and all ) he'll hit 22 (or "two two").

Ansel likes to make sure the toilet paper holder is filled (it holds three). We came in one day and he had it stacked with 9 or 10 rolls!


I had to put a picture of our new bathroom trim too! Cody did it a couple of weeks ago.. It makes the bathroom finally look finished! :)


*Also, sorry about the mismatched text! I always try to line it up with the pictures when I'm creating the post... but it never really seems to work out! There's gotta be an easier way (any tips are welcome :) )

First bike ride

Ansel got to take his first ride on "Grandpa's bike" (which he loves and is always talking about)... don't worry, they were going pretty slow and it was in a parking lot, but Ansel was quite excited about it!

Little Conductor

Ansel loves music.. and usually loves just dancing to it.. Lately, though, (especially with his classical music) he likes to "conduct" to it as well. I caught him in the car the other day while he was listening to his music!

"Help, Momma!"

The other night Ansel wanted some milk shortly before bedtime. I went out to the kitchen to go get it, and thought I'd grab his medicine while I was at it. He came strolling out to the kitchen(likely checking up on me to make sure I was getting it!) He saw me with that medicine and bolted off so fast!! He ran to Cody in the other room yelling, "Help, Momma!!" (with a look of terror on his face!) Too bad for him though, Daddy was on my side :)

Easter eggs

The cousins all got to color and decorate the easter eggs together. We had a little hunt outside, which Ansel loved... he loved it even more when he discovered the chocolate inside of the eggs! We let him take some of it with us (after the egg hunt we left to meet up with my friend.. that's when he became a little mess in the car seat!) A couple of the pictures are actually from easter Sunday when we were back home in Missouri.

Fun at Great Grandma and Grandpa's

We had such a fun visit! Ansel's cousins, Evan and Camille got to come down too (they live in Idaho). Sorry Melinda (and Rachel ), but I LOVE this last picture!! Camille decided to try out Aunt Rachel's new makeup! I guess they do try to grow up too fast!

Gateway

I also got to visit with my old roommate Annie while I was there! We met up in Salt Lake at Gateway shopping mall. She's due to have a little boy in June! Hopefully Ansel didn't scare her of that too much! :) It was so good to see her again!

As you can see, Ansel loved the fountains!! I had to go buy him an outfit afterwards though, since I'd already changed him after he spilled water all over himself at lunch. (Not to mention got chocolate all over it on the ride to Salt Lake.. there'll be a picture of that later though)