Wednesday

Today was a warm day- around 70 probably. We opened up the windows in the front porch and left the door between the porch and living room open and Oliver thought it was pretty cool that he could go into the porch. He would go out there and run back and forth. I'm guessing tomorrow, he'll be begging at the door to have me open it up. We are still working on figuring out a sturdy spot on the ceiling of the porch to hang his swing.

We played outside this morning before the rain and thunder came. Oliver runs to the sandbox and wants it opened as soon as we get outside. He is getting much better at maneuvering on the slide.

We also went out for a walk. Oliver loves walks- he runs to the stroller and has started trying to climb in. He enjoys the walks and looking at everything. He points to almost everything on our walks.

Have a good night!

Pajama Time

A few pictures of Oliver in his pajamas. It was a very nice day here. We spent some time outside and Oliver loved it. He went with me and we picked up groceries tonight. Eric did a run-through of his presentation for next week. He said it went well. He has another practice presentation on Friday for the geography department. He flies out to Washington DC 1 week from today and will present that Wednesday.

Have a good night!

Easter Pictures

Oliver checking out his Easter basket. The bunny was pretty good to him- a bucket and shovel, watering can, pinwheel, a book, a cup, a chick, and candy. The Easter Frog left him a can of evaporated milk. He was pretty excited about it and wanted us to open it for him, I think that was because of the picture of cake on the front of the can.

Oliver enjoyed his first peep on Easter morning (and his second...)

Oliver got a little chick that cheeps when you hold it in your hand. Even though he looks horrified in this picture, he really does like it.

My pictures got a little out of order- the two were from today. Eric had to go to work, but Oliver and I were able to hang out at home. We had a pajama day. Oliver liked relaxing on the couch with a pillow and blanket.

The next three pictures are from Easter Sunday at Eric's parents' house. The kids had an Easter egg hunt outside. Oliver played with his cousins. He wasn't very interested in hunting eggs, but was way more interested in the toys in the backyard. He loved playing in the sand and dumping sand on himself.

Tomorrow will be a normal day for us and help us get back into our routine. Oliver slept until 9:00 this morning which was awesome. We had a nice day here with a mid-day shower- luckily for Eric he came home from work about 20 minutes before that shower (he rides his bike). I'm going to relax for the rest of the night and watch the NCAA championship game. Have a good night!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! A quick post tonight, we got back to Illinois at 11:30 this evening. We dodged storms the whole way back with a few phone calls letting us know we were within about 20 miles of ping-pong ball sized hail. We are thankful to be home and safe now. :)
We had a good Easter Sunday- the bunny came this morning, we went to church, and we went to Eric's parents' house for Easter. Pictures to come later, sleep to come now :)

Steffen Family Easter

We celebrated Easter today with my family at my Mom's house. We had a big group of people for a brunch style feast. We had an Easter egg hunt with just under 300 eggs. The kids had a lot of fun hunting eggs and we found almost all of them. Some people went golfing that afternoon to enjoy the weather. Oliver loved being outside and running around. Max, Alex, and Gage got kites and Max and Gage flew theirs this afternoon. It was a perfect day for kites and everyone enjoyed watching the boys fly their kites. We all had a great time celebrating Easter!

Happy Easter!!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

We got to Iowa tonight. The kids all dyed Easter eggs. We had a good drive with just a little bit of rain.

Before we left today, Oliver and I went to a park to play. Oliver had fun playing in the sand there, going on slides, and swinging.

We will be celebrating Easter with my family tomorrow and Eric's family of Sunday.

A bit of talking

Oliver is starting to say a few understandable words. Here is a video of him looking through one of his books and saying a few words.

We head out to Iowa tomorrow! We are excited and look forward to a weekend with family!