Utah

We went to Utah for a week to spend some time with Nonna and Poppa and Heidi's family.  First I just have to say, I never ever thought about putting a leash on a child and always thought it was just the cruelest thing to see a child with one on, then we were at the airport.  Roux loves to fly, well I'm not so sure about loves but he isn't one of those screaming children you hear on the plane and you just want to knock them out.  He does, however, have a problem with confined spaces and not having room to move about.  Fortunately we had and empty seat next to us, since he is a lap child sometimes this can be a problem, especially for the other passenger.  On the way up to Salt Lake he was great but the returning flight was interesting.  

We got checked in super fast so had some time to kill, which was fine since there was a play area for him to relieve some energy.  After he was tired of the play area that is where the leash would have come in handy.  I chased that boy up and down the halls and rode the escalator about 207 times.  All this must have worked though because as soon as we were in the air he crashed out.  

The Justices came over Sunday for dinner and Josh, Deegan, Roux and Poppa played with the alligator and ball for a while.  Heidi cracks me up because she looks like she is super skinny with a watermelon under her shirt.  She'll probably get mad for me putting the picture up, oh well.  You're one sexy momma!

Roux loves whipped cream off the beaters.  
Thanks for the great week!  He sure does miss you all!  Talks about you all the time!

Nonna

A few weeks ago Nonna came down for a visit for a few days.  We went to a lot of family events and saw some cousins who I haven't seen in a while so that was cool.  

This is at the reprarian Roux likes to go to and see the turtles and chase the ducks.  One duck was really funny and would come right up and took a cheerio right out of my fingers.  

Allergies

It's sunny, springy and allergenic in the air.  As beautiful as this purple flowered tree is so are the stuffy noses and the puffs plus kleenex with lotion.  Life has been fun and busy with no work and the stress that goes along with it.  

This is Roux's little bench bed.  It is the perfect toddler size bed with  walls so he won't fall off and the best part is...drum roll please...he's not sleeping with me!  I now have a bed all to my self and I never thought I'd be so grateful to have my own bed!  We are both getting adequate sleep now bringing smiley faces and less tantrums.  
Our cute little "casita".  We are extremely blessed to have such good friends and family to help us out in our journey and adventures.  I can't wait until I can start reciprocating what we have with others who may be in need at times.  
This is a little late but Roux was helping make Valentine cookies.  What ever it is he's doing he's sure to make a mess of it.  He ate some of the cookie dough and lets just say he's not a fan of sugar cookies raw.  I'm not sure why they are called sugar cookies, they're more like flour cookies.