Easter, Biodome and Park...oh my

Just to warn everyone...this may be a long blog with lots of pictures...enjoy!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter full of candy and yummy, yummy food. I know we did!

We woke up Sunday morning (actually got to sleep in until 7:30, how exciting!) and Jack immediately started looking for eggs around the living room. The Easter Bunny left them out in the open for him to find...which was very nice of him. Jack is pretty smart though and started shaking the eggs to see if something was in them and as soon as he heard a noise he brought it to me and said "open" just to get the candy. He's got his mommy's sweet tooth. He put most of the eggs in his basket by himself, with some encouragement to put them in their instead of trying to open them and eat them.
The Easter Bunny also brought him some playdoh and a basketball hoop, which he was very excited about. Lately he's been all about playing basketball, and it seems the Easter Bunny heard him loud and clear. Hopefully he doesn't get mommy or daddy's skills when it comes to playing.... After we played basketball for a little while, we headed up to Grammy's house to get ready for Easter dinner. Jack was of course his terrible two self and gave everyone a run for their money while we were trying to get dinner ready, but as soon as he took a nap and ate, he was better. He also got a chance to finally meet baby Hunter....which he was very excited about. He may be a rough kid, but he is so good with babies. He kept giving Hunter kisses and playing with him...he can be a good kid when he wants to be.

So after a long day we headed home to rest because we knew the rest of the week would be crazy. We've started packing up a lot of our stuff and crossing our fingers that nothing falls through with selling the house. We've also got word back from Tom Maggy (the guy who is building our new house) and he came back with an awesome price, so we're in the process of getting the new house up and going within the next few weeks. We probably won't be moved in until August, but we've got a lot to take care of before that.

I really wanted to take a break from all the packing, so we decided to head up to the Biodome in Montreal for a change of pace. We were going to go to Lake George to go to the indoor water park, but of course they were all booked up. Not a big deal, it would have cost a lot more to do that anyway.

Jack woke up pretty cranky today, so I had a funny feeling it was going to be a rough day. He enjoyed most of the animals at the Biodome, but he seemed to enjoy chasing other children, climbing up stairs and running away from Mommy more. *sigh* I love my child.



After the Biodome we decided to take Jack to the park, seeing as it was so nice out and he was still full of energy...even with a 45 minute nap. I used the opportunity to brush up on my photography. I've been slacking a little with taking pictures and I really need to get back into it. I was pretty proud of some of my pictures. All of them have no editing done to them, I'll do that later. Oh, and of course Jack had a great time playing.

He looks like such a big boy...=(
on the swings...This one is my favorite...Heading to the slide...Shoe tying break...Going down the slide all by himself!Walking up the stairs...
Playing with Mommy...Walking to daddy getting ready to go home...
As much as I hate the fact that my child has now hit the "terrible two" stage, I seem to love him more and more everyday. However, I am more willing to give him to anyone who wants to babysit. Just let me know =)

Enjoy the warm weather!

Sick, sick baby =(

My poor, poor baby is sick. Of course it's probably my fault too, so I feel even more terrible about it. He's been out of sorts for a few days, but just in the past two he has started coughing really hard, wheezing and his nose is running like a faucet. Last night, the first night this has EVER happened, he ended up sleeping in bed with us. He just couldn't get comfortable in his own bed and kept crying and coughing and it was a vicious cycle of the two. So I got up, went and got him, and per Mark's request, put him in between us. Needless to say Mark and I slept horribly, but Jack slept better and that's all that matters. He's been getting his nebulizer treatments and Grammy is coming over tomorrow to keep an eye on him so he doesn't get the other boys he goes to daycare with sick. I hate to see him so miserable...it breaks my heart. =(

We did have a nice weekend before he got really sick. Mark was gone Friday and Saturday to a Leadership conference, so Jack and I got in a lot of bonding time (not that my kid needs to bond with me anymore). We went over to Mammy and Papa's house for dinner on Friday night and took a trip to Target with Mammy and auntie Kim. Jack got some Christmas presents and we picked up his pictures from Sears while we were in the mall. It was a very busy night, all ending with Jack watching about 10 minutes of The Wizard of Oz and getting a little scared of the lion. I decided to turn it off, read him a book and then put him to bed.

He then spent some time with Mammy on Saturday while I went to work and then we went up to Lyon Mountain to visit with Mark's family. Mark's aunt Missy was up from Florida for a few days so we wanted to go visit with her and baby Hunter. Unfortunately because Jack was not feeling well, he couldn't go meet his new cousin. I know I'll have another chance to take a picture of the two of them together soon. While we were there, Jessica got the cutest video of Jack with Aunt Pam and Aunt Missy playing ring-around the rosie. Jack's new thing is to pull on people's clothes (or hair in this case) to get them to sit up or lay down. Thanks, Gramps for teaching him this!

Here is Jack, Aunt Pam (left) and Aunt Missy (right) and Jack pulling on their hair to get them to sit back up and play again. What a kid!



So on Sunday we headed back up the mountain so Mark could visit with everyone. Jack was getting pretty ill by later in the evening so we called it a night pretty early. It was still nice getting to visit with everyone when it is not a holiday or someone's birthday. I did manage to get one picture of baby Hunter while we were there...little guy wouldn't not wake up while I was there though. Oh well, maybe next time =)


Well, hopefully my next post will have better news about my baby feeling better. Wish Grammy luck tomorrow...she's going to need it watching this poor little guy!

House Issues....blah

Of course it has been another busy week in the Brown household. Mark's crazy busy with his school schedule and I've been working two nights a week and Saturday mornings at the Studio to help out with Christmas. It's been fun taking pictures again and I thought for sure I'd lose my patience sooner with kids working with them all day and night but it's just the opposite, I love kids even more and it makes me so much happier when I get home to see Jack.

So, as it goes in our house, one thing after another seems to break or get damaged. Of course it has to be something big too when we need it the least. Mark called me Wednesday night as I was on my way home from work to let me know that our hot water heater busted. Yeah. So the next night he and his dad spend about 5 hours putting our new water heater in. Had it not been for one of our old copper pipes bursting and spraying water all over the place they would have been done sooner. Such is our luck. Thank-goodness for Lowe's and their 0% interest and no payments for 12 months.

Jack of course enjoyed the large box that the water heater came in...


I also had to babysit the night we put the water heater in. His name is Rusty and he is 4 months old....

He's Grammy's cat and just got fixed that day. Grammy had meetings to go to and had me babysit him until she got done. He was pretty groggy for a while and about 30 minutes before he got picked up he started walking around and drank a little bit. Of course Newton was very curious of him, hissed at him once and then cornered the poor cat in our office. I had to search all over the house for them and finally heard the meowing of Rusty and went to his rescue. I have a strong feeling Newton wouldn't do well if we added another cat to our household.

We've also been able to hang out with Kasey, Keith and Erika, Mammy and Papa and we're heading over to Grammy's tomorrow night for dinner. Jack also got a chance to meet a little guy named Alek at play group yesterday. His parents were in the same Hypnobirthing class as Mark and I and he was born about 10 days after Jack. Kate got some cute pictures of them playing that I stole from her blog (hope that's okay, Kate!)

I hope that I can get over to the gym one of these days again and play with all of them. Kate and her husband Randy have been through a lot and are fabulous parents to that handsome little boy. Head over to their blog; One Day at a Time to read their story.

Also, Mark's cousin Tori gave birth on Tuesday to baby Hunter!! I can remember being in the hospital and just wanting to rest, so we decided to wait and visit her and the baby. Jack and I will be heading up there hopefully on Saturday after work to visit with Aunt Missy (who is coming up from Florida!) and of course to meet baby Hunter. Daddy is going away this weekend to a conference so he'll have to meet baby Hunter at a later time. Congrats Tori and Jesse!! Let us know if you need anything!!

So I think that about covers it for the week. I got tagged by Keith at Kano's Kogitation to do an Alphabet Movie Meme. I'll hopefully be able to tackle that tomorrow night and we'll see how that goes!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!