Surprise!!!

I have the best friends EVER! Today they threw me a baby shower, I was so surprised. Tale and I usually get together with Tiffany and Julie weekly for lunch or playdates so going over for a visit wasn't out of the ordinary. But when I pulled up to their place there was a lot of cars outside and I thought, dang who is having a party? When I got to the door there were a ton of people in Tiffany's apartment and I was like wow everyone is coming to brunch today cool. Then they all yelled surprised and I could feel my whole body get all warm. It took me a second to realize what was going on and I was speechless. The party was for me! hahaha These girls are the best. Usually after your first child you don't really get showers but they threw one for me anyways because this time it is a GIRL! Thanks so much guys and for everyone that came! I wish I would have taken my camera with me to get some pictures. But I stole some from Julie's page.

A few of the kids that were there. How cute are they? Tale was camera shy. Opening some presents. How cute is that swimsuit?

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was beautiful! The weather was great and we had lots of activities planned for the weekend. To start off I went and bought Tale some slippers because his shoes were too hot for him. But he hated them, he just wanted to go barefoot which his daddy lets him do when he takes him outside. He would walk in them and then try to shake them off! So I went back to the shoes. :) Good thing they were only $2. :) Tahri is usually home with us on Fridays but this Friday he had to go to school for work and for an extra scheduled class. So we ended up going to the park with Tucker and then out for ice-cream afterwards. Oh it was so yummy, Tale and I might be regulars there this summer. :)

Son there is nothing in there. hahaha...........Watch out this boy likes to stick his hands down your shirt. :)

When daddy got home we headed to the tennis courts. Tale loved playing with his daddy, except he wanted everyones raqucet!

On Saturday we headed to the circus. They were also having a dog show in the building next to the circus and we saw this huge dog! It is a mastiff, just like the one Grandma Molifua has, but it was a lot bigger. Tale wanted to pet him so we stopped to let him play for a bit.

Then we went in and Tale boi did so good for the first half at least. Just look at that smile. Oh sooo cute!

We bought him some cotton candy but he didn't like it, but he liked feeding it to mommy and daddy. That was a waste of $5.

Then during the intermission they had all these rides and activities to do. Tale kept trying to get close to the ponies so I bought him a ticket to ride them. And of course he hated it. he went around like one and a half times and tried to get off the whole ride. We wasted $7 for that! For the second half of the show the kid next to us had this sword that lite up and had a ball on the end and he watched the kid play with it for the whole second half! Should have saved the money on the ride and cotton candy and bought him that instead. :)

On Sunday morning we took Tale outside for his easter egg hunt and the first thing he saw was a basket from GIGI who was his easter bunny this year. :)

Tale is obsessed with balls right now, so when he saw all the eggs on the ground and around the park he went to get them all. It was so cute.

He didn't want to put them in the basket he wanted to hold on to all of them.

He was so excited to see candy in all the eggs.

After his afternoon nap we took him to see a couple of waterfalls. He couldn't wait to get in the water.

So his daddy decided to test out the tempeture and to try to catch some of the fish swimming upstream. I think they were quicker than he thought.

Tale finally got to go in the water but realized it was freezing and wanted out almost immediately.

Then we went and had some lunch at Buttermilk falls. It was beautiful there. Tale boi opening the ketchup for his mommy. :)

Sunday evening we decided to make rice krispie eggs. I thought Tale would have fun dipping it in chocolate and them dipping it in sprinkles. He really likes dipping things.

But he was more interested in dipping his hands in the chocolate and eating it. :) Finally he tasted the rice krispie treat and liked it.

It was a fun weekend beautiful weekend and Tale loved his first real easter.

Spring Break

Spring break is now over, boo!! It was so nice having Tahri home with us for a whole week. Tale loved having daddy around to play with him. The weather was good half of the time so that was good. We didn't go anywhere for spring break, we stayed in Ithaca and it wasn't so bad. We went to the park, a waterfall, the movies and played outside a lot!




Tale found a ball at the park and wouldn't let it go. He was taking it with him everywhere.

He even went down the slide with it. Finally by the end I was able to distract him by putting him on the horse on the merry go round. I kicked the ball far away so he couldn't see it. I was sure who ever left it there was going to come back for it. I can't remember the name of this waterfall, but Tale loves the water, he had fun watching it crash at the botton. It was really muddy so we didn't go too far. We went shopping for some new couches because lets face it, leather is the only way to go with kids and with a dog. They were having a big clearance sale and Tale was crying for a balloon, so they got him his very own. And he was drawn to this piece, I think he might have mommy's taste. :)
Tahri and I tried to go to a movie together so we got some friends to watch Tale for us, but 10 mins into the film we got a text that he was not happy there. So Tahri went to pick him up. He did really good sitting through the movie with us. Did a lot better than his daddy, his daddy couldn't wait for it to be over. :) Of course it was one of mommy's picks, we watched Our family wedding. I liked it :)Since Tale did so good for that movie the next day we decided to take him to another one but this time something he would really enjoy. We went and watched How to train a Dragon in 3D. He didn't wear the glasses the whole time, and he only sat in the chair for half the movie, the other half he watched but wanted to walk through the aisles and stand up. Good thing it wasn't that crowded. He loves his cartoons and daddy liked this movie too, he was really cool seeing it in 3D.

New York City

Last weekend Tahri's program had a conference in New York city so Tale and I went with got to tag along. It is about a 4 hour drive from where we are at and we had a blast. The weather turned out to be really nice and I was really surprised by how friendly the city was even though it is soo busy. Of course the drivers weren't all that friendly and I can totally see why people don't drive there. Parking is outrageous there were signs for $8.47 every half hour, you couldn't turn down a bunch of streets so you would have to drive in circles to get to your destination, pedestrians walking all over the roads, cabs stopping in the middle of the road, it was just so crazy. Anyways, while we were there we just cruised around a lot.

We went to Ripley's Believe it or Not. We took Tale to Toy's R Us and let him go on the ferris wheel. He loved it!!!He loved riding on his daddy's shoulders everywhere. He we are on our way from Madison Square Garden to the Empire State Building. We ate at Johnny Rockets, it was so fun, if I could live in any era I think it would be the 50's. Our waiter gave us a bunch of nickles and we played our favorite jams most of the night. As you can see Tale loved the milkshake! I love my Jamba Juice and they don't have one here in Ithaca, so we were there almost everyday getting our favorite smooties. Tiffany and Taylor also went on the trip and joined us on one of our many stops there. We went to Grand Central Station to figure out the train and subway routes. Went and did some shopping from there and walked around time square.By the end of it Tale was pooped. :) Here he is passed out on the subway, he wanted to hold the poles like everyone else was. I was right there with hand sanitizer everytime he let go. hahaha.............. Thanks daddy for the fun weekend. It was so nice to get out of Ithaca for a weekend.

Pink Sleeper

We were shopping the other day and Tahri found this really cute warm sleeper for our baby girl. But as soon as we put it in the shopping cart Tale claimed it. He wouldn't let it go, he even had to hold on to it while the cashier rang it up. And ever since then he has been sleeping with it, carrying it around the house and just always goes to it for comfort. It is the cutest thing.

Feb Happenings

A new block started for me and I have double the students now, so I have been busy with the online course and haven't had a lot of time to update the blog. So here are somethings that happened in February.
It was Valentine's Day and my birthday and I got to spend it with my two favorite guys. They took me to a resturant called Antlers. It was really good and we sat right next to the fireplace it was a great evening. Tale was so tired but he was a champ throughout the whole dinner. Not a peep out of him.
Here we are trying a new dessert, English pudding, it was really yummy.

These are just some cute pictures of Tale boi. Here he is pretending to be mommy with his big belly. :)

He loves wearing my sunglasses.

We went to lunch with some friends and then we went to play at Barnes and Noble with Tucker and Julie.

Tale is picking out books for his mommy to read to him.

Tale has been trying to tell me that he wants to feed himself lately so finally I gave him the chance. Here he is eating yogurt. He gave me a big smile when I finally handed the spoon over to him.

He is getting the hang of it and trying to get every last bit of it. :) Just like his mommy does.

Okay I can't get the rest with my spoon..........ha, how cute is he..........

Okay that is enough bath time now!! He loves his bath time!

Tahri and I haven't been out together alone in a long time. We have never left Tale alone with a babysitter well non-relative that is. So I was a bit nervous on how well he would do. Our babysitter was in the same complex so we let Tale drive over there. He had sooo much fun, he was laughing and playing with the wheel the whole way there.

He ended up doing great. As soon as we got to Christy's place he went right to her. He played with their football most of the time and they said he was really good. AHHH my baby!!! Thanks so much Christy and Jace for watching Tale boi! And thank you baby boy for being good so mommy and daddy could go watch a movie.