Millenium Park

I'm not going to bore you with details of our trip to Chicago. It may want to make you throw up raspberries and macaroni and cheese and cry because so freakin' cold and windy that you can't even push a stroller.
Here are some GREAT pictures from Millenium Park though!Checking it out.....Love this one because Kevin is laughing too.But this is my absolute favorite. Look how hard he is laughing, those little eyes clenched so tight!

Hands down, Reid's favorite toy is....Duplo Blocks. My husband couldn't be happier. They build every night. They build buildings and decks and towers as tall as Kevin can reach. Reid will come running to tell me all about them, "High, high, tall, tall," is what comes out! It's very cute. I found him relaxing with his water cup in the block box. (Excuse the horrible focus, I realized too late my camera was on manual focus :)A picture of Reid's morning get up. It's too warm for winter coats, but still chilly enough in the morning for a coat and hat. Who wouldn't want to wear that little suede jacket?

So our temperatures soared to almost 70 degrees yesterday. It was gorgeous. Here are a few pictures of us with our chalk drawings. Reid loved loved loved the chalk. The first day it was absolutely everywhere, in his hair on his face all over his shoes and clothes. Would have made a great picture. He was sad in a couple of these because, yup you guessed it I wouldn't let him touch my camera. And he probably didn't need that winter hat :)

Things I want to remember

I don't have any pictures today. I'm bad, we went to the beautiful KASH park today and I forgot my camera. It was such a beautiful morning spent there. I'm pretty sure daylight savings time won't be too difficult for us this year. Reid was wiped out and is napping now. My thermometer says 67 degrees and it is March 14th. It is in the sun so it is about 5-7 degrees high usually. I can hardly believe it. I love this weather. The snow is gone, the sun is shining, life is good.
So the other night I was giving Reid a bath and his toe jam was floating in the water. Let's just say he didn't like it. I told him,"It's just fuzz." He stands up and cries, "Just, Just, Just," every time he sees fuzz in the water now :)
He also discovered that he has a freckle on his leg. He does not want it there. So every night we have to show him that we have them too.
His vocabulary is growing so fast it is crazy and he knows his colors and some of the letters.
There will be pictures soon I promise!

Well we had a hard week. But guess what came out of it? A happy boy with yet another tooth, I'm 99% positive Reid has been graced with one of his "two year" molars. Yahoo for having my happy sweet little man back.
I received this from a friend today very cute, I usually don't like little sappy quotes and stuff like that but this just is so true (well maybe not the part about never being puked on, those college years sure were fun :) Plus reading this just made me feel good because children do make you cry, they do make you important, and mostly they do make you HAPPY!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests. Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Sledding

We went to Madison to visit K's sister and brother-in-law a couple of weeks ago. We ate, we danced, and we went sledding. It was so much fun. Our winter has been one of the best winters I can remember for a long time. Mild temperatures for the most part and pretty nice snow. It's March 10th and it's raining. Our snow is almost gone. I'm sure we'll get that one last snow fall or maybe even two. This winter has been one of those picture perfect winters, now it will just be sloppy for a little while until spring springs. Here are a few, or a lot of pictures from sledding because there were so many good ones that I just couldn't pick.

These cracked me up bc Kevin is anticipating the bump by holding Reid up. It ended like this :)

The Potty

So when Reid turned 18 months our pediatrician mentioned potty training. She said that if children at this age start to tell you when they are "going" or they go in the same spot in the house, they are starting to potty train themselves and are ready to be introduced to a potty chair. I must say it was the furthest thing from my mind, but he definitely was doing that. So we introduced "The Potty." Anyway, Reid went ONCE on the potty and hasn't gone since. We keep trying and he just keeps telling us "Poop." ALL. THE. TIME. So sometimes I ignore him but most of the time we attempt to sit on the potty. See that sucker? Yes I bribed him, I don't do it all the time but I really thought he had to go that time :)

Yummmmmy

Here are a few of our adventures with eating. Pretty fun. Gotta love that big smile under there!I made these great treats for all of Reid's friends and the ladies at the YMCA.
All you do is put a big marshmellow on a stick and dip it in Almond Bark or chocolate and sprinkle them with sprinkles bag them up and hand them out. I guarantee they will be a hit! Plus they are super cute and it looks like you spent a lot of time on them, but they are FAST.
I wish I would have photographed them all packaged up, they were adorable. I just put bouquets of them in ziplock bags and tied the end with a bright ribbon.