Thursday, April 29, 2010

Average but Extraordinary


We had Easton's 18 month well visit today with Dr. Winterland. Let me start by saying that I couldn't be more happy with our choice of pediatricians. She starts off by asking, "Were you at the zoo running on Tuesday? I kept saying to myself, I think that was Easton in that orange stroller." Turns out we were at the zoo running on Tuesday and must have run right by. I was impressed she even recognized us let alone remembered his name. We just love her to pieces.

When it comes to height, weight, and head circumference Easton is in the AVERAGE range at 50%. Although I would not put him in the average category at all. I am his mother and a bit bias but here is what makes him extraordinary!

1. He still can recognize a Prius anywhere on the road and scream "DADDY CAR".
2. He refuses to walk anywhere now that he can run.
3. I stopped counting the words he knows now that he is repeating everything.
4. Can those eyes get any more beautiful?
5. He hears a truck from anywhere in the house, runs to the window yelling "garbage truck".
6. Stacks blocks like a true champ......9 the other day!
7. Is putting up to 3 words together. His favorite is "Orange Mommy Car".
8. Naps for 3+ hours almost daily..........Mommy is happy about this!
9. Loves the outdoors like his daddy.
10. Still will eat anything we put in front of him.

His latest favorite thing is going through my bra drawer saying "baa, baa". I did not stage the photo above. He had two pair of underwear around his neck (can't really see them) and two bra's in his hands. Daddy's remark, "That's my boy."

He loves to play with balls still of any kind. He is learning to catch and hit his ball off of the tee. It's a slow process but we are getting there.

Easton took his second real gymnastics class this past week. He was not very fond of having to follow the directions and do the activities set up by the teacher. He would rather run around like a crazy man. Miss Kay says that he will get the hang of it and at 18 months all of them have trouble when they first start. I look at the 2.5 year olds in the class and am amazed at their ability to follow directions.

Where has the time gone? A year and a half already? We are content with where we are as a family and are making the best of every day and new experience with Easton.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

First New Photos

1Above: Easton watching out the window for "babacuk" (Garbage Truck)
5d w/70-200 lens @ 100mm f2.8 1/160 ISO 800

Above: Big Cheese
5d w/ 70-200 lens @ 200mm f2.8 1/500 ISO 800

Below: Larry about had a fit when I asked him to put E in this spring looking thing at the playground. Thought it turned out cute though.
5d w/ 70-200 @ 155mm f3.5 1/400 ISO 800

Playing outside. A usual Easton photo. Huge smile since he is outside!
5d w 85mm f1.8 1/8000 ISO 200
I'm still in the playing phase with my new camera since there is a lot more to learn and figure out with the new lens now. Any comments are welcomed as always......nate.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter Fun


We had a fun filled weekend. Larry's sister, Trina, was here visiting for a week from Oregon. Our nephew Noah came up for the night on Friday night. He helped dye Easter eggs. We took him to dinner at Fudruckers for his 10th birthday and ended the evening with an ice cream cake from Culvers! On Sunday we went to breakfast at our favorite spot, The Good Egg, and had a little egg hunt for Easton in the front yard. He was really disappointed when there was nothing in the eggs. We did an egg hunt on Friday with Stroller Strides where he figured out what jelly beans were! He would open every egg that he found in the yard only to be disappointed yet again!

Photos above: Mommy and Easton dying eggs.
Easton was not a fan of hard boiled eggs.

Our natural egg dying kit from Boutiful Baskets. We boiled the veggies/fruit in water and added vingear then soaked the eggs like normal. Blue:blueberries, Red: beets, green: spinach, orange: red chilis


Noah and his cake


Reading with Auntie Trina (Easton kept getting this nasty rash on his cheeks from diving onto the couch from the arm rest)


Checking out what was in his basket. Books of course.


Hunting for eggs in the yard.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Another New Car


After months of looking diligently on craigslist for a used Cozy Coupe I gave up when Toy's R Us had them on sale last week. Only ending up to be about $10-$15 more than I would have paid for a faded used one with missing stickers and sticky wheels. Easton couldn't wait for it to get put together!

Little did we know that the Cozy Coupe has been around for 30 years! Yes, it was born the same year I was and for a plastic toy it's amazing they are still around. They are the "best selling car in America" over the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord!

It only spend its first night indoors and is now a staple in the backyard during playtime.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Congrats Mark and Erin





After over a year of planning our friends Mark and Erin got hitched last night. It was an absolutely beautiful venue (The Castle at Ashley Manor) in Chandler. The ceremony was heartfelt and reception a blast with great food and even better entertainment. I had the pleasure of being one of seven bridesmaids and we did a great job of keeping Erin calm and keeping everything on track. On a side note, Easton did fabulous with his babysitter both Friday and Saturday nights!
Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Badger!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Toyota Prius Obsession


I suppose you could say that Easton comes from a car family with his great grandpa owning a car dealership for years, his grandpa managing that dealership, and his uncle Nate being an engineer for Honda. Larry brought home his Prius a little over a month ago and Easton's obsession has grown since then.

Two eye witnesses (Erin and Shasta) have seen it first hand as we will be driving down the road and Easton blurts out "DADDY". Sure enough he spotted a Prius. Doesn't matter what color, year, or angle he knows them all! The funny part is that it is ONLY Prius'.

At first we thought it was a fluke but our little guy does not miss one!

What does this mean? Who knows? And how long will it last? Leave me a comment.......