April Happenings 2012!

The month of April seemed to fly on by.  I took many pictures of myself and Quinn to send to Joey(which I turned them into collages).  We went to my parents house almost every weekend, but seemed to really enjoy the time we had to spend with my family(especially since we don't know how much more time we have with them before we must move on with the Army).  I've posted many of the wonderful pictures I captured as we played and hung out.  Some of the pictures loaded really small and if I tried to enlarge them they turned out blurry, so hopefully you can see the pictures and read the captions to the pictures, if not, pull out your magnifying glass.  :)

Quinn's first Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich(the red on the tray is grapefruit).

Quinn standing tall on Grandma Davis's chair

Quinn and Kiza laying down together.

Quinn grabbed this basket and pulled it up over himself.

Quinn's new thing is to grab the spoon with his teeth everytime I try to pull it out of his mouth.

Quinn playing with a toy lego car.  He even makes noises as he's "driving" it around.

Quinn got stuck under the stool and I caught this picture right before he was about to cry.

Quinn was eating yogurt and making "popping" sounds with his mouth.

Celeste and Nicole

Sister in-law Jackie blowing out her birthday candles.

Jackie and my brother Dan's little baby, Mack-7 weeks old.

Brittany

My dad

Showing off my fun nails

Taking pictures for Joey

Kiza, Nicole, & Quinn

When Quinn chooses not to walk, he crawls with his butt up and feet on the ground.

Quinn walking around

My sister, Ashley, did a make-up makeover using Bare Minerals and we took pictures afterwords.

Quinn playing outside with my brother Trevor's dog, Bo.  Quinn loves dogs!

Happy 1st Birthday Quinn. 3/30/12

Our little angel is getting so big. He turned 1 yesterday, but we couldn't do a party for him because he is sick with RSV and has an ear infection in each ear. I took some pictures of him in the morning in his PJs. At night, I decided to buy him a little bright cake to celebrate his birthday. His aunt Celeste and I were able to light a candle for him and sing Happy Birthday to him. He was quite mesmerized by the burning candle when we are all done singing. He wanted to take that cake and devour it- or maybe it was more like the frosting.

Going Private!

I need some privacy please!!!!!!!   Ha, ha, ha.  After much debate in my head, I've decided to make this blog private.   I don't really like the idea of strangers reading about my life and looking at pictures of me and my family, so here goes.  I'm announcing this to let you know that I'll give you one week to give me your email address if you'd like to read my blog.  As long as I know who you are, you are more than welcome to read it.  Like I said, I don't want any creapy strangers taking a peek.  By April 1st, I'd like you to email me at squirt-1@juno.com. And no, it's not an April Fools joke(you were thinking hard about that one, weren't you?  :) Thanks everyone!

March Madness?

Is this month supposed to be mad?  or crazy?  I'd say, more like crazy for me.  Quinn and I got to spend the 1st week of March with Joey and then we had to say, "see you in a while" and, "good luck" to him on the 5th.  From then on, it's been Quinn and I hanging out together(except I do have to go to work and Quinn gets to go to daycare and socialize).  One thing I don't miss about the actual basketball March Madness is having the TV on from Joey watching all the basketball games.  That's a plus, isn't it?

                                                       Playing in the window at the store.
                                                     3-3-2012

Quinn got all worked up and zonked right out after playing in this window. 
Joey won him the Angry Bird pig? out of the claw machine on his first try.

                                                      Playing with buddies @ daycare

Isn't this picture beautiful?  I love his blue eyes in this pix.

                                                                    More vacuum please

                                                                                   Joey 
                                                      3-10-2012
               After being gone for a week and still in the reception stage(before the boot camp), the soldiers were allowed to have their phones back for about 4 hours.  During that time Joey called me, sent me this picture in his uniform, and Quinn and I sent him this other picture of us relaxing and enjoying the sunshine.  The phone call and picture made my day! I didn't think it could get any more warm and sunny, but it sure did.

                                                                       
                                        Shopping Cart = madness?
        Quinn does not like to ride in the shopping cart on the seat made for babies because he likes to see everything that we pass.  On 3-14-12, I decided to place him in the actual cart and all he wanted to do was stand.  It was either have him turning around in the seat part and standing up in the cart.  I chose to let him stand this time and I would walk super slow.  I don't think many people walking behind me were too pleased with my "slowness," especially since we were at Walmart-a very busy place here.

                                                         Aquatic Center Fun
                                                                       3-24-12
We went to the city aquatic center with our friend, Amanda, and her family.  I took Quinn to the kid section(what you see in the background) and he hated it.  He would cry and scream until I took him out.  I decided to take him to the Lazy River, which you just walk around in a skeewompis shaped oval with the water flowing the same direction, and he loved it.  He relaxed his body and was laying in the water with me barely holding him up under his shoulders. 

                                    
                                                  Mommy and Quinn fun!
           3-24-12   Quinn was in a playful mood right before bed, so we played on the floor and laughed before he had to go to bed.  We had a lot of fun together.

This is not all for the month of March.  Kaylee and Daemeon each had their birthday.  Daemeon turned 4 and Kaylee turned 7.  I sent them each a card and a gift, & talked to them on the phone since they are too far for me to see.  They will always be a part of our family.

In 4 more days, Quinn will have his 1st birthday.  Yay for him!  I'm doing a little party for him and having family over to celebrate this special day with us.  I'll definitely be posting pictures of this fun event.