Zoo Trip

Saturday we went on Quinn's first zoo trip. We had a great time. The weather was a little weird, but it meant there weren't very many people at the zoo and the animals were awake and active. It was probably the best day I have ever had at the zoo for seeing the animals. The giraffe was actually licking the observation window. Hilarious! The polar bear was playing with his toy and the chimps were climbing all around. Amazingly fun.

Quinn had a great time. I am not sure if he was looking at the different animals, but he had a great time looking at everything around him. He stay awake for almost the whole trip and only took a small nap during the last set of exhibits. We are hoping to go back soon with my friend Michelle and her two little girls. Such fun!

Growing...

Quinn weighed in at 13 pounds 10 ounces today. That is 11 ounces from last week! I weaned out his midnight feeding a few weeks ago, but I knew he was going through a growth spurt when he was eating 3 times a night again and ALL day long during the day. I think the growing spurt is over now because last night he only woke up one time. He slept 5 hours and then another 6 hours after eating at 3 am. I feel great with getting so much sleep!

Take your kid to work day

You may be aware that Thursday is take your child to work day. Well, Zan was trying to convince me that he wanted to stay home with me since I "work" at home now as a stay-at-home mom. How funny! I told him no, but he is going to head to work with Joe for a few hours. Should be a good experience for him.

Picnic

Saturday my dad came over to help Zan build some model trains that Zan got for Christmas.

Yesterday was so nice we decided to have a nice picnic at the park. We had a great time playing in the sun (and it wore little Quinn out as you can see from the pictures!)

Today William decided it was sprinkler weather and frolicked in the front yard.

Out of the mouths of babes...

On our way to church on Sunday we passed a truck from the 1950s. William commented that lots of old cars were out because the weather was so nice. I agreed wholeheartedly and then Will said the funniest thing. He said, "That truck is really old. I think it was made in 1998." Yes, did you know 1998 was OLD? That must make me ancient...and my parents? Wow...they must have been alive during the dinosaur age!

Easter

Quinn enjoyed his first Easter. We visited Joe's parents and had a fun Easter egg hunt (although Quinn took his nap during the hunt and his big brothers found all the eggs.) Next year we are going to have a special section just for him. We dyed lots of eggs (3 dozen to be exact.)

Sunday I taught Sunday School and it went really well. There were only about 12 kids (last week there were 22!) Crazy how much fluctuation there is from week to week.

Joe left for a training for work today and will be gone until Thursday night. I am going to miss him:( It is the first time we have spent the night apart since Quinn was born. Hopefully I can stay on top of things around here while he is gone. At least I am not working...that would wear me out double time!

Drama!

Quinn was asleep on my bed (in the middle of the bed to keep him from rolling off) and I went to take a quick shower. I came out of the bathroom and saw that Quinn wasn't on the bed anymore. At first I thought he had woken up and one of the boys had taken him to the living room...but then, to my horror, I saw Quinn laying of the floor next to my bed! I grabbed him and looked at his head and was freaking out when the boys came in with huge smiles on their faces and said, "April Fools!" They had put Quinn on the floor to make me think he rolled off the bed. Definitely a creative joke!