Easter

Easter was pretty low key around our house, so much so that I totally forgot about his Easter basket until right before naptime and had to run to the car and get all of the stuff out (hopping chick, rabbit rubber duck, little people Noah's Ark, little people Easter bunny boy and basket (he is a big fan of the little people), and gold fish crackers) and put it in his bedroom while acting like that was totally how I had planned it.  After nap we went to my mom's house for an Easter egg hunt with my brother, Bethany and Liyah, her friend Jeremy and his son Jordan, and the Edwards.  It was probably the cutest Easter egg hunt ever with little babies doing their best to figure out what the heck we wanted from them.  My mom went all out and had 50 eggs to find.  The cool part was that each person had a special egg with their name on it that had a lottery ticket inside (Mac and I won a DOLLAR!).  After the hunt the sky opened up and dropped 3 inches of rain, but we didn't care because we were eating ham, potato salad, and green bean casserole, yum.  When we got home we took advantage of the perfectly cloudy day by taking naps.  All in all a great day.

We didn't take very many picture but there were a few cute ones.

Gideon was pretty tickled by the hopping chick rabbit thing

Figuring it all out

Peyton had this egg hunt thing down

"Whatcha got in there?"

Happy Birthday Uncle Jeremy

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy did not get a birthday video this year because instead we went to daddy's work and took him out to lunch at his favorite place, Red Lobster!  Gideon loves shrimp and now he also loves crab legs and cheddar biscuits.  That evening we had pizza and gave daddy his presents (a new book, a new tie, some movies) and generally relaxed and enjoyed the fact that now daddy is as old as mommy!

 Eating an enormous birthday meal/feast

mmmm, crab legs....

 

My Favorite Things (Part III)

My final favorite thing of the day is one I don't have any pictures of and probably never will because it is a moment I want to experience and I am perfectly happy not to document it from behind a camera.

Every morning (except weekends when Mac and I alternate sleeping in) Mac and I go into Gideon's room at 6:30 to wake him up for the day. Some mornings he wants Mama, most mornings he wants to snuggle Dada, every morning he squints and yawns and holds his sweet Ellie tight. We let him wake up slowly, rubbing his back in the dimmed lights until he is ready to sit up and then we give him more snuggles as he rests his head on one of our shoulders. Once he is awake enough Mac takes him over to the changing table and they chat and giggle while he changes his diaper and I go let the dog it. After that moment we all go our separate ways but for those few minutes it is just our little family hugging and snuggling. It is truly the best way to start the day for all of us.

My Favorite Things (Part II)

Gideon has a sense of humor. I was caught off guard by this; I know that he finds things funny but I had no idea he would make funny of his very own. The other day Mac and I went in his room to get him up for the day and he sat straight up and then fell over on his side into he blankets with a huge grin on his face. Then he sat up again and did the same thing. It was obvious he thought this was pretty hilarious and that he knew we thought it was hilarious. I think he might be like his mama, we love to "make 'em laugh." He does little quirky stuff like that all the time and it melts my heart. Like Monday he climbed into his tube and laid down in the bottom and laughed and laughed (I still don't know why that was so funny unless the very thought of doing something different is giggle worthy) and yesterday, I took one of his little cars and "vroom vroom"-ed it up his arm, which gave him the Giddy Giggles. Then he took a car and did it over my arm and across my back which gave us Giddy and Mama Giggles and pretty much made my day. Last night Mac was playing with him in the office while I was making dinner and Gideon wrapped himself in the curtains then popped out giggling, only to wrap himself right back up to start the cycle again.

We have been so blessed by his smiles and easy giggles, this is one kid who knows how to have fun!

Laying in the dog bed? Hilarious

Mama's feet? completely ridiculous

Stroller at the mall? Total gut-buster

My Favorite Things (Part I)

Spring has sprung with all of its mild sunny days and tornado spawning storms. Gideon has grown a ridiculous amount and in my eyes appears to be a giant (my mother put it in perspective the other day though when she said "he still looks pretty tiny to me."). The child has developed a real personality and I don't want to forget any bit of it. My favorite thing of the moment? Pointing. He points at everything. And it is an adorable three fingered point with his thumb jutting to the side, his pointer finger forward and his middle finger towards the floor. I can't believe I don't have a single picture of him doing it, because he does it all the time. He points at the dog, he points at cars, leaves, houses, toys. We took him to the mall this past weekend and he sat up straight in his stroller and pointed at nearly ever person who walked by like "hey buddy, let's be friends." Sometimes he goes full on E.T. and attempts to touch after the point and if you touch the end of you finger to his you are rewarded with a cascade of Giddy Giggles. The only downside? He may be pointing but not necessarily at what he wants. For example, at dinner time he often thrusts his little finger into the air and says "mama." This could mean he wants anything from a drink of water to throwing things at the dog. My hope is that soon he will actually point AT what he wants instead of using his finger just to make...well...a point.

Haircut

So I gave Gideon a haircut. His hair was completely out of control. It was adorable at times, but very shaggy and I could tell it was bothering Gideon, especially when it curled into his ears. Sooo it took a couple of days to finish because I had to wait for moments when he was totally distracted in a chair, i.e. Sesame Street time and meals. I think it turned out alright but he looks SO MUCH OLDER. and oddly he reminds us of his newborn days, probably because his hair was so short when he was a baby.

What do you think?