Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Late April- Early May

He can stand! Hooray! He can't pull himself up yet, but if you stand him up holding onto something, he can do it!

Green beans were not acceptable this day.

Found Axel entertaining Felix this way one morning.

Swingin' at the park.


First baseball game of 2019!

They hit off the tee for the first few games.

First score of the year.

Happy after the Sharks advanced!

Zoo day was busted by the parking lots being completely full, so we got ice cream and went to a park instead.

There aren't any bucket swings at the park we went to, so we tried out one of these! He thought it was pretty funny.

Playing peekaboo with Daddy's hat.

10 months old! Boy does time fly!


Axel's best friend Meg likes to carry Felix around.

Felix LOVES doors! He is constantly swinging them open and closed, and gets so mad when he accidentally shuts it all the way!


This is how Felix gets around now. Rolling and a weird reaching crawl.

Another funny homework drawing. The prompt was to draw a picture of something that begins with the letter Y.

Sweetest brothers.

Sleepy head!

Sitting on a couch like a big boy!

Crawling after a K-Nex dinosaur Axel made.

Jeff took Axel to free comic day at a local comic shop, and Axel didn't want to take a picture with the X-wing pilots unless Daddy did it first!


First coach-pitch hit!

So happy to play with the soccer ball!


Unfortunately I forgot the sunscreen that day, and we were outside all afternoon for sports... Whoops!

And it got worse as the night wore on!

Rolling around while stuck on his toy.

Somebody wouldn't stop licking the Target cart, so he had to go into baby jail.

So much to say!

Eating a muffin! He ended up eating most of it. I'm trying to give him more and more finger food. So far he is very resistant to slimy things (like pieces of banana) on his hands.

Axel's piece at the school's art show.

Felix was sick one evening and fell asleep on Daddy.

Another day of soccer and baseball. Cutie loved to play peekaboo with his hat!



He looks like such a big boy now!

Me too, kid. Me too.

Self portrait by Axel.

Daddy bought a chin-up bar to help Axel with his arm strength. The record so far is 12!



Thursday, May 9, 2019

Easter/Spring Break/Nana and Papa Visit


Nana and Papa came to visit, and we had a busy time! They came on a Friday, then Saturday was spent with the Pinewood Derby (previous post) and soccer!

Look at that speed!




Then we decorated some eggs for celebrating Easter the next day (a week early).

Searching for his Easter Basket!


I love the side-eye Felix is giving Axel.







Playing "Sequence" while waiting for dinner to finish cooking.

Easter dinner time!

Papa, Nana, Axel, Felix, Mommy, Daddy


I caught him reading his Easter book the next morning.

Axel got a sketchbook in his basket, and he drew this picture of our family on the front inside cover. So sweet!

Newest favorite picture of Felix!

Possibly the only time they will share a Costco cart!

We took a fun day trip into the City! Axel looks he knows what he's doing.

Pretty tree in Central Park.

We went to the Central Park zoo. This is what Felix thought of the stuffy heat in the Tropic section:




Then we played at a park.





And went to the Tolkien exhibit at the Morgan Library. It was sooooo cool! They had original artwork and maps that Tolkien drew.

Then Nana and Papa took the boys home and Jeff and I went to a Broadway musical! It was amazing!


Nana and Papa took Axel to his swimming lessons.

Felix had a really bad night one night, and Jeff caught this sweet moment of Papa trying to console him.

We love the zipline park!



Nana helped organize the basement and Axel's room. What a life saver!

Finished product of Axel's room.

On their last day here, we went on a walk along the west side of the Hudson River.








Then did an indoor ropes course. It was 4 stories tall!




Papa

Axel

Daddy

Mommy




Axel was a little to short for a few of the obstacles, so he got some help.

As you can see, we had a fabulous spring break with Nana and Papa!