Wheeler Farm

I took Adam to Wheeler Farm yesterday for a play date with my friends Katie and Heather and their toddlers. We had a lot of fun! Adam was the only one brave enough to pet the horses and get up close to the other animals. I think he was a little confused to see real farm animals as opposed to ones in his books, but he happily made all their sounds. This was the first nice day in a really long time and it was wonderful to be out in the sunshine! Adam had a blast running around with Lexie and Dallin after lunch and it's so fun to see him interact and enjoy playing with kids his age. And the best part about Wheeler Farm? It was free!!

I don't know what posessed him to do this, but he laid on the ground and kissed it!

Girls Night Out

My friends Heather, Lisa, Katie, and I got together last night for some fun girl time! We went to Color Me Mine and painted ceramic things (I chose to copy my dear friend Heather's idea and make a special birthday plate for Adam and future kids to eat off on their birthdays...cute tradition right?). We then went out to eat and it was a wonderful 4 hours of creativity and talking and feeling like I was back in college, although the topics of conversation have greatly changed since then!

This is my completed plate. I just hope it turns out well after its fired. The cute girl in the store promised me that the black marker outlining the balloons that I drew to guide me in my lacking painting skills will vanish during firing. I sure hope so!

Mexico....Here We Come!

Adam can now travel outside of the U.S. with his very own passport! We are going to Puerto Morelos, which is halfway between Cancun and Playa del Carmen, for a full week starting on July 5th! We are going with my family and staying at a villa right on the beach. I cannot wait to introduce Adam to the ocean! He is going to have a blast digging in the sand and swimming!

Doesn't he just look thrilled to have his own passport? "Hey is that me?"Our own private pool at the back of the villa with the carribbean ocean right behind it. Oh man I can't wait!!

Let's just hope we don't get Swine Flu....or worse....Montezuma's Revenge! I think it's worth the risk don't you?

Playing in the Rain

Yesterday we had yet another big thunderstorm (we had a huge storm on Sunday also) and it poured and hailed for quite a while. I took Adam out to our front porch to watch and once it slowed down a little, I encouraged him to walk out and feel the rain. I wasn't expecting him to love it so much! He splashed around for a good 10 minutes in the cold water (I was safely standing under the overhang of the garage) and I kept seeing him sign "rain" over and over again. He also loved playing with the water coming down the rainspout. I had to drag him inside kicking and screaming after he turned purple and started shaking! The promise of bubbles in his bath helped quite a bit and he had fun splashing some more in his nice warm bath. I love seeing the world through his eyes. Everything is amazing, wonderful, and new! He is growing into such a fun little guy and I love spending my days with him!

Hill Air Force Base Air Show

We live about 2 miles from Hill Air Force Base and this year, Hill was chosen as one of the 3 bases to host Air Force Week so we decided Adam might like watching the air show (seeing as we have jets fly over our house nearly every day, we figured he would enjoy actually seeing the planes!). It took us 45 minutes just to drive up the hill to the entrance! And another 30 minutes of walking from the parking lot to the field! By the time we got there it was noon so we looked at a few airplanes and watched a few in the sky and decided to leave around 1:15 because we were all hot, tired, and hungry. Adam seemed interested in the airplanes and Nat and I enjoyed the flying tricks. We wanted to see the Thunderbirds but they didn't have a program of what time certain planes would be flying so we had no idea when to come. We did end up hearing them later in the afternoon though! All-in-all it was a fun excursion. I'm looking forward to my little baby growing up into a boy who loves trucks, airplanes, trains, and cars (at least Nat is hoping he does) that we can take to things like this!

Watching the sky and pointing out the airplanes

We couldn't resist buying this little Tonka fighter jet. Adam flew it around and sucked on it the entire walk back to the car.