It's hard to whittle down pictures of your baby. Especially when you are looking at them and realize that seven months later he is a totally different kid! He still has all of these funny faces but he looks so much older now. Watching him grow is so bittersweet! These were taken on the day we had him blessed in church.
This series cracks me up:
And these are the ones when Thomas came in. This boy sure loves hid daddy!
We love this little guy of ours! I am already missing this tiny little baby. Now he's on the move and growing so fast!
In mid February we hosted what seemed like 12 million people at our house for Christopher's blessing. In reality it was all of my parents, my brother and wife, Thomas' parents, sister, and his brother's family. At maximum capacity there was a total of 13 adults and 7 kids. I'm not sure what we were thinking...
The first to arrive were my dad and step mom. Seeing my dad's face light up when he held my son was priceless!
My dad had been at my house for less than two hours before we were on our way to the hardware store to pick up some parts to fix our toilet. He also fixed our screen door and replaced the headlights on my car. This is SO my dad's idea of an ideal vacation! I really miss living so close to him and his handyman skills!
The rest of the family came in that evening or early the next day:
Grandpa Harlan and Grandma Janet Reed + Aunt Angie
Grandpa Larry and Grandma Jeani Johnson
Uncle Seth & Aunt Miranda Jenks (my brother and his wife)
We spent the first few days of the weekend seeing the sights around Boston- Thomas took all the parents downtown for a whole day of walking the Freedom Trail, bless his heart! I went to Cambridge with Seth & Miranda. We spent a day seeing Lexington & Concord and all the sights there.
We blessed Christopher on Sunday morning at church. It was so sweet to hear Thomas hold his son and give him a blessing. I love watching Thomas be a dad. It's the best thing ever. We got a few family pictures after church even though it was freezing outside. We had to give all these out-of-towners a real taste of New England weather, right?
It was such a good weekend despite all of my anxiety about having that many people in my house. Christopher loved meeting all his relatives and snuggling his grandparents and I loved showing him off. He's a pretty great kid!
I have been looking forward to summer all winter long. One of the perks of working from home is that we can go out and enjoy all sorts of fun and squeeze work in around it. Last week we got up early and headed to the strawberry fields. It was a perfectly warm day with lots of sunshine and the berries were ripe and juicy! Christopher was in such awe, he is definitely an observer and he was on overload in the fields.
Within a few minutes he had a strawberry in his hands and was giggling left and right. He was very diligent about eating every last inch of every strawberry he got his paws on and kept grabbing more out of the basket if I didn't keep it out of his reach. I am sure he got some straw and dirt in there along with the berries but he didn't seem to mind.
Give me more berries!
By the time we left the fields this boy was covered from head to toe in strawberries! He looked like a little strawberry vampire! I had to let the juice dry on him before I could even pick him up and he was SO sticky.
We've been enjoying fresh strawberries all week and whenever Christopher sees one his little arms and legs start pumping and he gets very impatient until he gets some in his tummy. I love taking this little buddy along with me and that he seems to have as much fun as I do. I can't wait to introduce him to the Public Gardens, the local pool, my favorite beaches, and definitely more fruit picking!
