My big Little Man!

Julius loves to eat! He also enjoys sitting in his bumbo when he's eating! He doesn't normally have food on his face, I try to keep him pretty clean, but I snapped one messy pic. I'm sure this is only the first of many to come :)

Daddy put him in the swing and as you can tell he loves to hang on to anything that fits in his hands (notice the bumbo tray in the previous pic)! Or is he saying "slow this thing down!"

Papa Suggs picked out this very cute bouncer/walker...we love it! Julius can even bite the buttons on the steering wheel to make the music play :)
His feet can't quite reach the ground so he does a little lean into the tray but he has no problem with that!

April was a fun month!

Checking out the Sleuthin' Tigger...he loves to watch it roll back and forth! Good neck exercise :)
We took Daddy to visit our favorite park (or should I say the one we have visited with everyone else) and he and Browni did some oyster hunting :) Sanford would not go anywhere near the water but Browni loved it. Neither dog appreciated the sharp oyster shells underfoot!!

He really does love his taggie blanket from Aunt Kerriann, even though his face seems to show otherwise :)

All of us at Scenic Beach...even though the picture doesn't really include the scenic part...the mountains were apparently too high or far or something so we get the Hood Canal instead :)

Julius started eating cereal and fruit this month and he LOVES it!! We have tried applesauce, pears, bananas, and peaches and he LOVES all of them!

I say he's trying to roll over here but he would probably flip out if he actually made it to his stomach because he hates tummy time!

His Easter basket toys from Nana and Papa Suggs are so much fun for him right now, he puts all of them gratefully into his mouth :)

Easter!

Julius had a great first Easter...or at least we thought it was pretty fun! We colored six eggs, just enough to make some delicious egg salad with! Julius thought Daddy's arm was more appealing than the eggs :) We bought Julius or should I say the Easter Bunny brought him, a really cool Very Hungry Caterpillar toy and he absolutely loves it! He is figuring out all of it's cool features. I also set up a little photo shoot with his Easter outfit from Great-Grandma Linda!

Sweet Home North Carolina

Nick decided he would take leave for 10 days and so we decided to go home for a quick visit! We took a redeye flight on Monday, March 22 and got home early Tuesday, March 23. We flew into Wilmington so we didn't have a long ride but I did get a little shut-eye on the ride home. Julius did great on the plane and the ride to J-ville!

We spent most days with the Kokinda side and most nights with the Suggs side :) Unfortunately Nick and I both got the dreaded 24-hour stomach bug and we were down for two days between us. I was grateful to have my Mom and Emily there to take care of me (and Julius). Thankfully Julius didn't get sick!

I didn't do a very good job taking pictures...I'm really bummed with myself for that! So, Mom and Emily if you took pictures make sure to send them to me! I didn't want to leave after just 9 days, but I'm already looking forward to our next visit, whenever that may be! We love and miss everyone so much!

Nana's Visit

Nana came to visit us for two weeks and we enjoyed every minute! She never tired of snapping pics of Julius, and what Nana would?! So I blogged just a few of each photo shoot. We did a lot of things around the house. Nana spoiled Mommy a little and bought her lots of cool scrapbooking accessories, which I can't wait to use!! (The Cricut!!) She bought Julius a few toys, clothes, etc. We also set up the beautiful crib from Nana and Greatgrandma Linda. Nana made the crib bedding and we love it! While she was here Daddy came home from his two month deployment and Uncle Johnny came to visit for a few days!

We travelled to Seattle with Nana and Uncle Johnny. While there Uncle Johnny felt it was his mission to sabotage every innocent tourist picture he could...notice the nice family pic going on across from him on the fountain :) I think his final tally was 5 at the Space Needle...
We travelled to Scenic Beach State Park and decided to try and find some geodes...so Nana and Uncle Johnny happily busted open lots of rocks...sadly none were geodes :) oh well, we tried Granny :)

Hanging out with Uncle Johnny...gosh he looks comfy!

Thank you everyone for coming to visit us! We have a wonderful family and are so grateful for all of you!

A few extras...

Purple potatoes!! I had to buy these at the Market in Seattle, so Em and I enjoyed them with our corned beef and cabbage! Yum!



Julius enjoying the outdoors with the dogs. We have a nice patio and when it is sunny we go outside!!


Nana is here for a visit and she put up Julius's crib, here he is enjoying the mattress :)

And here is our BEAUTIFUL crib! Julius loves taking his naps in it!