Saturday, little man and I had an exhausting, but fun-filled, day.

We went shopping.

We had hot dogs and soft pretzels for lunch.

We went to the museum and saw the dinosaur exhibit.

We went to the pet store and looked at all the cute puppies and kitties waiting to be adopted (it was hard to leave them all behind.)

And before the sun went down, we went for a walk!

It's been a while since my baby boy has gone down to bed as easily as he did that night.  :)

I hope everyone had a great Easter!

Little man and I had a pretty low-key celebration, since we'd already celebrated before hubby left. 

I attempted to make hot cross buns, which was a tradition in my family growing up.  Unfortunately I accidentally put in twice as much salt as I was supposed to.  Then they didn't rise.  So they were very salty, dense, hot cross buns. 

Little man still munched on them though.

After church (and a much needed nap) we had Easter presents and chocolate! 

(the dump truck was a gift from Nana and Grandpa)

Then before bed we pulled out the scriptures and read all about Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.  I am trying to teach my son, even at this young age, that although Easter and Christmas are fun, there is a much deeper meaning.  And although I know he doesn't understand the words yet, I think he feels the spirit.  These little ones are much closer to God than we are.

Breakfast with the little man:

"Hey Mom, what's that I spy?  Is that a strawberry?"

"I see you have strawberries."

"Can I have a strawberry, please?  I really want one."

"Awesome, thanks Mom!"

"Mmmmm"

As you can tell, he not only enjoyed eating the strawberries....

but he also enjoyed playing with them.  Thank goodness for stain removers!

Little man has a cute winter hat to keep his head warm, but since summer will be here soon it was time to invest in a good summer hat.

When we tried it on at the store, my cute baby was thrilled.  When I brought it home and put it on him to take pictures for hubby....it was a different story.

He wasn't impressed with the strap under his chin (which I hadn't used in the store).  Luckily I did get one smile out of him.  Hopefully he will like it more as time goes on.

While traveling last week, we stopped for lunch at Subway.  Usually my little man is given a piece of bread to nibble on.  This time, however, I decided to branch out.  So I let him try a tomato

and a cucumber

Can you guess which one he ate and which one he threw on the floor?

My little guy has come to understand what it means when I hold a camera in front of him and call his name.  Nine times out of ten, he will stop what he's doing and give me a big grin.  Like this:

Is that not the cutest thing ever?

I'm apologizing once more for not being faithful in posting.  I did pretty well until Friday, but then we were traveling and now the hubby is gone again for work.  This time he's not just in a different state...he's in a different country!  That's a bigger adjustment than before.

Little man is continuing to grow and he is such a character!  Saturday and Sunday my church has a worldwide conference where we have the opportunity to listen to our leaders speak.  It's called General Conference and it stretches over 2 days and 8 hours.  That's a lot of time for little children, but my little guy found ways to keep happy.

He's so much fun...but also a little distracting!

I just wanted to share some funny pictures of the little man trying to figure out my soda bottle.

We continue taking advantage of each warm day.  It was even warm enough the other day for our little man to experience grass!

He wasn't too sure about the grass between his toes.  Maybe because the ground was a little wet still. 

He enjoyed sitting in it though.

This last weekend we had grand plans to take our baby boy to the zoo.  We were all so excited!  But we should have done our research because once we reached the zoo, we discovered that it doesn't open until the middle of April. 

We took little man to a pet store instead, where he had a great time with a friendly dog and some fish. 

The rest of the day was spent on a project this mama has been anxious to finish for a while....decorating our bedroom!

My hubby did a great job making a headboard for Christmas.  Now he has also built shelves to match and helped me hang pictures and drapes.  I love it! 

While we were working on the room, little man was playing on the floor and on the bed.  I found him quite happily playing with the cord to my computer.

Since he's been known to chew on cords, I had to take it away.  Now you get to witness one of my little man's famous tantrums. 

They keep getting bigger and more elaborate.  In fact, he's started squeezing out a few tears in addition to kicking and screaming.  I can't *wait* for the terrible twos.