The Most Beautiful Boy of Them All

Mirror, mirror, on the floor . . .
How can you not love me to the core?





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Is This the Night?

While Ivan is the sweetest little guy to ever be born and when he sleeps, his sweetness and cuddle factor grows exponentially, his sleeplessness is a form of terrorism. "Sleep terrorism," as C so delicately phrases it. To take it one step further, my Ivan is a sleep terrorist.

I feel bad complaining at all, because Ivan does, in fact, sleep. You know, sometimes. Less than a dozen times "sleeping through the night" since he's been born. But I'm okay getting up once or twice in the night to pat him, rock him, nurse him, or generally comfort him. It makes me feel needed. I even like snuggling with Ivan in our big bed for the last hour of sleep in the early mornings.

But these infrequent, occasional things aren't happening right now. Little guy has been sick ever since starting daycare at the end of March. Which has led to a handful of nights spent screaming (four ear infections), a dozen nights of fitful and sporadic sleeping with/on us, and more nights than I care to remember where anything went just so we all could get some sleep. I'll be honest that I'll indulge a sick Ivan quite a bit if he's clingy - he doesn't feel good.

For tonight, Ivan and I are spending it at AM's home and he is in his packNplay asleep (after 20+ minutes of crying) in the other room. This may be the first time he's been in a separate room from me. We'll have to see how well he sleeps in the fresh air (windows open) and without all the little creaks and people noises he usually hears from sharing a room with C and me.


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Parade Time

C and his dear friend N (yes, of N&A+C) decided to put the old Dodge Power Wagon in the pararde in McPherson, KS, on May 10th.  It was the first time C has done much with trucks since we have moved and been in such an upheaval.  The boys had so much fun!

 N is such a good prom king!

Fun times!

Cabinets & Little Boys

Ivan climbed into the cabinet at GmaR's house all by himself.



I think he's a talented little boy! There was lots to play with in there!



And certainly, right after I took these pictures, Ivan dives out head first into the floor. He's fine. It's definitely not going to stop him from getting in there again!


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Bath Time Fun with GmaR!

Too sweet! GmaR has a sink big enough that Ivan still fits in nicely. He has enjoyed his nightly baths for weeks now & I knew that Ivan & GmaR would have a ball doing bath time together.

A game of peek-a-boo, I think.


I know it's a dark picture, but I love this one of the two of them!


Tigger & Piglet are bath time fun every time. I bet Ivan can't wait to take more baths in GmaR's sink!


Standard cup-on-my-head pose from GmaR's camera:


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Talking at the Farm

Ivan talking to Bailey.


Ivan talking to the space where Bailey used to be.


C, L, & Ivan talking to G off camera.


The Bella. Just listening.


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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Let me try your bill. After all, we are in a bar on St. Patrick's Day and I hear anything goes!



At the parade in Aggieville. Nana, my mom, joined us!





It was really really cold, thus the grimace.


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