Grandma and Grandpa Herman's

Michelle thought of the idea of where Steph and I and all the boys would meet her and mom halfway to drop all the boys off and let them spend a week with Michelle's kids and being on the farm. Steph and I both thought it was a great idea. The boys would love spending time on the farm with their cousins and getting to spend more time with Grandma and Papa Chuck and it would also give us parents a time of peace and quiet and to do our own thing. Steph especially enjoyed it since she had a lot of things she wanted to get done before baby #3 came along. Jesse and I on the other hand didn't have much planned. He worked two nights at Spring Valley and then we were up at the fair grounds at the camper with Johan and Julie a couple of nights. It was a nice break but boy did i sure miss Easton while he was gone. The boys had a bunch of fun. Olivia was in charge of Jace and Bridget was in charge of Easton. They didn't enjoy feeding the cows to much or visiting the water tank. It was a little intimidating. They did have fun swimming and getting spoiled by grandma and michelle. Easton had his first ice cream cone. We don't eat a lot of sweets so he just doesn't get all that stuff at our house. Apparently he didn't know exactly what to do with it and it was funny watching him eat this ice cream cone...Jace and Grady knew exactly what to do. They did go swimming one day and apparently Easton was scared to death. He just clinged to grandma. Jesse and I took him swimming at my friend Jills apartment complex and he was scared spittless. He didn't like the water at all. Not sure if its just because he's used to his baby pool and a large body of water scared him but it was not plesant at all. We had to leave shortly after getting there just because he hated being in the water. Overall i think the boys had a blast and so did the parents having a week of peace and quiet. We will definiltey be doing this every year so the cousins can all play together.

Easton - 22 Months

This month was a hot one. The summer heat is really getting to us. Thankfully it will be fall soon and the weather will be a little cooler. This month some events that happened were the Iowa State Fair, Grandma and Papa Chucks house for the week, mom attended the Woman of Faith Conference, Painting of Easton's new toddler room, Great Grandpa Henningson's 90th birthday party. We had a pretty busy month. Easton is starting to say a ton more. He's more into repeating the words we are saying at the moment. He is doing really well with his animal sounds and pointing out the correct animals in books. He loves for us to read to him. He is great at going to bed and even says nighty night to daddy when i take him up to bed. He still loves his pacy pals and his bunny blanket for bedtime. He's getting so big..i cannot believe he's almost two. Time just flys by it seems. Good thing i try and capture every moment i can with him....probably why he hates having his picture taken...lol.

Easton's treat after his shot at the Dr's office

Cheese

A visit to Bass Pro Shop

Playing with moms beads

He loves his trains

Glow sticks in the tub

Easton loved jumping on his toddler bed - not so much sleeping though

Playing with the hose

The water hose got away from him and squirted both Jesse and Easton

Poor Easton was not happy after that

My little monkey

Sitting on the spare bed while waiting for his new room to get finished

Tubby time