Weston's First Trip to the Park

THIS:

Was us earlier this week. Monday night we got 6" of snow. All school was cancelled on Tuesday, Bryan had an awful day on the route, and as you can see, Weston wasn't thrilled either.

He did find a way to entertain himself inside the house this week, and still enjoys playing with his big box. We throw his stuffed animals in, he goes in and saves them, then brings them to us so we can throw them in again and again. We're so grateful to have such an easy baby to entertain!

However, today is gorgeous! The snow is all but completely gone, and it's in the 50's, so we took Weston to the park. Bryan is on spring break, so he even got to come along!

So excited to go!

Weston wasn't so sure about the slide

But he LOVED the swing!

Weston does NOT like to be in the grass, so I wasn't sure how he would do at the park, but we sure had fun! I'm sure we'll go lots more this summer! :)

Easter morning and a young artist

This year the Easter Bunny (or as my genius Sis-in-law Alicia calls him/her, the EB) visited Weston! The EB visited last year, but our 4-week-old didn't really seem to know or care. This year, Weston was so excited and went straight to emptying his Easter basket one thing at a time.

 He got jelly beans, Reeses' pieces, and some bathtub crayons. (These are no ordinary crayons. They are one of the most genius playthings ever invented - they come off with just a little water, and keep him entertained. So much so, in fact, that he didn't want to get out of the bath. ) Once the basket was completely empty, this was the first thing Wes did:

(Open this candy, Mom!)

As mentioned before, Weston is learning to draw with his crayons and has even written on the wall once with a pen. (No, Bryan, you didn't hear about this. I cleaned it up.) Tonight, I changed Weston's diaper, then walked away to grab him some pajamas. I came back to find THIS:

It's a good thing he wasn't wearing pants anymore. You can't even see the pen on his left leg, but I promise it was there. Luckily, when I was scrubbing his legs, rather than cry, he thought I was tickling him. I know I should have told him a firm no and grabbed the pen right away... but 1, I couldn't stop laughing, and 2, I HAD to get a picture. The faint ink that remains should be gone in a couple days.

Maybe our son will be an artist.

Our new addition

This week, we adopted a beautiful girl! We haven't picked out a name for her yet, but here are some pictures:

Bryan's car has been having lots of trouble, so we decided we needed newer, more reliable transportation. Bryan will now be driving the hyundai, and I get to drive the Honda Element. I LOVE it! I've gotta say, for all the horror stories I've heard abour car shopping, my first time buying a car wasn't bad at all. We did go to some dealers, but I found this beauty on craigslist. The guy we bought it from took excellent care of it, and needed it gone so he could leave for grad school. We got a major deal. Truly an answer to our prayers. We didn't really expect to get any money for Bryan's car, but we found someone buying clunkers and fixing them up. We weren't going to say no to a little unexpected money!

Any suggestions for names are welcome! I think I need a sassy name because my car is sassy!