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Spring cleaning

While I am still working on getting photos up from our fantastic trip to Michigan last week, I wanted to post a little something since who knows if it will be tomorrow or next week when I update the blog again. In addition to our often busy schedule, we're in the middle of some house improvements to make adding one more person to our abode a little easier. Will post pictures of those fun updates next month (if all is done by then). Needless to say life is flying by at record speed.

I also hope to get some video up soon - Macadam is full of funny thoughts, opinions and other behaviors which are best caught on tape.

Mardi Gras

While I haven't been able to show much of the artwork Macadam routinely brings home from school, he's full of craft:). We've got a pile ready to go up on the wall but it's often projects like below that are most fun.

We made sure it was an early night but Mac definitely got his Mardi Gras on this year.

Snowy getaway

It's taken me way too long to get this post together but at least I am caught up with photos on Flickr. Last month, we went on a trip to Whistler with friends and although the snow was wetter than we'd like, it was a very fun-filled weekend with three pregnant women, their men, two little ones and four dogs. Can you say full house? Luckily, the place was spacious and the kids and the adults got out to play in the snow. Macadam was way more into building a snow fort and snowmen than sledding. Now that we're back home, he just wants to make frosty snowmen with barkdust since we don't have snow. The cold weather tour continues this month with a trip to Michigan and then Denver for me and college friends. I think warmer latitudes will be in order very soon!

Bye, bye baby

In the last two weeks Macadam has said so long to two of the most quintessential elements of life as a baby - diapers and his crib. Two weekends ago marked his entry into diaper free life and last weekend he started sleeping in his big, twin bed. Here are a few shots of him running around in his underwear and trying out the potty. I can't wait to sneak some shots of him sleeping in his bed because it's oh so sweet and rather unbelievable how quickly he's growing up. For now, these were post-nap.

Last weekend was rather tiring since we didn't get to leave the house in an effort to focus on the training but we did have a lot of fun clapping, cheering for making it to the bathroom in time and running laps in the hallway to keep from cabin fever. He's been asking for weeks, if not months, about when his big bed will be here and we finally got all the pieces needed to make it happen last Friday. Plus, it's even nicer that he can get out of bed by himself when nature calls.

We're hoping to go easy on the little man with big changes and transitions in the next couple of months so he'll be a champ at all of the above before his new sibling arrives in June.

Belly up to the bar

While Macadam still loves to dive into his meals (okay, be coerced into sitting with us for meals) in his high chair, the last few weeks he's started to love sitting at the big table and enjoys the bar stools. The problem is that we only have two, so it looks like the delayed purchase of more is just around the corner.

Either way, he's having fun!

Meet the gang

In the last couple of months Macadam has grown in his love and knack for naming things. Mostly his toys. Some of them are quite obvious choices and others, well they're pretty fantastic and comical. The most recent collection of names includes these mugs.

Clockwise from left - the dogs; two of the more creative animal friendlies named; and the best - a bounty hunter/safari man and Mac's younger sibling!