Off and Running....almost!

Well, I realize that we haven't posted recently. The only excuse I have is that Dylan is highly mobile now, thus my free time is spent cleaning up after the tornado strikes. His crawl is faster than my run! Dylan has mastered his crawl very well. Sometimes when his knees hurt, he even crawls on his hands and feet! No knees! He is everywhere and into everything. Jeff and I have had to take a few trips to the basement to store things that Dylan thought were really fun...in other words, things that he shouldn't be into. Now, Dylan has free reign of the house. Of course, every few days, he discovers something that we didn't think about. The other day he discovered my recipe box. I would like to believe he was picking out meals for the week for me, but he only came up with deserts!

Mom was sick for a few days and ran out of tissues....I don't think I need to elaborate that Dylan thought the roll of toilet paper was hilarious!

Dylan stands on his own for short periods of time. This started by accident. He was clapping and realized that he was standing without holding on to anything! Now he stands more and even took a few lunging steps towards Dad the other day! Jeff and I are trying to prepare ourselves for an even faster little Dylan than now!

Dylan has banned baby food jars. This means that if I give him pre-made baby food, I have to put it into another dish before he sees it! The only exception to this bann is on vanilla custard and blueberry buckle. For some reason, he doesn't mind the jar then! Dylan has been feeding himself for a while now. He is getting better, but spagetti is just a tough one!

Fourth of July celebrations - great-grandparents were able to see Dylan and party up the holiday together. Dylan entertained us all. He likes to play toss with the Rosinski grandparents' dog Zeke! Zeke is very understanding of Dylan, seeing that Dylan can only toss the ball about a foot or two in front of him!

Dylan and Mom went to Vermont to visit the grandparents last weekend. We partied hard all weekend and had such a great time! Once we got back to Rhode Island, we both slept a majority of the next day! Grandpa and MorMor, take it easy on us next time! Whew!

Hiking at Ell Pond

The road race wasn't enough adventure for me so I told Mom and Dad that we should go hiking with our friends. We took off across the bridges to South County somewhere and I fell asleep. When I woke up we were at Ell Pond. I was ready for a nice easy stoll after the long race, but Mom and Dad had taken me rock climbing instead! It was so exciting! Here's a picutre of me and my Daddy before we climbed that big rock...Then there is my whole family at the top of the rock next to the pond!
I didn't know how much work rock climbing was, so I fell asleep again.
I was so tired I slept up and down the ravine till we got to the car! Thanks Reb, Aaron, and Lisa for taking me and Mom and Dad on such a fun trip!

My First 5K

Little D here...this picture's of me and my momma. I told Mom and Dad that I wanted to get out and do things this Saturday, so I took them out to a road race - my first 5k - to benefit the Norman Bird Sanctuary. [We like to take hikes there and look at birds and animals]. So I put on my sweatband and knee socks. [I didn't want sweat running down my face while I pushed mom and dad in the jogging stroller]. I heard that great runners don't wear sneakers either...

I wasn't sure if my black sweatband fit Dad, but I let him wear it anyway so he would feel like a runner like me...

So, I thought I was going to push Mom and Dad, but they told me to go ahead and relax for this run, since it was my morning nap time anyway. [I was kinda tired, so I hopped in the stroller]. All of us kids in strollers got a little tired of just sitting around waiting for the starting gun to go off, so we all started chatting amoungst ourselves...[So...our parents started pushing the strollers forward and backward as if revving an engine, trying to pacify us. Us little guys in strollers just kept telling them to get going and start the race already!].

Finally, the gun went off and we took off [now I don't really mean that in a fast sort of pace...maybe like a fast turtle?].

The race was great, Mom and Dad pushed me the whole way and it was a blast! I thought it would be fun to push them, but I actually really enjoyed making them sweat!

We made it! Now for refreshments! Congratulations!