March Madness!

So glad that March is here. Brian and I love March Madness basketball (mainly just to have bragging rights about who had the better bracket), the weather is slowly changing to spring, and we get to open the windows to our house and let some fresh air in.

This year, it's a little different because we are continually working to prepare for our new addition in a couple months. This meant...Spring Cleaning! I get pretty excited about this because it allows me to re-organize and make sure we don't have a lot of extra junk laying around. Brian...well, he doesn't get so excited, but we get it done. We made a HUGE donation last week, probably 5 big boxes (lots of clothes), a TV, exercise stuff, kitchenware, etc. It's so nice getting that extra stuff out of the house. We don't have much storage space available to use at our house, so freeing up room is great!

Last weekend we visited a friend of mine that also works at Children's Mercy. She has 2 little girls and was very excited to have me "shop" in all of her clothes her girls have outgrown. They always look so stylish, and it was a lot of fun. I sure hope we end up having a girl! :)

Colin playing at the girls' house. He loved the kitchen set, but also managed to find a "boy toy" (notice the drill in his hand) to help balance things out.

Here he is, probably doing some manly chore like fixing the stove or something :)

Colin and this dog...it was a love/hate relationship. The dog has a leash and you can press buttons on the leash and it will walk certain directions. If you don't press it, after a while, it will walk and bark without you. Colin loved pressing the buttons, but didn't like it when it would go off on its own. This led to a few meltdowns. We had to turn the dog off after a bit, it was just too much for him!

Being a good guy and taking his baby doll for a walk (dodging the dog, school bus, tons of other toys, etc). They had so much for him to do/play with. He had a blast!

Some updates on Colin:

He is now sleeping on a "nap mat" at daycare. Miss Robin simply swapped out his pack n' play crib for this mat, where he is not trapped in when he sleeps. We are doing this in anticipation of moving him to his big boy bed in a few more weeks.

Day 1: Didn't move at all, hardly even turned his head...

Day 2: Sat up 3 times in bed, Miss Robin had to remind him to lay down and he did...

Day 3: Walked to the door 3 times, Miss Robin had to take his hand and lead him back to bed, where he stayed the rest of his nap...

Day 4: No Problems!

We are really hoping he does this well for us when we change his bed sometime soon. He is such an easy kid!

While we were Spring Cleaning our garage yesterday, we came across this baseball set that Memaw got Colin for Christmas. We thought we would introduce him to it indoors and then let him loose outside. He had so much fun! Couldn't really get the whole "2 handed grip" idea, but that will come with time...

Colin on his slide. He has really enjoyed this playset recently. We have had it since his birthday last year, but he wasn't quite ready to use it back then. Now that he's gotten into climbing more, he's really having lots of fun. He yells "weeeeee" every time anything goes down the slide (himself, a ball, Daddy, etc).

Working hard to get up on the playset.

Made it!

Oh, and I had to take him to the tub twice yesterday after playing outside. The kid loves Dirt! He got it everywhere. So it begins...