Spring is Finally Here

Spring is finally here, which means lots of rain, but also some beautiful weather. We've been enjoying a lot of outdoors time this week. Jack and I have gone on some great walks on the hiking trail behind our apartment complex, a few jogs, we've laid in our backyard on a blanket in the grass, we've had back porch chats with our friends in the evening, and we've even walked to the church to watch Gordy play Ultimate Frisbee. BUT my all time favorite out door activity this week was our Sunday afternoon walk.

We started the walk off by going turtle watching. The turtles in the ponds behind our apartment complex are massive. Seriously they are like sea monster sized turtles. It was fun to watch them swim and pop their heads up in the water. We decided to take a different route on our walk and ended up in a dream... We found this neighborhood where all of the streets are lined with these gorgeous trees. A man who lives there told me they were pear trees, but I'm not sure if I believe him. Heaven. It was just heaven. There was a slight cool breeze, it was a warm afternoon, and the aroma of the blooms was bliss. Plus we were together as a family on our walk, so that made it absolute perfection.

Spring time is making me fall in love with Bloomington all over again. Gordy put it best when he said, "Jenn's soul craves this weather."

You know what else comes with Spring? Only the happiest place on earth, Farmer's Market. We took Jack to have his first market experience. It was a rainy day, so we only stayed for a few minutes. The fact that Jack protested to being shielded from the rain and other shoppers and vendors stopped us several times to talk to Jack only made the experience that much more memorable. It is really getting difficult to go any where with him these days. He wants to make friends with everyone we come in contact with, and in order to be polite I have sit there and make small talk with everyone who wants to comment on his big smile, or blue eyes... and he just loves the attention.

Good news, Jack got his last RSV shot of the season! YAY! I really hated taking him to get those every 28 days...

Something new this week, Jack learned how to sit up on his own by watching his buddy Ethan. He's working on sitting up for a few minutes at a time by himself. This is very exciting for us...

Something that is not so exciting, Jack is teething. At first I wasn't sure because he wasn't acting any different. Now I know he is. Not only because he is acting grumpy, but because I can feel them coming through. It feels like he has several that are about to come up, but I think the first one to cut will be his bottom left canine tooth. This is a bittersweet moment. It's good because he's growing up, but sad because his gummy little smile is so sweet...