First Big Boy Bath!

Ivan is having lots of "big" moments over the past couple months. First he learned how to crawl, then sit up, then he began pulling himself up and now he is taking a big boy bath! I am afraid he is going to skip walking and start running soon :) He had so much fun in the bath tub. He splashed so much that I was pretty much soaked when we were done. It reminded me of when I used to give him baths in his infant tub in the sink. He used to get so excited that he would kick water all over the floor. He would kick and spash so hard that his whole body would fall down into the water. I was constantly pulling him back up so that he would not drown! Now he is big enough and strong enough to hold himself up in the big boy tub! He got so upset when we took him out of the tub! Our little boy is growing up way too fast!

Ivan's new trick

Ivan has now figured out how to get his toys out if mommy and daddy do not put them out fast enough! We keep Ivan's toys in a basket on the bottom shelf of the end table and Ivan has become very aware of where exactly he can find these toys. Ivan has learned how to pull himself up on this basket and pull it down to the floor. The basket emded up on his lap because he had to gracefuly fall down and pull the basket down at the same time. As you can see, he was very proud of himself for figuring out how to get his toys!

Standing

Almost instantly after Ivan started crawling, he began pulling himself up. He loves to pull himself up on this toy basket and the laundry basket. I was folding laundry on the living room floor the other day and he decided he would help me UNfold all of the clothes. He began pulling clothes out of the basket and thowing them over his sholder one by one. It was way too cute for me to stop him, so I decided I would just have to refold the clothes when he was finished.

Ivan and Ally

This morning, we headed to Uncle Marc and Aunt Kristen's house so that we could join them on a walk to the farmer's market. Ivan had a little fun with Aunt Kristen's dog Ally before we left. Aren't they cute together?

Independence Day

For Ivan's very first Independence Day, we went with Uncle Marc, Aunt Kristen and Kristen's sister Erin to Worthington for their family picnic and fireworks. We had lots of fun just sitting around talking before the fireworks started. Ivan had lots of fun playing with Uncle Marc's hat and shreading napkins. Ivan did fall asleep before the fireworks started, but I woke him up so that he could enjoy his very first 4th of July. He was not afraid of the fireworks at all, but was not impressed by them either. I think he found Uncle Marc's hat and the napkins to be so much more entertaining than the fireworks.

Outside Play Time

We took Ivan outside to play again and he really seems to enjoying the fresh air. We used to enjoying taking him for walks in the evening, but he would always fall asleep in the stoller, which would make for a very late and difficult bed time. We really miss our walks, but we also really enjoy our sleep.

See My Feet?

As you can see in the above photos, Ivan LOVES his feet. I was trying to put the tray on his booster seat so that I could feed him, but he was much more intrested in playing with his feet. I think he decided that he would rather eat his feet than that yucky baby food!