VEISHEA

In April, we headed up to Ames for the VEISHEA parade.  It was so much fun but really chilly and kind of rainy!  Finnean loved the parade and all that a parade has to offer except when they shot the canon that they shoot during the football games right by us and that sent us packing.  Poor guy, scared the heck out of him.  So we headed to get some lunch :)

The boys dressed in their stocking hats to head to the VEISHEA parade! 

Hutchinson wasn't quite sure what to think but Finnean loved it.  We were so close to the parade that they could hand him candy.  He was so sweet and polite saying "can I have a piece please?!"

After the parade we headed to Battles, one of our fav places to go in college.  It was just a tasty as we remembered and Finnean loved it too!

Science Center Trip

A few Friday's ago we went to the Science Center to do a little exploring.  It is fun to see how Finnean changes in what he likes to look at and what he wants to do.  We are excited for little Hutchinson to start exploring too!!

Silly boy!

I wonder where he gets it...?!?!

Happy Hutchinson just relaxing while Finnean explored.

Some serious rocket building!!!

O how we love that Daddy!

Michael did a presentation for work at a Pecha-Kucha night in April.  It was a great opportunity to go and check out something that he does.  I don't usually get to see him in action, so this was fun!  It is set up that you have 20 slides for 20 seconds each.  Finnean even made it into Michael's presentation.  You should see if you have a Pecha-Kucha event in your area...it is worth checking out! They are not all professional based, a little of everything.
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Around the house.

This was taken a while ago but it was one of the first times I found him sitting up in his crib...doesn't he look old?!
He is now an old pro at this skill and it makes for some interesting attempt at putting both the boys down for nap/bed at the same time.  Finnean LOVES to make Hutchinson laugh, so we will hear them laughing away...cute but goodness GO TO SLEEP!

Just playing.

Ahhh...the Easter eggs.  Just when I think I get them all picked up, Finnean finds them and they are all over again. 

O these cheeks.

Have I mentioned I love his eyes?

So thankful that I get to stay home everyday with these little boys.

Friends!

Do you remember Miss Rileigh?  She was Hutchinson's first play date...check out how TINY they were here.  Hard to believe they are so big and MOVING!

Hutchinson loved playing with Rileigh's blocks and really liked watching her...

...she is a mover and a shaker!  She showed little H how to crawl around and how to pull up.  The next day after playing with her, he did!  It was so fun to watch them "play" together and fun to have a play date for Hutchinson!

After many, many tries Kaitlyn and Kaia finally were able to meet little Hutchinson.  Kaia and Finnean spent most of the day pretending to be little puppies and then took a break to do some art.  We finished off our play date at Subway!  They are easy to please...most of the time :)  Check out Kaitlyn's post about the play date here .

Little H just played while the big kids played :)

Easter Sunday

The Waglers-Easter 2012
After the Easter bunny found us we headed to church to celebrate the true meaning of Easter.  It was a beautiful service and we are thankful that we have a church home.  It was great that the Bloomfield Waglers could join us!

I LOVE this picture.  It was Finnea's idea to hold little Hutchinson and he didn't seem to mind at all.  This is one of the very few pictures I got of Finnean on Easter.  After church was REALLY hard for him, over-tired, we had company and he was just plain grumpy, at least the morning was lots of fun!

Richard, Lisa, Ellie and Carter joined us for Easter dinner.  It is nice to host something at our house.  Everyone pitches in and helps by bringing something, making it not too stressful at all!  Little Hutchinson was napping so he didn't get in on the picture.  We were missing Adam and Maddy, they stayed in Lincoln for Easter...maybe next year!

Okay-so there is an overload of cuteness from Hutchinson but I had to post these pictures.  We had a fun little photoshoot :)

He looks SO OLD!

The day was beautiful, bright and sunny. 

O my.  Those eye lashes and those cheeks.  Love this little thing.

He is so serious.

Eggs are so fun!!

Happy boy.

Cutest. feet. ever.

Finnean opening his fun Easter basket from Grandma and Poppa.  Fav part...a two-two dollar bill and Spiderman jammies!! Whooo!

Hutchinson getting some snuggles in from Grandma and opening his loot :) 
He got the cutest little overalls :)

Carter...he is getting SO OLD!

Hugs bye-bye!

what?!

I love this picture.  This is real life.  This is even AFTER a nap.  He had a rough afternoon.

Hutchinson on the other hand...was a happy little guy!

After we had some leftovers for supper, we decided it would be best to go for a walk!
Abby and Cory---do you remember getting this hat for Finnean??

YAH! He is happy!!

and crazy as ever.

Love that smile!

These are ants.  Lots and lots of ants!  We are always looking for nature on our walks and we found a huge ant nest? I am not sure if they are called nests or not but wow there were a lot! 

Finnean thought they were pretty cool and loved checking them out :)

Easter Bunny!

Finnean LOVED waking up on Easter morning to see that the Easter Bunny had hopped by while he was asleep.  He said, I didn't see him...did you?!  He thought it was pretty neat!

Checking out what was inside of all the eggs he found that the EB hid around the house.  The eggs were filled with jelly beans, stickers and MONIES!!  He was extremely disappointed with the taste of the jelly beans! 

The big red egg!!
It had a whole Reese's Easter Egg in it...he was pretty pumped!

Little Hutchinson woke up and found his basket.  Not as much fun as brother's but he was excited about his new snacks!!!

Big Boy!

We tried to give both boys a bath at the same time using the big duck pictured here but there was just not enough room.  When we were in Bloomfield, Grandma Lisa offered the idea of an inner tube...GENIUS!  So we tried it out at home and it is perfect.  Keeps Hutchy from crashing into the water and honestly it is a nice buffer between the two of them!  Here are some pictures from the first night...I think he likes it!!

Hmm..this is kinda cool...

but THIS is even cooler!!!
He figured out that he could flip onto his belly and splash like a mad man.  I also have to give photo credit to Michael, this picture is just perfect.  Some how he got Hutchinson to look brighter than the rest of tub and he looks like he is glowing!
LOVE IT! 

This is his cheesy smile :)