What a week

This is another old picture of Dean. I haven't been good about taking new pictures lately. I've been to busy taking care of the house. Soon I'll take pictures of the house to post. We've painted the family room and master bedroom and also decorated Dean's room with a sports theme (he's his daddy's son).

This week has completely flown by. It was a busy week. Unfortunately one of our days was spent at the DMV for the second time in order to get our California license plates. We were successful after about an hour and 45 minutes. Everyone at the DMV loved Dean. Hopefully that will be my last time at the DMV as I told Kevin he'll have to bring Dean for his driver's permit. Yesterday was a much better day for Dean as we got the grocery shopping over with in the morning and had a fun filled afternoon after his morning nap. First we went to the park on the swings which he just loves. He giggled the entire time on there. I had a hard time taking him off, but it was so hot out we just needed to leave. Then we went for a long swim in the pool. He had lots of fun and then we immediately went for a walk in the stroller in the neighborhood (after dry clothes were put on). It was good for him to go for a walk outside when he was so cold from pool. He warmed up very quickly as it has been so hot out. The dogs came on the walk but once they go a block they want to head home, my guess is because it is so warm out.

More baby gates will be going up this weekend and then our house will officially be baby safe (lets hope). We have 2 sets of stairs in the house which is why we need so many gates and the pool fence was put up last week so that's a relief. We also got Dean a playyard which is like a playpen, but for toddlers since they have more room to play. He hasn't minded it so far but I think I'll have to stop calling it jail and call it a playyard instead so he gets the right idea. I'm loving the playyard as I have been able to shower when I've wanted to instead of just during Dean's nap time. The playyard also forces Dean to play with his toys instead of all the things he shouldn't play with (like Kevin's expensive surround sound speakers that he loves to throw around). Well I need to get going...enjoy the weekend!

No swimming for us...

Dean and I will not be swimming until Kevin makes it to the pool supply store to get the much needed chemicals for the pool. Things have still been really busy around the house anyway. Kevin was up until 12:30 last night putting together our sectional sofa that we got for the deck. Dean was loving the sofa today. It's another beautiful day today. We had to get a canopy for the deck as it gets too much sun and gets really hot. So now it is nice and shady and has the comfy sofas on it. The furniture is extra large so Dean can roll around on it. I spent most of the day yesterday painting a piece of furniture for Dean's room. I offered to paint it navy blue and gold and put the ND on it (for Notre Dame). I only could do it when Dean is sleeping. Dean is trying to get to the computer so I'm going to have to cut this post short.

Life at the New House

Here is a cute picture of Dean swimming with Daddy. He loves the pool so much. Now we just have to teach him to swim. We have some appointments this weekend with the pool fence people as we need to get a fence up asap. Dean learned how to get out into the backyard through the doggie door so it's our #1 priority to get the fence up. I turned around for a minute and the next thing I knew I saw two little feet going through the doggie door. He hasn't done it since as I yelled at him and I continue to tell him no when I see him contemplating trying it again. He also learned how to climb up on the fireplace in the family room today. I guess this is what little boys are made of. Wait until he walks! I'm dreading it. Here is a video of Dean so excited about his new crib and his new room the day we moved into the house.

It's been a long time...

Sorry it's been so long since I posted last. Things with the move were more difficult than I expected as it turned into a one person job as Dean required 100% supervision through the entire moving/unpacking process. All he does is climb the two sets of stairs in the house so I'm always there right beside him. Once we have all of our safety gates set up, things should be easier. He's not happy about the one we've already put up. I don't think he's too fond of the safety locks on the kitchen cabinets either. He's definitely more interested in exploring the house than he is with his toys these days. It took us a week, but we finally made it into the pool. It was Dean's first time and boy did he love it! He tries to jump out of our arms and swim on his own. I got him a float which he has no interest in as he wants to be in as much of the water as possible. It's very hot here so it's nice to have a pool. I'll post newer pictures when I get a chance. For now, I have to finish feeding Dean his breakfast.