Random May Pictures

So in typical "my style" I am about to post about 10 posts that are long past due... to start off here are some pictures from the end of May...

Pierson really enjoys playing with blocks... we have a few different kinds and he just loves to stack them together and then pull them apart

And of course it helps when you get comfy on the floor! :-)

Pierson LOVES to read books... and he always grabs his books and brings them to us and climbs into our lap for a story or 2 or 3...

Here Drew was making the animal noises of the animals in the story... Pierson was cracking up! Pierson's getting pretty good at his Roarrrr!

And here's my cute hubby... I just LOVE his smile... and I just LOVE him!

And I was off work one afternoon so Pierson and I went up to see Drew and Gramps at their office...

P loves to be thrown in the air!

And our downtown had a street party one Friday night towards the end of May so Drew, Pierson, and I met my friend Misty and her little guy Will there... There were tons of activities and bounce houses for the kiddos... with so many kids there we didn't put Pierson in the bounce houses... but next year for sure he'll be able to do it... He had a great time people watching and trying to run from mom and dad!

Isn't Will too cute! He's a little over 7 months old in this picture... just too cute! Pierson and Will are in the same swim class... and those pictures coming shortly!

To the Park

The other morning Drew and I took Pierson to the park by our house.  Pierson had a great time!  I forgot my regular camera but I snapped the pics with my phone...

Climbing through the tunnels

There is also a little "creek" that runs through the park.  Pierson loved hanging out by the water... and it was quite the chore trying to keep him out of it!

Heading home with a ride on dad's shoulders

The Annual Kite Party

My parents had their second annual kite flying contest at their house a few weekends ago.  They invite a bunch of friends out to fly kites, eat, and hang out.  They give away really funny awards and it's just a really fun time.  This year, however, I could only go for about an hour and a half because I had something else I had to do... but Drew and Pierson stayed and hung out.  I took several pictures while I was there... but my mom took a bunch after I left, too.  She got some super cute ones by the pond that  you'll see below...

Sarah was in town with her 2 cute kiddos Van (1 year older than Pierson) and Emma (1 year younger than Pierson)... all 3 born in January!  Pierson and Van had a ball playing together all afternoon/evening.

Pierson and Van

Getting some toys out of the cabinet

Sarah and Emma... isn't she just soooo cute!  She's got the most beautiful blue eyes!

So of course I had to take a few pics of sweet Emma before I left :-)

Getting a kiss from her grandma, Sue!

My mom took these cute pictures of Van and Pierson playing down at the pond (and being watching by Van's grandpa Rick and Drew)

Rick - Van - Pierson - Drew

The reason I couldn't stay is because I had a prior commitment.  One of my best friends, Britney, owns THREE dance studios! One of her studios is in my town and the recital was that evening.  Nancy and I took pictures of all the dancers rehearsing for the past month and then did the video taping for the recital.  I was super impressed with all the dances... Britney is one talented little instructor!!  I won't post any of the pictures of the girls... but here's a fun one I can show :-)  The dance was called "Shoes!" 

And I just realized I don't have any fun Kite pictures... I guess that will have to wait until next year :-)

Tantrums...

Hmmmm... Could we be hitting the terrible 2's 7 or 8 months early??  

We have learned that if we walk away and ignore them they don't last very long... I think he's learning they don't do him much good...  Hopefully he gets that ingrained in his sweet little head soon... because wow has this child got a good set of lungs!  ;-)

BUT... they do make for some funny pictures!

Some Random May Pics

Just a bunch of random pics from the past few weeks...

Every evening after work the first thing we do when we get home is get the newspaper and the mail.  I head to the mailbox and get the mail while Pierson goes down the driveway and grabs the paper.  He especially loves to get the paper when it's been raining and the paper is in the orange plastic sack... he loves to swing it around...

Isn't my little man so cute!  Just love him to pieces!!!

Pierson LOVES books!  We have a basket full of his books in the living room and he loves to pick out books to read and hand them to us and then plop in our lap... it is so cute!  Even after all this time it still melts my heart every time he does it... I just love it!!!  Here is Drew reading to him... (how I love it when my two guys are together!)

And of course Pierson 'reads' to us, too!

Just a random bath pic... 

Haven't seen the mohawk in a while, huh?

So every night when we lay Pierson down for bed we tell him how much we love him and give him lots and lots of kisses.  The other night I had my camera with us upstairs (surprise surprise) and Drew was giving Pierson a final kiss goodnight while he was in his crib and this is what I saw...  Just cracked me up!

Pierson loves to stack his building blocks... he also loves to tear them apart, too!

And this just cracked me up... he laid on his tummy and played for forever with those blocks... it was too cute!

Reading books after bathtime... Drew was making a horsey sound and Pierson thought it was hilarious! We were all cracking up!

Sweet dreams little man!

To the Park with GoGo

A couple of Sundays ago Pierson and I decided to go to the park.  The park we were going to is close to Drew's parents house so we called GoGo and asked if she wanted to meet us there.  She met us there and Pierson had so much fun swinging, going down the slide, and exploring all the fun things around the park.  GoGo took him all around the park and I had fun snapping pictures of them playing.  Thanks, GoGo, for going to the park with us!

Look at that smile on his face... he loved it!

Climbing towards the slide...

Little man was hesitant to let go at first...

And trying it on the tummy

He sure did love going down the slide!

And his first time on a teeter-totter... if he's anything like me he'll LOVE these things when he gets a little older... they're so fun!

And testing out the steering wheel and gears

Climbing... one of his new favorite things...

Here he's fine... he's supposed to climb... it's on the ottoman and couch and everything else that worries me... he has recently discovered that he can climb and he LOVES it!  (we got lucky for so long that he didn't realize he could do it... he'd done it occasionally... but now he REALLY knows he can and thinks it's so funny!)

He was so intrigued by all the 'gadgets' there were to play with

And time to leave the park... we had so much fun and can't wait to go back soon!