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May 10, 2014

It’s all about flowers, fun, and projects here these days – for Kevin and Finn that is. This week Finn had lots of fun getting out of the house and enjoying a couple of trips with Debbie and Sam. They headed to the park a couple of times and then made their first trip to the zoo. Finn is really in to touching plants and smelling the flowers 🙂 And Debbie treated them to Rita’s frozen custard at the end of the warm afternoon. These boys are spoiled! On the home front Kevin has begun the first part of our kitchen project, which includes adding a walk in pantry and a storage closet. He is building these in the large “useless” room in the front of the house, which is eventually going to become our dining room. Many thanks to Brett for coming up and helping with everything. Here are some initial pictures, it will be a work in progress, and we are excited to get things started. Though I guess this means we will be living in a messy space for awhile as it will get worse before it gets better, but it will all be better in the end, no? They’ve also torn apart the basement ceiling as a part of moving some plumbing and other parts in the kitchen area overhead. Never a dull moment around here!

Finn has really taken to the bright orange level. He pretty much takes it everywhere and doesn’t like it when you take it away. He is really in to letting you know his displeasure these days, something I’m not all that fond of, but am learning to deal with. I was home early enough on Friday that it was still slightly light outside. Finn and I enjoyed a walk along the front garden where he really enjoyed pulling the irrigation marking flags out and carrying them around more than anything else!

Mother’s Day I was greeted by Kevin and Finn with a nice hot cup of coffee. We headed downstairs for a pancake breakfast, which Finn enjoyed watching daddy make, and a lovely orchid and card with Finn’s handprint. So cute! And Debbie had a mug painting project with Finn this week too, and it was a total surprise to me – it was adorable!

Have a great week!

Finn ~ 49 weeks

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We’ve been feeling pretty yucky around here until the end of the week but fortunately by Friday both Kevin and I were feeling much more like normal, though not quite 100%.

As you see above, Finn is getting to be more and more fun with each day. When it’s bed time and it’s time for Finn to put on his pj’s, he crawls as fast as he can across the bed in his room, crashes on the pillows, and tucks his arms under his belly. Or, in the case of Saturday night, he stood up against the wall and started patting the Family Rules print! He was so spoiled while we were on vacation. He had the attention of someone at all times. He continues to love attention and in the past few days he has started scrunching his nose and snorting to get your attention. It’s really rather funny. We often mimic him and all get a good laugh.

He is really picking up on using sign language to communicate “more”. He’s gotten rather good at pointing to something and just plain old whining for whatever it is he wants. So we’ve begun to ask him “what would you like” and he will point at something and then clap his hands, which is his version of “more”. It can be for food, a toy, you name it he does it. For the first memorable time he has turned down a particular food, raspberries. Not sure what he didn’t like, but he shook the entire hire chair to say no and spit them out! One not so nice newer trait while he is eating, if he decides he’s done with something or he just doesn’t want it – he drops it on the floor. Hmm, not loving that, but it’s all a part of how they learn, right? Cammie and Lily inch their way into the kitchen hoping to get in on some treats. We’re trying to not let them in the kitchen while he’s eating but occasionally when we are all done we put some of Finn’s floor samples into their bowls and they love it!

Saturday was a nice warm day, so warm it almost seemed like spring was on its way. We ventured to the zoo for a brief visit and saw lots of animals. Finn’s favorite were the gorillas.

Debbie and Sam have loads of fun with Finn each day. This week they finger painted and bubble-painted and did some coloring cut-outs. It’s so fun to come home to cute pieces of artwork to hang on the fridge! And Debbie is great about putting pictures in our app during the day too so it’s a nice treat to see him having fun while Kevin and I are at work. Finn and Sam get along well together and each morning I bring Finn down he instantly smiles when he sees them both. They often mimic each other and here they are having a crawling race.

Hard to believe Finn’s 1-year birthday is just around the corner! This week he’s moved in to some of his 12 month sleepers, which I honestly thought would be too big, but fit quite nice. See for yourself as he empties the wipes container, a favorite past time! Have a good week!

Finn ~ 33 weeks

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We started this week off on Sunday at the zoo! We walked around for a couple of hours in the brisk afternoon breeze. Finn was the warmest of us all in his cozy stroller!

Monday we celebrated Lily’s 5th birthday with some treats, new toys and playtime in the backyard. It was a lovely fall night.

Thursday was another story! It was trick-or-treat in our neighborhood and unfortunately, the weather was awful! Huge storms and tons of wind and rain came through town and the end of the night we had 6 trick-or-treaters! Finn dressed up to help daddy greet our visitors and pass out the treats.

Finn is moving all over the place these days and getting into everything. He loves to stand up and pull magazines off the end table, empty the dog toy bucket, and play with the curtains. He is most definitely developing his likes and dislikes and in particular, will let you know when he’s not happy you have taken away something he was enjoying or move him away from something he shouldn’t be near. He ramps up the pipes every now and then. And especially when he’s a bit tired and you leave the room (even if you weren’t really playing with him, you were just there) he will fuss. He hears everything and looks the direction of any noise he hears. He in quite intrigued by the littlest of things. He loves the dogs and often crawls to the closest bone on the floor…see one of the videos. His face lights up when the dogs come near him, and especially when they greet him in his room after a nap.

Finn loves to upright himself on his knees. He is getting much more confident while standing up and often only uses one hand to balance himself while he’s standing. Sometimes he lets go and thinks he can just stand there! So far we’ve only encountered a few bruises, I’m sure more are in our future.

Bear and Cammie are doing better and mostly recovered from their infections. Bear is having a harder time kicking it completely. This week I was on the floor with Finn and had my feet near her and she cuddled her head right on my foot. Sweet Bear. She has always been the best of cuddlers.