Adventures in the Life of the Negligent Blogger

Ok, so I know it's been almost a month and I'm not doing so good with this, but with the weather being crappy, we really haven't been up to much.  I also have a hard time taking pictures of Austin when there's just one of me.  For those of you who go through Austin picture withdrawals, he usually makes and appearance on My 365 Project at least once a week.

We made another trip to Crystal Beach in March.  Austin went to the Mardi Gras parade there.  He had SO many beads that by the end, he could hardly stand.  We tried to escape the cold, overcast weather here in Arkansas only to find the same with killer wind at Crystal Beach.

 Now we are finally enjoying a break in the weather and are able to get outside on the days that it doesn't rain.  Austin's two favorite phrases to use are "Go Ou-side" and "Rea-y Go Carseat?" He also like to call my name and when I look at him, he just smiles.  He really knows how to melt my heart.

He also likes to try to diaper his toys.  Such a caring little tot.

Here are some pictures from "ou-side" today. And no he wasn't shirtless the whole time.  Just for the picture time because he smeared mud all over his first shirt. :)

Juice Break Time

He's over the pictures

The first part of February

Well, here we are again, catching up on what's been going on around here.  Sam is working 7 days a week in Qatar which is making it a little difficult for him to catch up with Austin.  He's able to call from work, but that's usually between 9 and 10 at night so Austin is already in bed.  He loves to talk to Daddy on the computer and tickle him.  Sam is a good sport and plays along.  We visited Granny and PaPa at the beginning of the month for about 5 days.  One of those days we had no power so that was interesting.  Here are a few pictures from this month.

Snow day fun with Austin and Play-doh.  This last about 10 minutes.

The massive amount of snow that fell in one day!

Where did Gunner's legs go?

Austin brought this home from daycare for me on Valentine's Day.  I love his daycare!

We got out in some 60 degree weather to have some fun.  We met some friends at the park and played for 2 hours!

We love to slide!

Peek-a-boo, I see you!

I cut my hair for Locks for Love.  This was the second time that I donated.  This first time was right after I had Austin.  I had to go alot shorter this time to get it accomplished, but it was well worth it.

Other than these things, there's nothing else new going on.  Austin is presenting me with new challenges each day.  We had to childproof the door knobs this month because he's tall enough to reach them now and turn them.  He was not happy with me about this.  We are trying to soak up as many days above 60 degrees as possible.  Allergies are starting to affect me, but it's worth the chance to soak up some Vitamin D.  Austin loves the stroller both in and out of the house so that makes it easy for me to get out and walk for a bit.  We were out for an hour today, just walking the neighborhood.  Here's to hoping for a mild spring and summer (yeah right!).

Here's Austin's latest accomplishment

End of January

Well, January came and went before I knew it.  It doesn't seem possible that it could have gone that fast with all the days we were stuck in the house thanks to the snow and Arkansas's lack of preparedness.  Anyway, here are a few pictures and videos from the month.

Still LOVE to eat.  Trying to learn this whole fork thing.  He LOVES meatballs :)

Found Daddy's old hat.  He loves it!

My little cowpoke!  He has everything he needs.

All this dog wrangling has made him thirsty.  Time to stop at the saloon for a drink.

And here is how I know I'm putting a tired boy to bed every night.

Austin and Gunner playing.  Well, as close to playing as they get.

So we got out one more time in the snow

Deep.  I'm pretty sure this was almost 6 inches.

Austin likes to pat the snow and try to pet it like the dog.  His gloves were COMPLETELY covered the whole time.

Nothing slows this kid down.

Austin's solution to the snow problem.  Guess who's getting a snow blower if we moved somewhere where it snows regularly!

Finally figured out you can eat this stuff.  He called it snow until he did this, then it was ICE!

And here's a funny from this evening.  Even with all the snow outside, the inside air is SO dry.  Static on our couches is C-R-A-Z-Y or "kay-zee" as Austin calls it.

This 365 project has a pretty neat side effect.  More pictures of Austin!

And More Snow

More video and pictures to go along with the snow.