The flower garden

The sandbox has been transformed into the flower garden! It has been a little difficult keeping Vance out of it but not too bad. Ryan cleared a section on the other side of the stairs out back for him to be able to play in. We also planted two flowers on his side for him to take care of (more like trample on). He has been doing good only playing in the dirt on his side :) I will upload a picture as soon as I can.

The Sandbox

So we have a dirt patch in the backyard it is a separate section that is lined with pretty bricks and would make an awesome flower garden. Ryan and I have worked to make it weed free and we are going (hopefully this weekend) to pick out flowers to put in it.

The problem is that Vance has seen us working in it and he has decided that it is his new sandbox!!! He is loving it. The problem now lies in the fact of what happens when I turn it into my beautiful flower garden? How am I going to keep my sweet baby boy out of it :)

As I sit here attempting to finish my accounting paper, I can't help but smile uncontrollably. You see Vance is watching Toy Story 2 and is enjoying it immensely. It amazes me how intelligent a two year old can be. He watches intently and then suddenly is reapeating certain phrases the characters have just said. I wish you all could hear how cute it is when he says "To infinity and beyond". Days like today keep me humble and remind me how blessed I am in life :) He is a complete joy to have and even as I sit here and stress over my paper, there is a part of me that is calm as I take little moments to smile and enjoy the mind of a two year old.

Random picture of the day

Vance at the playground. He is in one of those tunnels. When he pressed his little face out the hole it was too cute and we were able to get it on film :)

Our first visitors

We finally had our first visitors. Ryan's mom, Cindy and her husband Frank came to see us. It was a good visit. We actually got out and explored a little of Washington :) We found some great places to go hiking. We walked through downtown Seattle, visited the space needle (next time we need to go up in it) and had fun just hanging out and relaxing. Vance loved it!!! He would wake up in the mornings and come into our room (waking me up) and ask "you know where my grandma is?" So I would send him downstairs to get her because they were already awake.

He isn't as broken as I though he would be after they left. He occasionally looks around and asks "where'd my drandma go?" or "my papa is on airplane" (that's one heck of an airplane ride) All in all though he has handled it really well. Can't wait to see who our next visitor is going to be??? You are all welcome :)

It's been a while since my last post. No excuses, just lazy. LOL things in Washington are good. The weather is unpredictable two days ago it was a beautiful sunshine filled day. Yesterday and today it is overcast, cold, and rainy. Welcome to the great northwest!!!

Big boy bed

Tonight is the first night that Vance is sleeping in a toddler bed. We converted his crib into the toddler bed today. He was so excited about it when we did it, but now he is not so sure. He is having a little trouble falling asleep tonight, more than usual. I guess time will make it easier there is always an adjustment period when something new comes into play. More to come.....