Peter's distractions

Peter is really good at entertaining himself. I sometimes wish it did not make such a mess but it keeps him happy, allows me to get some things done and I think is great for his little imagination. Here he is working ever so hard to arrange the Tupperware cabinet. He likes to take of the seals from the lids and wear them as bracelets. Which I think is hilarious and Alan frowns at. Here he is trying to help me make his blanket. I made him a pillow and blanket for his birthday out of fleece because he loves fuzzy material and I wanted a lightweight blanket for him. It was quite the task trying to work on it while he was awake because he kept trying to steal the material and run off with it to play with.

And his most recent favorite is playing with the yarn in my yarn basket. He occupied himself the other day for half an hour with this red yarn and then of course started crying when he couldn't figure out how to get out of it!

I sometimes wonder why we even buy toys....:)

Summer Fun

We went to the international festival again this year and instead of being huge and pregnant we strolled around with Peter. I think he had fun, he even made a little friend which was so cute.

He also went walking with Dad a lot which was fun since Alan does not have much free time to spend just walking with Peter. Since Peter is getting so good at walking we have spent a lot of time at a local playground. He loves just walking around and banging on the poles and just exploring.

But his most favorite is the slide. He can now go down all by himself and he loves it!

Has it been 1 year already??

Peter turned one yesterday and I can't believe the time has gone so fast. As I was putting Peter to sleep Saturday evening I was silently reminiscing over his entrance into our lives and all of the wonderful moments of this past year. He is such a happy, joyful, silly and loving little man that I cannot imagine one day without him. It makes me very grateful for a husband who supports me in my decision to stay at home and not work even though with him in school my income would be very helpful! Here are some pictures of the festivities.

It was fun to have Grandma McKinney and his aunties and cousin Emma join us for dinner which Peter got just as messy eating lasagna as he did with his cake I think. But my goal was to stuff him with real food so hopefully he would not be full of sugar only right before bed.

We then moved on to presents and it was fun to have Grandma and Grandpa Jensen join us via web cam. Peter is one very loved little boy he received so many fun presents I think he wanted to play with them all at the same time. But apparently if you look at his expression, orange ribbon is not his favorite! :) After presents we stripped him down for his birthday cake. Which was a feat in and of itself. He was quite upset with me that I was trying to take him away from his toys but once we got him seated and he saw what was next he was pretty focused.

Alan was a little disappointed I think that Peter needed some "help" digging into his cake. At first he just tried to pick off all the red and yellow icing dots. But once he realized that he could make more of a mess he was a little more enthusiastic, especially once the sugar started kicking in!

And he he is before daddy went and hosed him down in the shower. Doesn't he look so pleased with himself?Happy Birthday my little peanut! We love you so much and are so glad you are forever part of our family! Life would not be as full without your smiling face and contagious laugh!

What do you do when life hands you lemons?

...if you are Peter, you eat them!

I was trying to get dinner ready one evening and as usual Peter is always right there under my feet. I don't know if it is because he is getting hungry, or tired or just needing mom, but that is his usual spot when I am trying to get dinner ready. He often plays with the Tupperware or the pots and pans and I can actually get dinner ready but this evening his normal distractions were not working. I happened to be using lemons for dinner so I said here, try this...and he loved it! Every once and awhile he would get a big taste of lemon and make that sour face, but he kept right on chomping away until dinner was ready!