Post Morning Swim

The only time Danny's hair doesn't look like he "stuck his finger in a light socket" (somehow not as a light-hearted of a saying when you're talking about a toddler) is when it's wet, so I snapped a few shots of him after we went swimming the other morning.

Dinner with Ali

Ali was in town this past weekend for a bachelorette weekend and graced us with her presence for Sunday dinner at my mom's. We ate ourselves silly per usual. Speaking of bachelorette, a complete oversight on my part, have I "blog" mentioned that Ali is engaged?!? Super excited for her April nuptials!

Goldfish - arrgg!

Finally looked at the camera, but wouldn't smile

Post dinner, swimmy diaper hat wearing

Mud Day

The other day Danny and I attended Mud Day at the Children's Museum downtown. While it was definitely a little more geared towards kids 2 years old and up, Danny had a great time! He saw toads, a turtle and a salamander on loan from the NC Aquarium. He also played in pools of various "mud" type substances, water sprinklers and soap foam and helped bathe the baby dolls. He even had a lick or two of his first popsicle, which was probably his favorite part.

Gelatin goop

Foam soap

Baby doll dressing station

The scene before mayhem ensued!

About to head home...

Swagger

While making Danny's lunch the other day, I turned around to him with this cool guy demeanor.

And then he finally cracked!

Turtles

Danny's new favorite word? Turtle! Everything is turtle. I have to admit, it is pretty fun to say!

And here's Danny rocking his St. Patty's shirt many months too early...

Happy Hump Day!

Vroom Vroom

Danny is a huge fan of the stores with the "car" shopping carts. Anything to make him happy!

Random Cuteness and Danny Update

Cheese!

That hair

Buddies

In Danny news, he's feeling much better. Still a little bit of a cough, but eating and sleeping well again. No new teeth to be found, so perhaps the intense crankiness, runny nose, etc, was just a bad cold and not teething after all.

He's been through a major growth spurt which has caused him to really fill out. He walks like a pro with his little walker and one handed with me or Jimmy, but still refuses to walk completely on his own. He loves to play with the light switches and help mommy with tasks like unloading the dishwasher and throwing things in the trash. He's lightening fast at climbing stairs. This was where I found him after only a 5 second delay heading after him.

We're trying to transition to the ol' one long afternoon nap (in lieu of 2 a day) and so far the result has been 1 short nap a day. Sigh. Must stick to it though!

Lastly, my favorite, he's become quite a generous and zealous little kisser. You need only ask once and he's coming at you with his mouth WIDE open. So sweet.