M’s First Steps!

Look who’s finally walking! We’re so dang proud! Big boy! 

He’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain

This past weekend when my family was in town we decided to take a train ride on the Thunder Mountain Line! It was such a fun adventure and something that Spencer and I had talked about doing for a long time now. M was rather entranced (well for the first leg of the journey anyway) by the whole experience. He sat quietly, clutching his beloved Curious George and watching the scenery fly by. It was such a pretty view all along the river. We really enjoyed our train ride and were so glad that we got to share it with family!

Happy Father’s Day!

With the help of Bri and Whitney from KIVI, M and I surprised Spencer on the air! We filmed a little video for him while he was at work and they aired it on Friday. Sneaky little us. I was proud for pulling it off because usually I totally blow surprises. And even this one had a couple close calls.

You can see the clip here: Happy Father’s Day From Good Morning Idaho

Hoping To Adopt?

Hi Idaho friends hoping to adopt! In an effort to build our portfolio, we’re looking for people who may want family adoption videos made for their adoption profile/blog. We feel very strongly that a video showing who you are and what your family is like could be a valuable addition to an adoption profile or blog and can make your family stand out. We’d love to capture your family moments and edit them together to give expectant parents considering adoption a better look at your family.

You can see a sample by watching our adoption video here.

Interested?

Send us an email at: spencerandwhitney@gmail.com.

Update on M (14 months)

This kid:

• LOVES to dance. It may be his favorite thing. He dances on his own to the music his favorite toys make and dances when Spencer plays the piano (It’s pretty funny to see him shaking his stuff while Spencer plays hymns). We have a fair amount of family dance parties as well. The kind where Spencer and I prance around like goobers and M claps his hands and loves every minute.
• Loves his stuffed Lambie, bulldog, and Curious George and will give them hugs and kisses all the day long. It’s pretty cute to see him cuddling his favorite toys.
• Loves his Lizzy! They are best pals and he spends much of his day crawling after her hollering her name.
• Is cruising around the house holding on to his Mickey car. He can go dang fast too! He also marches around the house holding on to our hands. He’s so close to walking, but not there yet.
• Loves to pull all the towels out from under the bathroom sink and crawl up inside.
• Likes reading stories. He knows the gestures and sounds I make during story time and it is cute to see him reading to himself as he flips the pages. He is also very into pointing and will point out each detail on the page before flipping to the next one. His books may be his favorite toys.
• Has been “swimming” in his kiddie pool a lot lately. He loves splashing and spinning around the pool. Little fish.
• Has learned how to build towers out of blocks (as opposed to just knocking them down). He has also learned how to “clean up” and will put his toys or books away as I sing the “clean up” song. I was so proud of him for this one because it’s something we had been working at for a long time and it just clicked overnight. He is always so proud to help me tidy up his room.
• Constantly pulls all of the pots and pans out of the cupboard so he can play them like a drum set while I’m making dinner.
• Is OBSESSED with smoothies/ice cream. He screams for ice cream. Literally.
• Has the cutest, wonkiest bed head EVER. I love his crazy post-nap hair.

Splash

We went to one of our favorite parks over the weekend. M took one look at the splash pad and started squirming to get out of his stroller. We hadn’t anticipated getting wet, so we were all just in normal clothes. But, M was so desperate to play, I let him have at it. And he had a BLAST.
He splashed and splashed and splashed. The look on his face was pure joy. Then we left the water to swing and slide for a bit…
…only to come back for more.
I don’t know that I have ever seen M have more fun. He was in heaven. He got so soggy that drastic measures had to be taken (just channeling his inner Aunt Chelsey):

M spent the rest of our time at the park with his pants hanging from the stroller where they could dry. And then, unfortunately, the time came for us to go home. And someone was very unhappy about it:

Don’t worry M Bug, we’ll go back again soon!

Idaho Botanical Garden

(My husband is a goofball.)

We have continued our outdoor adventures of exploring different parks while the weather has been so lovely. Recently we went to the Idaho Botanical Garden. Spencer and I had been once before, but it was M’s first time. He spent a good chunk of the trip holding on to our hands and toddling about the premise. There is a children’s garden, but it was under construction. We had fun pointing out all the birds and bunnies we saw along the way.

This is my favorite park we have been to so far. It was BEAUTIFUL. The pictures don’t really do it justice. It would be neat to do family pictures here someday.