Springtime: Crawling all over the porch

Most of this afternoon was spent outdoors. A walk with the dogs. Swinging in the Porch-Swing. Sitting and bouncing with our snack on the deck. Eating dinner and reading outside. There was one fifteen minute stretch, where the sun was just perfectly positioned for a little 'Lukka shoot'. Here are four of my favorites:

I will always love pictures of children getting dirty. So much to explore, so much dirt!

What We're Reading This Week

I went to the library for a cd I had on hold, and finally put some effort into finding the board books in the kids section. There is just a little corner with about 50 books, and we got about 8 today. A few of my favorites are the following:

Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse. I have had this book (in story book form) since I was little. The illustrations are absolutely phenomenal and lead me to find a rare copy of Papa, Do You Love Me? last year.

Another board book that I picked up that I thought would be great (it was, fun and rhymes!) is Bear and Kite by Cliff Wright. Cute, simple illustrations.

Some new Pics

He's trying to feed himself, but just keeps getting distracted by those funny puppies!

This is a classic Lukka funny face! He always makes the most bizarre expressions while he sleeps! I took the picture mainly because that hat is SO darn cute--and he loves wearing hats--or at least doesn't mind that I love him wearing hats!

A Present for Bumper

I am always on the lookout for good deals on gifts. I like to plan ahead, and get people presents that fits their personality to a "T". In this case, being as Baby Bug isn't turning 1 for another few months, I have plenty of time, but I just came across this and love it (great minds think alike...Julie Andrew's favorites are mine, too!). I know this might be more for me, but I only have about 1 more year of getting him cute gifts before power rangers and legos take over!

What we're Listening to

Great for napping Bumpers(!!). Sweet little cover art, too.

Friends, he's doing great, again, thanks for all the advice and well-wishes.

What We're Reading This Week

When I used to work at Barnes and Noble a few years ago, one of the perks was free books! Every quarter, there would be bargain books that wouldn't sell, all the way to game books, stationary, and the like. I usually worked between 25-30 hours a week, so I got to score quite a number of items. I will post what some of those are later on, but one of my favorite children's books (in the three years there, I probably scored about 30 brand new children's books alone there!) is Little Polar Bear and the Husky Pup, by Hans De Beer. It isn't a fancy, boutique book, just a sweet little story about two of my favorite animals! The illustrations are very standard, and the main three colors are brown, greens, and white. It was the first longer story book Lukka was at full attention to (well, for most of the time!).

Swaddle Solution #3--"Bye Bye"!

Today Dad thought baby bug should have a go at a 'big kid naptime'. No swaddle. A puppy stuffed animal instead. Bug thought it was great ((excited play noises))...that is until a 1/2 hour later he got bored and realized, " this was probably naptime! I don't like naptime! I will rebel!"

Crying for 40 minutes.

Then, you'll never guess.

He rolled over, and slept.

Seems he's a big boy now!