Usually on the weekends the three of us venture to Whoha and Pop Pop’s or to Nannie and Granpa’s house.  This past weekend we spent time with Whoha and Pop Pop.  Finn loves to see them and play with ALL the toys!  He had a wonderful time playing with his oldest cousin Seamus and rolling around in his new walker.

Not now, I’m eating!

Dad, dad, you’re gonna make me pee!

AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Brendan and I got Finn a walker this weekend and we tried it out at Whoha and Pop pops on Sunday.  Needless to say, it’s a hit!  Finn can roll around the house and not just spin in circles.  The only downfall of the walker is that it doesn’t have a brake.  So, at our house, I collapse it because he likes to hang on everything and has already taken a tumble!  He’s found other ways of playing with it, though.

Look! I can do it myself!

Oh, is this not the way it works?!

You’d better watch out doggie!

We had a BBQ with uncle Joe Joe on Saturday!

Don’t burn those brats!

Kisses from momma are awesome!

Hanging with my pops

I thought the McBride clan would get a kick out of this picture!  Does this look similar to that picture of Brendan going up the stairs?

Look at me!

Finn is still cruising around and walking with assistance.  Let’s see, what else?!  His second upper tooth finally pushed through, so he’s got four now!  He’ll sleep through the night, for the most part.  He still has nights when he wants to cuddle with mommy or daddy.  Oh, yeah, he likes to scream at the top of his lungs for no reason other than he can.  Finn loves watching the dogs run around and play.  He hates getting his butt cover changed, hates being strapped into the car seat and being strapped into anything for that matter!    So, the road trips we have planned for this summer should be fun!  We caved and bought a DVD player for the car.  Our hope is that with the TV on he’ll forget that he’s strapped in the car seat and miserable in general.  Finn continues to LOVE the pool and will splash for hours if I let him!  Unfortunately, his pale skin doesn’t allow for this!  I guess that’s it for now!

Finn has been cruising around for the past few weeks now.  He’s fallen, bonked his head, cried and moved on.  Today, however, was a little different.  Finn was holding on to the couch, trying to get around to his little toy box (a tall basket that his toys fit into) to pull out some fresh toys.  He’s gotten pretty good at slowing his falls, so I didn’t really react when he started to tumble.  He landed pretty hard this time and I scooped him up and comforted him only to see a little blood coming from his bottom lip!  He stopped crying quite quickly, mommy on the other hand, kinda freaked out!  I ran to the kitchen and wet a rag to put on his lip.  He was more mad at me fussing with him than his lip hurting!  All sorts of thoughts were racing through my head…what do I do?  Do I take him to the doctor?  Will he need stitches?  Are his teeth okay?  Once the bleeding stopped I was able to get a better look at his lip and all was fine!  Don’t worry, everyone, I’m okay!  Errrr, I mean, Finn’s okay!  😉

Nannie’s 4th grade class had a party on Monday and were kind enough to invite us.  Despite being a little cranky Finn had a great time!  The parents set out quite a spread for the kids:  pizza (of course!), fruit, crackers, cookies and rice krispy treats!  When the pizzas arrived the kids were instructed that they could form a line and help themselves.  Instead of making a bee line for the pizza, they made a neat, single file line to hold Finn!  You could really tell which kids had younger siblings at home by they way they held Finn tight.  We had a great time and it was really nice to thank a few of the moms for being so kind to mine!

Hanging with my nannie!

Nannie, you’re silly!

Finn and I were at a loss as to what to get the man that has everything!  So, here’s what we came up with!

We put these three pictures in a horizontal frame and presented it to daddy and he loved it!

The world is mine…MWAH HAHAHAHA

Mine

Kristen stopped by today after taking Kierin to camp with Xavier and Violet.  Since Finn didn’t want to take a nap this morning it was a great distraction!  After they left Mr. Finn was finally sleepy enough for his a.m. nap…a little late, but maybe he’ll actually sleep more than 45 minutes!  Yeah, right!