I am sitting here with my cat staring at my lap longingly. It is a rainy May evening and I am ignoring the cold and envisioning all my lovely growing plants. Adele wants to curl up where the lap top is and be warm but I have determined that I will write this post, so she will have to wait.

April was a very full month for us here in the Reinhardt household, people have been getting teeth, rolling over, sitting on their own and we have also gotten some trees taken down. But before I get ahead of myself let me break it down for you with illustrations.

As I stated, Douglas has gotten his first two teeth. They were actually noticed by Grammie Reinhardt and came in with no fanfare whatsoever. He always likes to put things in his mouth and now it has increased. See below.

His toes.

Any book he can find.

And as much of it as he can get in his mouth.

Along with getting some teeth, Douglas has also figured out how to sit on his own. He still tends to tip from side to side and when he lunges for his toys, well, face plants have abounded.

Here is when he was first figuring out that he could do it.

Now he sits up like a pro!

Remember when I was talking about that walk that we were going to go on back in April? Well, here is proof-positive - it was a lovely day and a lovely walk with a lovely boy!

A friend once told me that when kids start to move most pictures become a blur, and it has begun. We put him in his excersaucer a lot now and as you can see below, well, he doesn't stop moving. He gets quite excited at times and starts jumping up and down.

But I digress.

So after getting some teeth Douglas then also got his first dr. confirmed sickness - conjunctivitis. He has a very small tear duct in his right eye which doesn't let his tears drain very well and we think that is why he got the pink eye. That was then followed up with getting an ear-infection last week. It wasn't fun hearing him so congested and coughing with such a runny eye, but he actually held up pretty well under it all. We think he has rounded the bend and is getting back to his normal self.

Before all the sickness ensued and after the teeth arrived was his first Easter. It was a lovely day where my family came over for breakfast in the morning and then we went to Adam's family for dinner that night. Douglas was quite the looker if I do say so myself.

Easter Breakfast

Family Picture

While he was sick and I was at home with him we managed to get some trees taken down. Three in total, two of which were near the house and not very healthy. It was impressive how quickly the crew was able to take them down and get them chopped up. I have been wanting to do this since we moved in, so it feels very successful and grown-up to finally have gone ahead and have them cut down. Lest anyone is worried, we still have many trees filling out our front lawn.

The sick maple that had to come down.

The quick process of cutting a tree down with a boom truck.

The rolling over that was mentioned earlier was first witnessed by Nanna Irvine (my mom). So both grandmother's have been the first witnesses to major events. He has been trying for awhile but has usually gotten stuck by his shoulders. I think her toys were compelling enough because he hadn't seen them in awhile to finally get him to go all the way over. She has it on video and once we figure out how to get that on a post, I will share it with you all.

In addition to all of Douglas' firsts, Adam also managed to finish up his spring semester. From what I have heard he aced many of his classes. So congrats to him!

Now we are contemplating spring and summer. We have ordered our seeds and seedlings that will go in our 'community' garden (really its a garden we share with our friends the Newcombs, over in their yard. Did I mention that we have a lot of trees?) I have visions of tomatoes and cucumbers and sunlight dancing before my eyes. I think we have had our fill of April showers and the May flowers are definitely starting to arrive, so if we could just back off on the water works a little, it will be a fabulous spring!

Here's to warm weather and lots of great activities outside!

Till next time!

Happy May!