My Growing Bump and Adventures in Babies Feeding Themselves

 

I haven't taken as many pictures of my bump this pregnancy so I finally remembered last night.  I'm looking pregnant more quickly this time and I'm already feeling kicks!! I don't have as many ultrasounds this time either but as soon as  get another one I'll post it.

Stevie is learning to feed himself now.  It's so cute watching him try to figure it out. I take a lot of pictures of him eating and he knows to pose and smile now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Stevie with his Grandma Mudd. I'm really bad at taking pictures of him with my family.  I would have had my dad in the picture but he'd just had oral surgery and it looked like he'd been in a really bad bar fight : (.

 

Time Flies

So my birthday just passed. Another year, I can't believe it!! We've had lots of fun lately visiting and entertaining family and friends, fishing and travelling.  Stevie is growing up fast. We've gotten him to walk on his own but he still needs lots of coercion and doesn't like when he realizes he's not holding on to anything. We had Lauren , Grace and Joe over for a few days and that was so much fun. The kids played really well together and Lauren and I cooked a lot, shopped and exchanged parenting advice. I love having other Mom's around so I can pick their brain.  For my birthday we went to Monterey and Carmel and did some serious relaxing.  Monterey was very touristy and cloudy while Carmel is more of a vacation town and seems to get more sunshine. I'm now almost 15 weeks pregnant and everything seems to be going well.  Getting to the 2nd trimester is such a relief and I must say it's nice to have my energy back.

 

Here's some pics of our newest addition.  He or she is about 14 weeks here.

 

 

 

 

Stevie likes to help us all with paperwork, bills, talking on the phone, eating or pretty much anything we are doing.

 

Here's Stevie and I having fun with the camera while Dad was fishing in Hingston slough

 

 

 

Stevie was trying so hard to hit the ball off the tee he didn't realize he was standing on his own for a long time.

 

Stevie is a pretty happy guy!!

 

All of the kids playing together

 

Little Joe learned to stand at my house!!

          At the Monterey Bay Aquarium..................

 

 

 

Watching penguins eat

 

Looking at sea sponges

 

Underwater experience

 

Happy 1st Birthday Stevie!!

I let Stevie lick the cake batter from the spoon. I think it was his favorite gift.

   Here are some pictures of the decor. It was an Avengers theme.

 

 

 

 

 

He didn't like the actual cake as much as the batter.

 

 

 

 

So his favorite toy was a baby walker I got him. He isn't walking yet so I thought this would help. He figured it out right away. The only problem he has is he gets against walls and furniture and gets stuck.

And here's a picture of Aunt Bonnie skyping the action.

 

 

 

Happy Easter!

 

 

Easter is definitely my favorite holiday

 

 

 

 

 

We made Stevie a playhouse out of cardboard boxes. I'm trying to find wallpaper for it which is hard because apparently no one uses wallpaper anymore.

 

 

 

Stevie really wanted to hold his own spoon a few weeks ago and finally I let him and look......he can feed himself. I don't let him do it all the time cuz it's messy but he gets a chance every so often.  I have to say I was surprised.

 

 

 

Here he is with some cousins from my side. I finally remembered to snap some pics.

 

His cousin Mark shown here loves him but Stevie takes his time with new friendships.  Sonja, who likes to pick out her own outfits ;), was excited to have Stevie there to. He's very popular with all of his cousins on both sides.

 

So I'm starting to realize why I always forget to take pictures when I'm around my family. The picture below shows a day in the life of a Mudd get-together. The other weekend the boys went fishing and a bunch of my sisters and sister-in-laws got together with their kids.  It was total chaos and we decided to order out for dinner.  It was really fun and the kids had a blast. When I suggested a group picture everyone said it was pointless to try.

 

 

These were some of my attempts.

 

Finally, here are some pics of the Annual Mudd Family Easter Egg Hunt!!

 

 

 

Yes, that is a solid chocolate bass.

 

Stevie got stuck in the sectional the other day. It was so funny and he played like this for a long time.

 

 And lastly, we are all so happy the the warm weather is here. Stevie loves the outdoors!!