Easter Weekend

We had a very full, fun extended Easter weekend. In addition to the shoe-shopping that I posted about previously, we also had a great evening with the Lackes on Thursday - and Griff almost had his first sleep-over, but the boys just couldn't get to sleep together in Griff's room. At first they both stood, Griff in his crib and Ty in the pack-n-play, and looked at each other like "cool!" but that deteriorated and it just ended up being a little bit of a late night for T-man. Mommy got to do a lot of working out this weekend (we ditched Lifetime for Healthbridge and I'm loving it -- thanks, Pam, for the "pushing!") and even took Griff to the pool on Saturday. He had a great time -- at first he was a bit apprehensive and wouldn't take his arms from around my neck...all of the kiddos running and splashing around was a lot to take in for him, but after we went into deeper water he loved kicking his legs and splashing with his arms. He went under water without complaining and then we went back to the walk-in end and he played in the fountains and watched the other kids go crazy down the slides.

Then on Saturday night we went to the Club to watch the games and have some food with the Atkinsons while Hannah and Claire watched Griff (who was sleeping peacefully when we left and was still doing so when we got home -- thankfully, as we've had a bit of sleep disruption lately).

Today we went to the Club for brunch to celebrate Easter..we ate with the Atkinsons and had an awesome time (and some FANTASTIC food).

And to cap off the fun weekend, Ben just got back from Walgreens and we are going to clean out our sinuses with a Neti Pot (I feel like we've both had chronic sinus problems since winter began) and he's going to try to irrigate his ears (he believes that either he has massive ear wax buildup, OR a spider has crawled into his ear and perished). Regardless, it's going to be a FUN evening in the Pucci household!

We plan on making a trip to the pool a weekly tradition!

Eventually G could not get enough of the pool

Spiffed up for Easter



Too cute for words.

Family pic

I have to admit I'm pretty sure G loves his momma :)

AND G loves the Easter Bunny as well -- he was completely in awe of her at Brunch and when she finally left the room he turned around in his high chair and called out for her to come back (the same way he calls the dogs).

She came bearing presents!

And Liz and Dave also spoiled Griff today by bringing him an Easter basket with very fun Easter-themed books in it -- one was a pop-up that he didn't want to put down before bed, one was a finger-puppet book that both G and Daddy loved, and one was of opposites - but it had real babies in it...when I first showed it to him he responded by saying "ba-by." We are lucky to have such great friends.

Speaking of words, Ms. Ashley reported to me last week at school that while blowing bubbles Griff looked up and exclaimed "BU-BBLE". And he does try to say "baby" often, but sometimes gets his "d's" mixed with his "b's" and it comes out "dae-dee". But we can definitely tell what he is trying to say...here and there, at least. :)

Griff made sure everyone at the table knew he was SO BIG!

Lots of food and fun tire a little boy out!

And tonight we discovered G has a new favorite food: lima beans! And no, I'm not kidding. My son eats SO WELL (content-wise, not always quantity-wise). He loves fresh blueberries, blackberries, brocolli, carrots, plums, peaches, cauliflower...the list goes on. But tonight he specifically picked out the lima beans to eat first. And then he chugged his entire sippy of milk. What more could a mommy ask for?