Oh Summer, You're Finally Ours!

The last few weeks have been the best weeks, by far, over the last three months. Nolan's femur looked great at that last checkup, so the doctor had Nolan throw his brace away. See ya, brace! Nolan threw it in the garbage and hasn't looked back. You would never know he broke his femur. He is running, climbing, jumping, etc., with no limp or hesitation. It made me nervous at first, and still sometimes does, but the doctor said there are no restrictions.  His bone is healed to the point where it would take another terrible fall to fracture it again.

So since then, we have been making up for lost time! We have gone to the splash pad, played at numerous parks, gone swimming in the St Louis Park community pool and also in wading pools in Minneapolis,  and played with his giraffe pool, water table, scooter, and trike. We have been very busy! It finally, truly feels like summer to us.

This last Saturday we had a summer party for Nolan. Family came over and the kids played in the giraffe pool, water tables, and on a water blob (a Pinterest find). I haven't uploaded those pictures to my computer yet, but look for those soon!

Our sweet William turned 11 months last week. So hard to believe he will be one in less than a month! My baby boy! Jason witnessed his first steps on Saturday. I saw him do it again on Sunday. They aren't too graceful yet, more like a run and fall. But today he took four slower steps for me! He isn't as determined to walk as Nolan was, but he definitely can. It will be interesting to see when he really gets going with it.

Currently Liam loves to dance (Pharrell's "Happy" is his favorite), clap along to "If You're Happy and  You Know It", look out our front window and watch cars, trucks, and buses go by, eat, hang out with Daddy in the mornings, and of course be held by me. My momma's boy! He is now officially has three teeth (bottom two, top right), another one just cut through (top left), and two more on the way (other tops). I haven't checked the bottom, so maybe the other bottoms are close, too. He definitely has been more clingy lately!

Cute truck at Pershing Park in sw Minneapolis 

Checking out a butterfly

They became fast friends. Then the friendship quickly ended when Nolan chased it for a good five minutes.

Not so sure about this.

Nolan's new love - the fire hose at the Splash Pad. He's a good boy and doesn't splash people walking by. 

In action

Fell asleep watching Tangled

Linden Hills Park - so cute!!

Loving the pool

He had it all to himself for a short time

Not loving it

But this guy is!

Nolan was in heaven

Water blob!

So fun

Nolan and Brunson loved dumping water on it

Nolan and Abigail loved running and jumping on it 

Fun in the giraffe pool

Standing and clapping 

Veteran's Park in Richfield

These two loved the roll-y slides!

Pulling Liam in The wagon :)

I made a rice sensory bin. It is a hit!

Hose water is the best, right?

11 months!

Little ham!

They did this for a good ten minutes 

Poor baby scraped his nose on the doorstep :(

Trying the sensory bin for the first time. He loves it!

Pretty colors 

St Louis Park pool

Why so serious? Nolan is ready to be the next Joker

Trolley ride at Lake Harriet! So fun.

Nolan hoped we would see Daniel Tiger :)

These tokens were actually used when the trolleys were running 

Pretty eyes

Liam's first time at the splash pad

Not so sure about this splash pad thing... And it's snowing. Ha!

Nolan's first time back at the splash pad this year. A huge hit!

Old man hair 

Sweet big brother pushing little brother 

Playing at my friend Lauren's house with Mallory and baby Sam 

These two are good friends!

First day the brace came off. Already riding a trike! 

And going down slides!

So happy at the doctor