The fright of my life.

Kevin gave me the scare of my life today. We have been running a lot of errands the last few days so I decided to treat us to an hour at the duck pond. Since it was later in the afternoon I decided to drive.

As we were feeding the ducks Kevin took a liking to this one white duck (aka an Aflac duck) he was splashing around in the water and grooming himself. Kevin got right up to the edge of the water because he liked getting splashed by the duck. Suddenly Kevin slipped and was laying face down in the water.

I ran to him as fast as I could and pulled him out. It turns out that the pond suddenly drops off about 3 feet. Fortunately Kevin held his breath so he never inhaled water. But we both got pretty soaking wet and I was terrified.

Thankfully a sweet mom named Tara (had never met her before) wasn't too far away and asked if we needed help. She was awesome at helping me catch my breath, and completely understood when I shed a few tears. She told me that her son also fell into the pond a few years ago, she was several months pregnant, and had to dive in after him too. That really helped me feel like I wasn't a bad mommy.

After all is said and done, Kevin is perfectly fine, he was up and running as soon as he was out of the water. He never got scared. As for me, well I won't forget this day for a long time, if ever. And I am thinking Kevin slipped because he was trying to "pet" the duck. So it will be a while before I am ready to take him back to the pond, or to let him get near the ducks.

Unfortunately my cell phone and camera were in my pockets. So there may have been two casualties. Steve is trying to dry them out, but we won't know for a few days if they will work again or not. But you know me, before I realized the camera was damaged I snapped a few pictures. My phone wasn't working so I gave it to Kevin to play with. Sorry for the blurriness around the edges, but that is what pond water will do to a camera. :-)

Mischievous Monkey!

Kevin made a huge mess today of what was left of his lunch. So while I was cleaning up, he went off to play. After 2 minutes, it got really quiet... you know what that means, he was up to no good. So off I went to find him. I couldn't believe what I found.

Kevin had crawled onto the toilet, on to the bathroom cabinet and into the sink. When I found him he was looking pretty cute.

He had been making faces and talking to himself. But if you also look at his right hand you can see he was taking the bathroom cup and "filling" it up with water from the cat's dish.


Getting some water. Now please don't worry, he wasn't actually getting any water, he had already poured all the water in the sink, and all over the floor and counter.


"Drinking"

Now what you can't really see is that Kevin had also pulled the soap and lotion dispenser into the sink with him . He had also turned on the faucet and water was running all over his legs and saturating his diaper. Thankfully it is warm outside, so I was able to carry him into the back yard and strip him out of his wet clothes and diaper.

So much fun!

Today I got Kevin a small plastic swimming pool with a slide. He really likes the slide in our back yard, and the sturdy plastic sides makes it easy for him to step over.

As many of you know, Kevin really isn't a fan of the water. So I was hoping this pool would help him become more comfortable for our Bahamas trip in June.

I was totally shocked when he got in and LOVED it! He laid down in the water, something he refuses to do during bath time. He splashed water in his face alot! and never cried. In fact he just kept doing it over and over again. For 30 minutes he played in the pool. I can't remember a time when he laughed so much. He really loved it. So now I know what we will be doing a lot of this summer.

Kevin after he first got in the pool. A little wet.

Going all in!

Getting out so he can go down the slide.


On the slide.


Realizing his hair is wet. He does this just about every night during his bath. He just looks at you like "how did it get wet?"

Enjoying splashing around.

Sweet Monkey!

Kevin loves to wear our shoes around the house. Here he is in Steve's tennis shoes.



Kevin's new favorite place to hang out. He likes to climb up here, from the end of the ledge, or from over the back of the sofa. Bailey likes it when he is up there to pet her.


As you can see we have a space between the ledge and the sofa. He likes to drop down between the space and hang out. He also likes this spot when his favorite commercials are on "National American University" and "Reid's Dry Cleaning". He really likes to "bop" to the theme songs.


And today he couldn't get enough of Bailey. He kept following her around the house and using her as a pillow. It was pretty cute, but after a while Bailey had had enough.

17 months fly by so quickly!

Kevin turned 17 months old yesterday. I can't believe how much my baby has grown. We went to the Dr's and he got a weigh in. He is 27lbs and 13oz. That means he is almost 20 pounds heavier than when he was born!

For the most part he likes to spend his days climbing on anything he can and saying No when he knows he is doing something he shouldn't. He really enjoys climbing over the back of the sofa on to the ledge behind. If he is on the little sofa he goes after the phone base, usually pushing the message button. On the big couch he will climb over and try to get to Bailey's food.

Today Kevin and I had a blast, we visited with my friend Leslie and her two kids. Rachel is 3 1/2 and Andy is 13 days older than Kevin. Funnily enough, the boys were due on the same day, Andy came a day early and Kevin had to be induce 12 days late. Kevin and Andy had a blast playing together, I can see more play dates in our future.

I have updated our slideshow, but the month is early so the pictures are few. Also in the slide show are pictures of our wonderful new flower garden. Steve cleared it all out and I planted the flowers this weekend. It looks so pretty!

Little monkey!

Kevin REALLY likes climbing up everything these days. You can't leave him out of your sight or he will crawl on top of the kitchen table, over the couch, or any other object taller than he is. Well yesterday I gave him the laundry sorter to "drive" into the laundry room. This is one of his favorite things to do on laundry day. But after a few minutes he didn't bring it to me, so I had to go looking for him. This is what I found.





I have no idea how he managed to climb into it. But he did. :-)

A few fun moments

Last week I gave Kevin his first Peep. He isn't a fan like I am, but he was fun to watch. Also I am very happy we got a new patio set last week. Here's a photo for you to check it out.Kevin playing in the backyard.

Our new wonderful patio set! It has 6 sling back chairs (they slightly bounce) and a hexagon table. I can't wait to break it in at our Memorial day party. :-)


Kevin really liked the idea of the peep, he was double fisting it. And yes he did enjoy a chocolate caramel bunny before the sugary peep. Yep, he's spoiled. :-)



He really didn't like the Peep sticking to his fingers. To get it off he had to shake his hands rapidly and then it still wouldn't come off. I took mercy on him and pulled it off his fingers. After that he wanted nothing to do with them.