Spring has sprung

I know this is a little late, but I couldn't resist putting these pictures up from Valentine's Day.  Here's Joseph with his cheesy smile.

He loved playing with the rose- he would whip it around and brush the snow with it.

Just kickin' back on the swing.

We hope that you all had a great Valentine's Day.

Moving along- Spring has finally sprung here in Provo.  As the temperatures have warmed and the snow melted, we've been able to do a lot more activities.  Here's some of the highlights over the past few weeks.

Joseph got to have some brownies- he's definitely a fan and has been added to his "o-kol" (chocolate) list, which includes chocolate milk, m&m's, and other highly desirable items- even his pacifier, at times.

One day when Jodie was making cookies, Joseph desperately wanted to help and wouldn't take no for an answer.  So, Jodie got him set up with an old cake mix packet and his own mixing bowl.  He tried to copy everything that Jodie was doing- even rolling out the dough into balls and putting them on his pan.

He loved it almost as much as eating the cookies- and yes, Joseph has a serious sweet tooth, maybe even a few of them.

We also introduced Joseph to Bugles- one of my favorite snacks growing up.  He even loved making the witchy fingers with them too.

We also got to visit with Grandma and Great-Grandma.

We had a lot of fun and wish it could have been longer.

Joseph has been getting into pillows in a big way.

Almost every morning, he will come into our room and grab our pillows- the end result commonly looks like this.

But really, who could blame him.

Thankfully, Joseph has also started to help put away the pillows too.

Although when he tries to put away the big ones, the most frequent outcome is him bumping into the bed and falling to the ground.

The smaller ones are definitely more manageable, but still hard to see over too.

We definitely appreciate him picking up after himself.

Joseph is learning how fun it is to hop on pop.  At night when we read scriptures, Joseph will come hop on my back most nights.  Whenever he does, I'll do a few push ups- much to his delight.

Joseph also got a fun celebration for Dr. Seuss' birthday- green eggs and ham.  Ironically, Joseph hardly touched the ham, but completely devoured the green eggs.

A couple weeks ago, I went to California for a few days to tour some hospitals with a small group of MBA students.  During some down time, we went to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and they happened to have a special Disney exhibit.  In the gift shop, they had Mickey Mouse ears with "Mr. President" embroidered on the back.  With how much Joseph loves Mickey, I couldn't resist.  Here's a picture of our little Mr. President.

We've also had some fun finger painting.

And laying in the hammock.

Joseph also found Jodie's shoes that Uncle Brian gave her at our wedding- he loved walking around in them and making them squeak.  Although, he usually would just wear one at a time so that he could really stomp down with his foot.

We hope that everyone is having a great start to Spring too.