Some Pictures and Videos

Bears decided that he wanted to dress himself yesterday.  He insisted on wearing "Pop's" moccasins and his teddy bear backpack.  That's all he wanted to wear but luckily I was able to convince him to add a diaper and pants to the ensemble.

 We walked around the neighborhood for a while but when I mentioned that Daddy was coming home soon, he wanted to sit in our front yard and wait to surprise him.  Here he is waiting very patiently in the pic below.

Here's Zoey giving him a nice hug...he got shy at the last instant and turned away.

He went Shopping with uncle Matt and aunt Jessica a little while back at Babies R Us and had the time of his life.  As soon as he saw the exersaucers, he insisted on hanging out on the shelf with them and sneakily climbed into one when Matt's back was turned for a moment. I don't think he could be convinced to get out for at least a half hour or so.

Riding one of the tractors at Wheeler Farm

Bears doing the slide by himself with Daddy

 Listening to dog barking and trying to say "I love you."

Here he is opening some easter presents from Grandma and Pop Elkins. This one's just for them but I'm pretty sure that the blog is the easiest place for them to see it.

Happy Easter(ish)

Since I never remember to take my own pictures or videos at events, it can sometimes take a while for me to track down the documentation. Hence the very casual timing of these recent posts. Easter was definitely some fun times. Ryan's parents mailed a few dozen confetti-filled eggs over here for us to violently throw at each other. I never knew until now what the true spirit of easter is. And it is glorious.




Bears made a pretty great egg model.

Here are the eggs before obliteration.  Ryan's parents save the shells of all the eggs that they use for a year.  This year it was 60 dozen.  They stuffed, patched up, and dyed every one of them.  I've never before witnessed such dedication to a holiday.  Amazing.

This is me reeling after a particularly brutal egg attack.  At least I assume so since I have no recollection of this moment.

It got kinda cold out after a bit so bears had to put on his dino outfit. luckily, Jessica happened to have a matching hoodie in her car for me to borrow.  Phew.  That could have been really embarrassing.

And even baby Ryan decided to show up at the end!

wait a minute....

IMPOSTER!!!