Welcome to the world Eliana!

Jenny and Toby had their baby on Sunday night, a little girl named Eliana (Ellie). She is beautiful! She is so small and delicate. Kevin and I went to the hospital on Monday to visit the proud parents and meet our new niece. She is precious. We are so happy for them as they begin this amazing journey. Congratulations!!!

Easter

We had a great day celebrating Leo's first Easter! We started our day by finding Leo's Elmo Easter basket. He loved all of the goodies inside! Then we met my family at Westwood Church and enjoyed a great service of singing and worship. Then on to the Nelson's for Easter dinner and more Easter basket fun! Leo got lots of new toys, thanks Easter Bunny! We went on 2 walks and spent the afternoon eating and relaxing. It was so fun to celebrate Leo's first Easter.

We are waiting to celebrate Easter with the Allen's until after Baby Rasmusson is born, which will be soon!!! As I type this, Jenny is in labor and will hopefully have the baby today or tomorrow. We can't wait to hold that little bundle of joy!!!

So funny!

My mom was making a silly face and Leo thought she was the funniest thing in the world! He was laughing so hard. I love to hear his sweet laugh. I got these pictures of him while he was having the laughing attack!

Up, up, up and away!

We have been bringing Leo to the park and he LOVES the swings! He smiles and laughs the whole time he is swinging. It is so cute!

After teaching for 5 years and babysitting for 15 years, I have pushed MANY kids on the swings. It is an amazing feeling to finally push my own son on the swings. One of the many small pleasures of being a mom!

Scooting!

Leo has started scooting...backwards. Today he started on the middle of the blanket and ended up across the room. I think this might be the first step in learning to crawl!

Leo started swimming lessons two weeks ago and he loves them!!! Kevin usually gets in the water with him and I sit on the sidelines and take video and pictures, yes I am "that" mom. It is so fun to sit back and watch him play in the water!

The picture of Leo in his KU shirt was taken BEFORE the game, that is why he had such a big smile...There were tears after the game.

Our neighbors let us borrow their jumperoo and Leo loved it so much we bought him his own...He jumps like crazy!!!

We are working on feeding him more finger foods and he is getting good at picking the food up off his tray. In the pictures Leo is eating tofu and avocado. He LOVES food and will eat anything we put on his tray. I am always looking for new soft foods to feed him, let me know if you have any ideas. He now has TWO teeth!!!

WILD!!!

Kevin and I took Leo to his first WILD game! We had tickets to a 2:00 game on Sunday afternoon so we thought it would be the perfect time to introduce him to his hometown hockey team! He LOVED it. He was so interested in the lights, music, people and action. When we first got there, he sat perfectly still on my lap for 10 minutes (which never happens) and just looked around. The only time he cried was when they scored a goal and everyone jumped up and cheered. I think the loud noise scared him. Other than that, he had a great time. We left during the second period and made it home in time for a nap (of course he didn't fall asleep on the 45 minute car ride home...) It was a fun day!

Crawling, Teething and Waiting...

Kevin has been "teaching" Leo how to crawl. He crawls circles around him and puts him into crawling position in hopes that Leo will take off on his own. Leo is getting close and I have a feeling that it won't be long until we have to baby proof EVERYTHING!!! For now, I enjoy being able to put him down without having to worry where he will end up!

You may notice that Leo is holding on tight to the his orange ring in most of the pictures. He LOVES his orange ring. He digs for it in his toy bucket and cries when we take it away. It might be hard to learn to crawl while holding orange ring but I don't think he is going to let it go!

Leo finally got his first tooth! It came in on the bottom and I think the others are on their way. Poor guy is teething while he has RSV! Luckily his cough is going away and he is feeling better.

We are anxiously waiting the arrival of our little niece. Jenny is due two weeks from Monday and we can't wait to welcome her to the world!!!