Sunday, while Dustin was at the gym, Xavier and I went for a walk at the new park here in town. It is called "Cascade Park" and it definitely lives up to its name. It is gorgeous and Xavier and I had a great mommy-baby date :)
First, we walked around for about an hour. He loved pointing out the flowers or "flos" as he called them. Also, the birds or the "tweets." There were also dogs everywhere we looked (which is his absolute favorite thing in the world) so of course he said "gog" and did his impersonation of a dog the whole time. (Don't worry- this post is on its way).
DUCKS!
His favorite part of the walk, however, were the ducks. There were so many in the pond and there were little baby ducks too! For a half an hour he said "Duck Quack Quack!" And when we were leaving that area of the park he waved bye to them until they were out of sight. It was precious. Our little man LOVES animals.
After a brisk walk, we stopped and played at the cascade pool. Xavier was very apprehensive, but he humored me long enough to get some cute pictures.
Next, we went to the map of Florida. I thought it would be cute to get a pic of him sitting in the counties that he has lived in. He was totally into it and even pointed to Tallahassee for me :)
Pinellas/Hillsborough
Leon County
Our last stop was the slide. This park is more about nature and less about the playground but there is a small area with water tables and a slide. He went down it no less than 20 times. I couldn't pull him away and when I did, he threw a fit! Luckily, he loves his stroller so it was a short-lived fit.
Climbing by himself!
Fastest slide ever...
HE IS SO BIG!
We had such an amazing time together. I love our little man so much!
Xavier's new favorite game is hitting a ball with his golf club or baseball bat. It is adorable! He and Dustin play it for hours at a time! Once he gets started, he is obsessed and you have to trick him into playing something else! Here is a cute video of the two of them playing :)
Easter Sunday was yucky and cold here so we ended up having the Easter egg hunt in our living room. Beanie didn't mind, though. He loved it! He was so excited. It didn't take him long to figure out how to find the eggs. He is such a joy!
Yesterday was Easter and we had a very busy day! We went to church in the park, had an Easter Egg hunt, had a visit from the Easter Bunny and enjoyed each other's company :)
Last weekend, I decided to make one of my grandma's recipes because I was missing her. I chose lasagna and it was quite a hit with my boys!
Of course Dustin finished the whole casserole dish within a 24 hour period...with the help of little Bean of course :)
Xavier isn't really into past (probably due to the fact that it is horrible for you and we only recently introduced the healthiest kind..) but he loved the lasagna filling! I made a little extra and kept it seperate from the lasagna and he ate it all!
Miss you grams <3
The recipe book she made me for my wedding shower :)
This weekend, Xavier was running around the house like the crazy toddler that he is when he ran into our bedroom and slammed the door HARD. This sent one of the pictures on our wall flying. Unfortunately, it flew right into him. It missed his eye by literally a centimeter. We were so lucky it wasn't worse!
After calming him down, Dustin got the medical supplies and treated it accordingly. Needless to say, the big heavy picture is no longer hanging on the wall...
It resulted in a big swollen, black eye. I am sure there will be a scar as well. It definitely looked worse before it got better. He still has the black eye but the scab is now gone so it doesn't look quite as bad. Here's hoping it heals up soon!
Our son is afraid of nothing! He gets crazier and crazier by the day. Dustin and I have taken some videos of him being especially reckless lately and thought we would share :)
This first video is one of Xavier's FAVORITE things to do! We mentioned before that we blow the air mattress up for him to sleep on at night and sometimes we have a little fun on it first :) Xavier loves to "stunt" with me...but will not let Dustin even try! Apparently he thinks mama is stronger than daddy ;)
This is a video of Bean and Bryar running around like crazy people and sliding:
This is Xavier riding a four wheeler...by himself...at the age of one... He actually did a lot better than this but this is all I caught on video.
Here he is again! Our one year old who likes to play on equipment designed for 7 year olds!
