Flip!

Anyone who has been around Gwydion knows that he loves to flip. He runs to the middle of the room, puts his head on the ground and waits for someone to flip him. Today, out of nowhere, he's started doing somersaults by himself! He'll do 2 or 3 in a row, then lie on the ground and congratulate himself! Too cute! Next time he does it I'll try to get a video so all of you can see it!

Gwydion's life has been quite the party lately! We've been very busy with cookouts, trips to the zoo, and parties. Here are some recent pics of the fun.

Playing at Ella's house. I didn't manage to get a decent picture
of the two of them together, unfortunately.

Wearing his new Thomas hat while playing trains at home.

I took Gwydion to the park, hoping to get some pretty pictures of my boy next to the pretty azaleas. Of course, all he wanted to do was run! Here's pretty much how it happened, all in about 2 minutes.

Me: Hey Gwydion, there's a nice rock over here you can sit on while I take some pictures.

Gwydion: *sniff, sniff* (his word for flowers is a sniffing sound).


He follows for about 15 seconds. We get to the rock, I put him on it.

Me: Ok, now look at Mama.

Gwydion looks at the people walking behind us.

After 5 seconds of being on the rock, he takes off.


Stops for a quick sniff at the light pink azaleas, then resumes the race. Right past me.

I think he won the race.

We had a nice Easter, complete with lots of little presents and TWO egg hunts!

Gwydion's Easter basket, filled with cars.

Here's the egg hunt at Granda Diane's.

Hey, what is that?


Look Mom, I found an egg!


Do these things grow in plants?


Oh, so that's what makes them sound like rattles.

The egg hunt at Grandpa's house was fun too, though by that point poor Gwydion was getting a little tired. Grandpa had to help him put eggs in the basket.

Helping Mama in the garden, as usual.

Oh wow, this hose makes an awful sound!


Hey, there are rocks in these plants!


Look, I found some dirt.


And a stick.

And I can pick my own strawberries!

Vacation update!

We returned this week from a long visit to Cincinnati. Everyone had a fabulous time, but Gwydion enjoyed it most, I think. He was constantly surrouned by very happy aunts and uncles who were delighted to see him. We were worried that the long trip would be difficult and that being around so many people he didn't remember would be uncomfortable, but Gwydion had no trouble at all. He loved everyone and was even giving away free kisses! Below are a few pictures from the trip. I'll have the rest uploaded to the photo site soon, if you're on the list, expect an email with the link.

Auntie Sarah tickles Gwydion!

Gwydion enjoys all of Anand's trains.

Think he had a good time?

Spring? No, I think not!

The weather was so nice, and my blueberry plants were so big...I thought, surely, this is the end of the nastiest weather. Gwdyion and I planted the blueberries and had lots of fun.


Since it has now snowed for 3 days (yes, 3 DAYS! in OKLAHOMA!, in February no less) and my garden is hopefully safe under a dense layer of manure and mulch, we've spent a lot of time playing trains.


And enjoying our indoor flowers :)

Gwydion's new room!

Michael and I worked all weekend to get Gwydion's room ready. We painted (2 coats!) and put together his new bed. Of course, he was determined to help. So we got a few pictures of him climbing around during the construction and a few of him enjoying the room after we put everything back together.

A Few New Pictures

Gwydion has a big boy bed!

Wow, look at this neat necklace I put on all by myself!

Playing with Grandma Diane in the sandbox.

Gwydion is really going to miss this cabinet when we get the dishwasher installed.

Woohoo!

I know it's silly, but I thought I'd post Gwydion's first two word sentence. I have a shirt with sparkles on it, and wore it to breakfast today. Gwydion sat in my lap and said, "Mama, star!" He's really started talking a lot more in the last two weeks. He loves Bob the Builder and runs around the house saying, "Bob, Bob, Bob, Muck". (Muck is one of the tractors, for those of you who don't keep up with children's shows). He also says "duck, quack" or sometimes just "quack, quack'. Other things he's said recently: cat, clock, juice, drink... I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of anything right now.