Thursday, April 22, 2010

A bunny who lays eggs?

This is a little late, but Easter weekend was fabulous. We went to G town to spend time with the family. Staci and the boys were down from Colorado which made our visit all the better. Mom pulled a Grandma Mathews by having a bunny theme for the weekend. Seriously, the house was spewing with bunnies - the boys loved it. We also dragged the kids out of bed early Saturday morning for the Easter egg hunt at the park. It was freezing cold and lets face it-not fun. Adam was terrified of the Easter bunny and wouldn't stop flopping on the ground in fear and Logan took an unhappy Jack home early. Regardless, Will did get a good loot of candy and I got some great pictures of Adam. Later that day we went down to Loa to visit Grandma and Grandpa Chappell. It was the first time they had seen Jack. Then we went to a place called Sun Glow to eat delicious Bruce Burgers and build a fire.

Later that week was Baby Animal Days at the American West Heritage Center- a favorite in the Christenson home. Jack basically slept the whole time, but by pushing a stroller around, Logan and I didn't look like losers running around petting bunnies and ducks like we used to. And if two hours of pure baby animals wasn't enough, we went to the Willow Park Zoo the next week.

The boys- Wills, Adam, and Jack

What's going on here? Isn't this picture straight out of the 50s?
Adam staring at his soon to be enemy.
Poor kid. I can't blame him- that rabbit is just waiting to chew a child up. Terrifying.

William and his proud bucket of candy.
I love this picture.
Grandpa Chappell, Jack and Logan.

Four generations.

Jack didn't love the cold wind at Sun Glow.
Papa Bruce :)
This man makes a mean Hamburger. Bruce Burgers- Delicious!

Oh Lafe...



Me, Grandma Mathews, Mom, and Jack. Four generations.

Jack at Baby Animals. He's just thrilled to be there.
Cochino.



They had baby bears this year! My gads they were spectacular. Just like baby humans, but covered in fur. Pure Genius.
The cutest baby bear of all. We decided to take this one home.
Baby turtles. Like the size of a quarter...and I hear they can also be used as currency in some countries.
The beautiful Wellsville Mountains behind us.

The Willow Park Zoo
Ducks!

Bobcat

There was this cool wall- I couldn't help but take some family pics by it.



Jack is getting so big. 17 weeks old now. He is learning to grab and suck on everything and has finally learned to laugh.

Tummy Time!


Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Scene is Safe!

I don't know if its because I just had a baby and my maternal instincts have kicked in or perhaps its my spidey sense tingling that its the end of the world, but I'm all about emergency preparedness these days. We have started a 8+ part series of Emergency Preparedness Family Home evenings. These exciting FHEs consist of thrilling topics such as: infant CPR and safety, food storage, home security, fire safety, and so on. My favorite was when we practiced infant CPR and Heimlich on Jack. As well as when we practiced crawling through smoke while carrying him. I wanted to time us running out of the house and meeting at our safety spot in case of a fire, but Logan drew the line there.

Infant Heimlich
Infant CPR