Baby pool on a budget......

Haha! The look on his face is priceless......."this is it??"

No really, we're not on that tight of a budget. We just haven't had a chance to go get him a baby pool yet and wanted to take advantage of the warmer weather. :-)

Here's another pic of him having fun getting hosed down:

Ready to Swim

I bought Nathan a swimsuit the other day. I wanted to get him the kind of swimsuit that has a floatation device built into the suit cause knowing this kid, he will not keep floaties on his arm or any other part of his body if he can reach it and take it off. He's also so adventurous and has no fear so being around a pool with this kid will be interesting. I really liked this suit cause the floatation device is removable so he doesn't have to have a big bulky swimsuit for the sprinkler in the backyard. I don't know if his daddy was so thrilled about him wearing a full swimsuit as opposed to just swim trunks, but I like it cause it protects more skin from the sun. Anyways, enough rambling about a swimsuit, here's a pic of him:

Our trip to Dallas

We just returned from spending a week in Dallas with my parents. Jake had to work in Dallas all week so we decided to hitch a ride with him so Nathan could spend some time with his grandparents. He had a fun time at the grandparents house. He was able to open up all their cabinets and play with the dishes (something he can't do at home) and he had plenty of new things to discover (like my brother's guitars). My youngest brother turned 18 last weekend and we had a little cookout for him. Nathan got to play with his little cousins (well 2nd cousins) for the first time. My cousin has a newborn and a 2 year old. Nathan tried real hard to play with the newborn which was sweet. Nathan and his 2 yr old cousin had fun together and got along well. I got a little preview of things to come when I held the newborn and Nathan came up to me and kept pulling on my skirt begging me to pick him up. :-)

Here are some pics:

Fun day at the park

Boy I'm blog happy today......this is the last one I think.......

Yesterday we got together with our friends at a local park for a little picnic and play time. Nathan had a BLAST. He got really dirty and got lots of snacks and juice......every little boys dream. haha He loved watching the big kids run around the park and wandering off exploring everything. This kid is NOT shy AT ALL. I wish he were a little more hesitant around strangers, but he's not. He definitely has his daddy's personality when it comes to the social scene. I think he's gonna be a little politician one day cause he was going around giving strangers high fives and playing with their toys. He really wore himself out and between the grapes and juice, he had an explosion diaper on the way home.....yikes!

The Final Cake

We had our last cake class last week where we learned how to make the infamous Wilton Rose. It was pretty tough to learn. I think the consistency of the icing is of utmost importance to get right. We didn't even get to actually decorating our cakes cause we spent the whole class practicing our roses......so I spent the next couple days at home decorating. I had lots of fun in this class, but I think I need a little break from making cakes! :-) Here's my loud and busy rose cake:

Happy Easter.......

a week later! Sorry it took me a week to post some Easter pics. We didn't do too much for Easter around here. Grandma (my mom) came to visit us for the weekend and we cooked a ham dinner on saturday night which was really yummy. It was really nice outside that evening so we put Nathan to bed and had dinner on the patio.......sigh......we love Texas. Here are some pics of Nathan on Easter:

When Jake is out of town......

this is what happens.....

As I have posted before, I am taking a cake decorating class right now and have been baking cakes like crazy in our house......yes, I'm not looking forward to this month's doctor checkup when I have to get on the scale haha. I decided that I would try to decorate some cupcakes for Easter to practice my new "skills" and what better time to make a big mess than when Jake isn't around!! :-) I ended up staying up till 2 am this morning decorating cupcakes!! Yes, I am CRAZY! Of course the one day I'm really looking forward to Nathan's new wakeup time of 8:00, he wakes up at 6:30! I never do this, but I was desperate for some more rest so I brought him in bed with me and turned Sesame Street on so he could watch a wholesome, educational show (and the only one he will literally sit and watch the whole thing) while Mommy got another hour of rest. Anyways, here's a pic of my late night craze:

Here's a pic of a cake I did last week: