Sunday, April 11, 2010

It's always the BOX!

I swear this kid has toys, but lately he's been more interested in the box we store them in than the actual toys. I did not stage ANY of these photos... he managed to get himself into every position you see.

He wasn't even unhappy about getting the box over his head.



Finally he figured out how to crawl into the box. I guess I need to buy more boxes.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Energy, mobility, and family

A while back I had posted on facebook how much Ruston needed a jumperoo since he always wanted to jump on my lap. Well, I found one on craigslist for $30, and my office had one in a storage room and let me take it for free... so Ruston now has a jumperoo at Nanny Cindy's house (where he is while I'm at work) and one at home. Although he doesn't look overly happy in this picture, he really does LOVE his jumperoo! It's a great way to get out some of his energy.
Since becoming mobile, this is often the view I have of Ruston.
Or this view... constantly trying to get SOMEWHERE.
Daddy and Ruston still have a good time just chilling in the chair. I can never seem to get Ruston to hold still, and Jason has a way of tucking Ruston into the chair with him and he'll just sit there... for a fairly decent amount of time!
Here's another attempt at catching Ruston moving. At this point, he uses his toes to push himself forward, but he gets where he's trying to go!
This is just a cute picture I had to add. I LOVE babies in overalls!
And lastly, I could have put this in a completely different post, but decided to just tag it on the end of this one. Over Easter weekend, Jason's grandfather went into the hospital, and was not doing very well, so as many family members as possible were trying to get to the hospital to see him. This is Jason with his brother and three of his cousins. From left to right: Josh, Jennie, Kimber, Joanie, and Jason. It was nice to get to hang out with the twins and Kimber because we don't get to do that often, even under the circumstances it was. However, we hope to be able to keep the communication up with them!!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! Okay, so I'm a little slow, but better late than never when you have a 6 month old!!! We had a low key Easter, although we spent most of the day at the hospital visiting Papa Wayne, Ruston did get an Easter basket.

He got some pretty good loot, if I do say so myself, including so edible puffs, a frog stuffed animal, and a train toy.

But really he seemed to be more interested in the basket than anything else. I think the basket it awesome because it's a hat too (you can take the hat part off of the rest of the basket).
Here is Ruston playing with his toys. We also read the story of Easter, which is a little "thick book" Ruston got too. :)

Oh yeah, and supposedly those are 12 months clothes, but they seem a bit small compared to the rest of the clothes he wears! :)