Sunny days

Jack loves nothing more than being outside. He'd prefer to be walking outside, but also enjoys stroller rides and "woofing" at all the dogs he can find. For all of my complaining about the rain of late, we have also had some gorgeous days and have been able to take full advantage of them.

We went with Carter and Angela to St. John's Church last week to wander around a bit. We missed the tour but hope to go back this week for that. Jack and Carter soaked up a little sun after being inside for a few rainy days in a row and Angela and I enjoyed chatting and wondering about all the people buried there.



On Friday, Kenny got off a little early and we walked to the library.



Jack enjoyed spinning the movie racks and walking between them. He did actually take his very first unassisted step here, but it was literally one or maybe 2 and I don't even think he knew he did it. We haven't seen any more since either. He didn't really want to leave and didn't really obey the "quiet in the library" rules, but it was a good first attempt I think.



Look at my maroon and orange boys walking home...aren't they cute?



We've been spending time in our yard too, though Jack is really over crawling and not walking alone, so we do a LOT of this...and once our backs are sufficiently tired and sore, we have to go back inside where he can navigate using furniture and walls all on his own.



Saturday we had swimming lessons which went really well and then we went to Grams' school for the Nature Fair. Gramps showed Jack an owl...



And Grams got the pleasure of walking with him. There was so much to see there, he loved just watching everyone and everything.



Jack looks a little worried here. I'm not sure what he was looking at, but I do know that after Jack and I dropped Gramps off at the airport yesterday for his trip to the Bahamas to do a little bone fishing, Jack cried the entire way home. :( He was so sad.



Sunday we met Mary Alex and her parents at the tot lot in our neighborhood (Check out her blog to see more pictures of their playdate)! Jack hadn't slept well the night before and was not a very gracious host, but fortunately Mary Alex forgave him.



They do play nicely together most of the time, though mostly because Mary Alex is so easy going and sweet...



It looks like she's cleaning some mulch off of him here - she prefers her men clean...



Look how cute they are!



I mean really, she can't get any cuter, can she?



Jack tried out some new vehicles this time too - the tractor and tricycle!





Then the rains came again...but it looks like we're going to have more nice weather here soon and summer is just around the corner!